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Into the Buzzsaw

Someone fired a missile off the California coast. The Pentagon either doesn't know who did it, or they aren't saying. There are huge stories here. If the Pentagon doesn't know who fired a missile off the California coast, what does that say about the government's ability to protect the American people?  The defense budget is nearly $1 trillion, and is the largest portion of federal spending. Where is this money going?  Why are we giving so much money to people who can't answer basic questions about an attack near American soil?  An honest, inquisitive reporter could write dozens of articles.  And yet they will not.  Why not? I've recently begun reading Into the Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press.  I thought I was cynical and nihilistic enough to enjoy it...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on November 11, 2010 (boomark / email).