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Lovinger had grown increasingly concerned over the ONA’s use of outside contractors, due in part to the “problem of [[cronyism]]” and a growing “revolving door policy” that resulted from ONA analysts leaving to join the better-paid ranks of private contractors. The Office of Net Assessment, came under attack by the ''[[Washington Times]]'' for wasting money on "research projects" in August 2016.<ref>https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/24/pentagons-offic-of-threat-assement-under-fire-from/</ref>

Lovinger had grown increasingly concerned over the ONA’s use of outside contractors, due in part to the “problem of [[cronyism]]” and a growing “revolving door policy” that resulted from ONA analysts leaving to join the better-paid ranks of private contractors. The Office of Net Assessment, came under attack by the ''[[Washington Times]]'' for wasting money on "research projects" in August 2016.<ref>https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/24/pentagons-offic-of-threat-assement-under-fire-from/</ref>

In September 2016 Lovinger wrote the first in a series of emails to ONA’s new director, [[James H. Baker (DOD), who had recently been appointed by Obama’s Defense Secretary. From Lovinger’s September email: {{quotebox|"On the issue of quality, more than once I have heard our contractor studies labeled ‘derivative,’ ‘college-level’ and based heavily on secondary sources. One of our contractor studies was literally cut and pasted from a [[World Bank]] report that I just happened to have read the week before reading the contractor study itself. Even the font was the same.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/24/pentagon-whistleblower-claims-dod-official-awarded-investigators-of-his-case-with-military-medals/</ref>}} The contractor being referenced was Long Term Strategy Group (LTSG), whose president is Jacqueline Newmyer. [[Chelsea Clinton]] and Newmyer were at each other’s weddings, and in 2011 Chelsea referred to Newmyer as her “best friend.”<ref>http://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/chelsea-clinton-talks-shakespeare-5312140/</ref> According to USAspending.gov, LTSG has received approximately $14 million in contracts since 2007.<ref>https://www.usaspending.gov/#/search/3ec765b6f0e1469daea629338557b208</ref> In a 2015 article by [[Bill Gertz]] of the ''[[Washington Free Beacon]]'', it was reported that in 2009, Hillary Clinton had arranged meetings between Newmyer and Pentagon officials that involved contracting discussions.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/clinton-sought-pentagon-state-department-contracts-chelseas-friend/</ref>

In September 2016 Lovinger wrote the first in a series of emails to ONA’s new director, [[James H. Baker (DOD)]], who had recently been appointed by Obama’s Defense Secretary. From Lovinger’s September email: {{quotebox|"On the issue of quality, more than once I have heard our contractor studies labeled ‘derivative,’ ‘college-level’ and based heavily on secondary sources. One of our contractor studies was literally cut and pasted from a [[World Bank]] report that I just happened to have read the week before reading the contractor study itself. Even the font was the same.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/24/pentagon-whistleblower-claims-dod-official-awarded-investigators-of-his-case-with-military-medals/</ref>}} The contractor being referenced was Long Term Strategy Group (LTSG), whose president is Jacqueline Newmyer. [[Chelsea Clinton]] and Newmyer were at each other’s weddings, and in 2011 Chelsea referred to Newmyer as her “best friend.”<ref>http://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/chelsea-clinton-talks-shakespeare-5312140/</ref> According to USAspending.gov, LTSG has received approximately $14 million in contracts since 2007.<ref>https://www.usaspending.gov/#/search/3ec765b6f0e1469daea629338557b208</ref> In a 2015 article by [[Bill Gertz]] of the ''[[Washington Free Beacon]]'', it was reported that in 2009, Hillary Clinton had arranged meetings between Newmyer and Pentagon officials that involved contracting discussions.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/clinton-sought-pentagon-state-department-contracts-chelseas-friend/</ref>

===Stefan Halper===

===Stefan Halper===