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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt picked to run the Pentagon’s surveillance programs

According to Bloomberg Business, as of fiscal year 2014, Eric Schmidt, Ph.D. has an annual compensation of over $100,000,000. Eric Schmidt is best known for being the Executive Chairman of Google, Inc. since April, 2011 and Alphabet, Inc. since October 2015. His extensive resume included decades at the nexus of entrepreneurship, technology and research. And now, big government can be added Read More


Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter, left, is greeted by Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy, as he arrives for the Navy Birthday celebration in the Pentagon Auditorium, October 9, 2012. (DoD Photo By Glenn Fawcett) (Released)

Service branch chiefs in open warfare with Def Sec Carter over military spending priorities

Image credit: Department of Defense (NationalSecurity.news) It’s not supposed to be this way, but a number of service chiefs and some members of Congress are having unusually public spats with Defense Secretary Ashton Carter over budgeting and spending priorities regarding current and future weapons systems. As reported by Politico, the issues largely revolve around what Read More