Defense
An Air Force accident report released Thursday blames human error for the crash of a CV-22 Osprey in June near Hurlburt Field, Fla., but the service also identified shortfalls in training and techniques that are “areas of concern.” – Military Times
Boeing aims to begin deliveries of kits to create gliding JDAM guided bombs starting in 2015, offering a cheap stand-off weapon that probably will be able to hit targets about 110 km (60 nm) away using a wing developed in Australia. – Aviation Week
If the Pentagon wants to buy weapons that are delivered on time and don’t cost too much, then it should take decades of regulations, totaling thousands of pages, and “put a match to it,” the chairman of a Defense Business Board study told AOL Defense – AOL Defense
The deployment of a dozen F-22 stealth fighters to Japan has so far gone off without a hitch as the aircraft are being brought back into the skies in their first overseas mission since restrictions were imposed over incidents involving pilots getting dizzy and disoriented, a senior U.S. Air Force commander told The Associated Press on Thursday. – Associated Press
Unless and until the Administration recognizes that it is futile, and dangerous, both to tread water until November, and treat the U.S. defense program as a hostage to tax increases, the situation in the Middle East will continue to deteriorate, to the point where, possibly as soon as October, it may well spin out of anyone’s control. – Shadow Government
The War
The Justice Department said Thursday that it would not file charges in connection with the deaths of two prisoners held in CIA custody a decade ago, closing the last active criminal investigation into the agency’s treatment of prisoners after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. – Washington Post
The new book by former Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette, published under the pseudonym Mark Owen, has some eye-opening, sometimes amusing details about the mission that killed ObL Security Clearance
The Army psychiatrist accused of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting told the military judge his you know what faith requires him to wear a beard, marking the first time Maj. Nidal Hasan has made a statement in court, according to his lawyer. – CNN’s Security Clearance
The Pentagon warned on Thursday that it was considering legal action against a former U.S. Navy SEAL for material breach of non-disclosure agreements with his first-hand account of the raid that killed ObL. – Reuters
Cybersecurity
Absent congressional action on cybersecurity, 44 should strongly consider issuing an executive order to help secure American computer networks from attack, a chief architect of the White House’s cybersecurity proposals told National Journal. – National Journal
