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==Lovinger exposes corruption in Obama DOD==
==Lovinger exposes corruption in Obama DOD==
Lovinger described the Office of Net Assessment and how it has evolved into a slush fund for the politically well connected:
{{Quotebox|There was some very deliberate thinking that went into the placement of the office, that this had to be the [[Secretary of Defense]]'s
think-tank to advise him on difficult strategic challenges...The Office of Net Assessment produced no net assessments to inform our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has produced no net assessment on Iran, for example. And so truly when you look at the the range of threats to the [[United States]], the office has actually avoided all those. There hasn't been a single net assessment over the last decade from this office...What it's become is a slush fund for politically connected contractors, the contracting system in the office and the system is utterly broke. Now can you characterize the corruption even a
little bit more. I remember that there was a person, a contractor, who was picked up who was best friends with Chelsea Clinton and her mother was the [[Secretary of State]]. And this person won this contract....The contractors chosen are not chosen for their ability to contribute to net assessments, which is really the reason why they should be chosen. They're chosen because they're the friends of the leadership...A large number of people identified with [[President Obama]] in terms of [[national security]], and to a certain extent they do not themselves identify with [[President Trump]]'s policies...The leadership was put in place by President Obama. It leans [[leftward]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUjUnrPQlpo</ref>}}
===Chelsea Clinton===
===Chelsea Clinton===
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>