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02-01-2015, 10:40 PM
Top military brass classifies amount of U.S. tax dollars spent on Afghan security
By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 29, 2015
A top military commander has decided to classify data that previously allowed a federal watchdog to track the billions of dollars the U.S. government is spending on Afghanistan’s security forces, rendering investigators incapable of accounting for taxpayer funds for the first time in six years.
In a quarterly report to Congress, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan John F. Sopko described Army Gen. John Campbell’s “unprecedented” decision to classify previously public data on the Afghan National Security Forces as “secret” and “confidential.”
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/29/military-classifies-tax-dollars-afghan-security/ (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/29/military-classifies-tax-dollars-afghan-security/#ixzz3QYjtjESP)
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By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 29, 2015
A top military commander has decided to classify data that previously allowed a federal watchdog to track the billions of dollars the U.S. government is spending on Afghanistan’s security forces, rendering investigators incapable of accounting for taxpayer funds for the first time in six years.
In a quarterly report to Congress, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan John F. Sopko described Army Gen. John Campbell’s “unprecedented” decision to classify previously public data on the Afghan National Security Forces as “secret” and “confidential.”
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/29/military-classifies-tax-dollars-afghan-security/ (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/29/military-classifies-tax-dollars-afghan-security/#ixzz3QYjtjESP)
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