# Steven Aftergood

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Why the Pentagon invested research dollars into warp drive, wormholes and invisibility cloaking

We’re turning this week’s show over to Federal News Network’s Jason Miller, who recently talked to several experts about a recently-released DIA report that listed more than three dozen research reports the agency funded as part of something called the Advanced Aerospace Threat and Identification P…

Terrible Accident Record of Navy Is Now Hidden From Public View

Websites appear and disappear every day. The internet is an amorphous beast, constantly being edited and updated. We accept these changes as simple fact, but crucial information is frequently removed from government websites—and small changes over time can have major downstream consequences. I ma…

Fat-finger syndrome

Imagine you’ve just arrived to work and you’re told to select “Test missile alert” from a drop-down menu. You should absolutely not select the second option. What are the chances you mess it up? This was roughly the situation at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency last Saturday. A computer progr…

National Security Secrecy and Surveillance: Defending the Public's Right to Know

A panel of whistleblowers, transparency advocates, and expert journalists offer insights informed by their own encounters with national security secrecy and surveillance. Speakers: Steven Aftergood, Nancy Chang, Thomas Drake, Jameel Jaffer, Jesselyn Radack, Tim Shorrock. (Recorded: April 04, 2012) …

Whistleblowing, Classification, and the U.S. Public Interest: What Reforms Are Possible?

Under current U.S. law, national security whistleblower Edward Snowden has no recourse to a public interest defense. This event discusses options for reform. Speakers: Steven Aftergood, Sandra Coliver, Beatrice Edwards, Morton Halperin, Bill Leonard, Anna Myers. (Recorded: Jul 15, 2015) Learn more …

11 - U.S. State of Emergency

Yes, America is Still in an Official State of Emergencyby Washington's BlogIs the U.S. still in an official state of emergency, and if so, what that means.The answer is yes, we are still in a state of emergency.Specifically:On September 11, 2001, the government declared a state of emergency. That d…

This Is Not A Test

It was yet another week of will-he-won't-he: Will President Donald Trump authorize the release of the House Intelligence Committee's "memo," in spite of senior FBI and Justice Dept. officials' warnings not to do so? (Spoiler alert: He did.) Will he continue to edge the U.S. closer to a devastating …

This Is Not A Test

It was yet another week of will-he-won't-he: Will President Donald Trump authorize the release of the House Intelligence Committee's "memo," in spite of senior FBI and Justice Dept. officials' warnings not to do so? (Spoiler alert: He did.) Will he continue to edge the U.S. closer to a devastating …