Welcome to the Wastebasket National Security Issues Archive. Read about unneeded weapons systems, the sloppy Pentagon accounting, wasteful military spending and more by selecting a topic:

• Defense Spending
• Pentagon Accounting
• Missle Defense
• Other Weapons Systems
• Miscellaneous

DEFENSE SPENDING

• May 9, 2008 -- Congress Needs to Take On Cost Overruns
• January 31, 2008 -- War Spending Games
• December 14, 2007 -- Same Pork, Different Dance
• June 1, 2007 -- Hiding the Bacon
• April 27, 2007 -- A Reliable Rip-off
• March 23, 2007 -- The Buck Should Stop Here
• September 9, 2005 -- FEMA's Fiscal Disaster
• August 18, 2005 -- Outerspace Waste
• June 10, 2005 -- The Department of Waste
• April 28, 2005 -- Martha Stewart Living at the TSA
• March 21, 2005 -- Virtual Insecurity
• March 14, 2005 -- Port Security, Not Pork Security
• March 7, 2005 -- Is Nothing Sacred?
• January 21, 2005 -- Homeland Insecurity Spending
• November 12, 2004 -- Defense Spending Pork Fest
• October 29, 2004 -- "Soft" on Security Spending?
• September 17, 2004 -- Bring Back the Truman Committee
• September 3, 2004 -- Federal Nips and Tucks
• July 9, 2004 -- Billion Dollar Blunders
• July 1, 2004 -- Homeland Honey Jar
• June 4, 2004 -- Don't Forget Afghanistan
• May 28, 2004 -- Nuking the Budget
• May 21, 2004 -- Keep BRAC on Track
• May 14, 2004 -- No "Blank Check" for War Spending
• April 23, 2004 -- The True Costs of Iraq
• March 12, 2004 -- Cronyism, Inc.
• February 27, 2004 -- More Defensive Dominoes Need to Fall
• December 12, 2003 -- A Step Back in Iraq
• October 3, 2003 -- Do the Right Thing in Iraq
• June 1, 2003 -- Selling Security Snake Oil
• May 8, 2003 -- Halliburton's Road to Riches
• March 28, 2003 -- Basic Math for the DOD
• March 21, 2003 -- The Financial Cost of War
• January 24, 2003 -- Uncle Sam Slams Big Brother
• October 18, 2002 -- The Long Road to Military Reform
• September 20, 2002 -- Weighing the Costs of Invasion
• February 22, 2002 -- Paying for Disinformation
• July 10, 2001 -- Jets for Generals?
• March 1, 1999 -- Congress Defies Navy; Forces Upgrade of Unneeded Subs
• September 2, 1999 -- Military Spending: Everything and the Kitchen Sink
• August 26, 1998 -- Waste, From Top to Bottom
• June 8, 1998 -- Senator Seeks $30 Million For Unneeded Bombing Range
• March 9, 1998 -- New Support to Close Excess Bases
• May 14, 1996 -- Military Spending Cuts Are Against the 'Rules'
• April 29, 1996 -- The Defense Budget Time Bomb -- New TV Report Reveals Defense Budget Likely To Go Up, Not Down
• April 9, 1996 -- For the Record (Fox T.V. Interview about Pentagon Follies report)
• April 1, 1996 -- April Fools! (The Defense Department is Wasting Your Tax Dollars)
• March 26, 1996 -- Second Fitness Center at Naval Shipyard.
• March 19, 1996 -- DoD's Mickey Mouse Club. (Hotel at Disney World)
• March 7, 1996 -- Tee-ing Off the Taxpayer. (Third Golf Course at Andrews AFB)

PENTAGON ACCOUNTING

• June 10, 2004 -- Ticketgate
• February 13, 2004 -- A Free Lunch
• August 15, 2001 -- Juggling for Dollars
• May 18, 2000 -- Why Can't the Pentagon Pass an Audit?
• May 26, 1998 -- DOD Shopping Without Price Tags
• March 30, 1998 -- Federal Distress
• May 5, 1997 -- DOD: Keep the Change

MISSILE DEFENSE

• March 28, 2008 -- A Shot in the Dark
• August 20, 2004 -- Missile Defense Politics
• January 10, 2003 -- Trillion With a "T"
• June 21, 2002 -- Missile Impossible
• September 28, 2001 -- Rethinking Missile Defense
• July 18, 2000 -- Rigged Missile Defense Test Falls Flat
• April 19, 2000 -- Rethinking Missile Defense
• March 14, 2000 -- Military Contractor Faked Tests; Millions Wasted
• June 8, 1999 -- THAAD goes Thud
• May 21, 1996 -- Taxpayers Say No to Congressional 'Star Wars' Sequel

OTHER WEAPONS SYSTEMS

• March 21, 2008 -- Rewarding Failure
• February 15, 2008 -- Practicing What You Preach
• April 18, 2003 -- Jet Fighter Should Be Grounded
• November 15, 2002 -- Jettison a Jet Fighter
• May 10, 2002 -- Is it Possible to Cancel a Weapons System?
• April 5, 2002 -- An Idea That Won't Fly
• April 13, 2001 -- The High Cost of the F-22
• February 7, 2001 -- Osprey Program Off Course
• January 11, 2000 -- The Price of Stealth
• August 3, 1999 -- Conference Committee Needs to Cut F-22
• July 6, 1998 -- Fly Before You Buy Amendment Crashes
• June 9, 1997 -- Dracula's Bomber: B-2 is Back for $20 Billion

MISCELLANEOUS

• April 11, 2008 -- Overstaying Its Welcome
• April 3, 2008 -- Stranger than Fiction
• January 11, 2008 -- Border Boondoggle
• October 4, 2006 -- Fortified Waste
• April 20, 2006 -- Fools Gold
• December 5, 2005 -- A Dark Day for the Dukestir
• August 26, 2005 -- The Duke of Hazard
• June 17, 2005 -- Home Improvement, DC Style
• April 9, 2004 -- Coast Guard's Deepwater in Hot Water
• August 7, 2003 -- NRO Has Got to Go
• June 26, 2003 -- A Boon to Boeing
• April 24, 2003 -- Fiscal Fiasco at TSA
• October 25, 2002 -- Corporations Should Pay Their Fair Share
• March 23, 2001 -- 'BEEF'ing Up on the Taxpayer's Dime
• January 11, 1999 -- DOE Secretary Richardson Saves Taxpayers Billions
• January 21, 1998 -- NATO Expansion: Hidden Costs
• August 4, 1997 -- Pentagon Follies
• July 9, 1996 -- Weapons Welfare Uncovered
• June 4, 1996 -- DOD Rewards Defense Execs with Merger Bonus