August 30, 2026 · Information Integrity, Press & Democratic Norms

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Pentagon Put Conservative Military Influencers on Its Civilian Payroll and Will Not Say What They Do

The Washington Post reported that the Pentagon has placed several retired officers with large social-media followings into undisclosed government roles while they amplify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's positions and...

August 28, 2026 · Information Integrity, Press & Democratic Norms

Confirmed

Justice Department Rewrites Its China Hacking Announcement to Say the Senate, NASA and the Fed Were Targets, Not Victims

The Justice Department on Aug. 28, 2026 edited a press release it had issued two days earlier about a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group it calls QTFY. The original Aug. 26 release described the Senate, the Federal...

July 27, 2026 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure

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DHS Statistics Chief Quits Citing the 'War on Facts' as the Department's Immigration Dashboards Stay Dark

Marc Rosenblum, executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics, announced he was leaving the department after about a decade, Wired reported on July 27, 2026. In a LinkedIn post he wrote that he was...