Reagan Documents Shed Light on U.S. ‘Meddling’

Reagan Documents Shed Light on U.S. ‘Meddling’

“Secret” documents, recently declassified by the Reagan presidential library, reveal senior White House officials reengaging a former CIA “proprietary,” The Asia Foundation, in “political action,” an intelligence term of art for influencing the actions of foreign governments. The documents from 1982 came at a turning-point moment when the Reagan administration was revamping how the U.S….

London’s Arms Bonanza: From Smart Bombs to Cheap ‘Donkey-Busters’

London’s Arms Bonanza: From Smart Bombs to Cheap ‘Donkey-Busters’

The Royal Air Force group captain guiding a party of dark-suited potential arms buyers did not look impressed. I had just asked a BAE Systems engineer whether the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) in front of me was a Hellfire missile. Unlike me, the group captain knew that Lockheed Martin makes the Hellfire, not…