Tag: Government Accountability Office

Is Our Military Budget “Bloated” and “Unauditable”?

Posted on by Michael Minkoff, Jr. · 24 Comments

Explaining his “no” vote on the National Defense Authorization Act, Sen. Bernie Sanders expressed serious concern over the “bloated military budget.” Even considering the source, his concerns are valid, I think. We have a nearly 40% share of the world’s defense budget, spending more by ourselves than the major national powers of the world combined. […]

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TSA Screening Policies Work Little Better than Chance

Posted on by Michael Minkoff, Jr. · 5 Comments

A new study conducted by the Government Accountability Office confirms what the vast majority of Americans could have told you without thinking: the TSA’s behavioral screening program, SPOT, is not effective in singling out real threats to airline safety. The report cites both recent and decades-old research that “found that the human ability to accurately […]

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