The Curious Case of the Unnoticed Congressional Hearing

Rather like the curious case of the dog in the stables that did not bark in Sherlock Holmes’ Silver Blaze case, there was a congressional hearing this past Thursday to which nobody paid any attention. They should have, as it nicely illustrates the difficulties of both doing effective government oversight on private military contractors and implementing actions being taken to try and improve the situation.

The March 11 hearing was held by the Defense Acquisition Reform Panel of the House Armed Services Committee.

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