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July 2010 News

  1. WikiLeaks: How did the Pentagon lose track of 91,000 documents? By Brad Knickerbocker The Christian Science Monitor 29 July 2010 -- "He was basically able to put the Library of Alexandria on a thumb drive and walk out the door," says John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org.
  2. U.S. Weighs Options In Possible N. Korea Conflict By J.J. Sutherland National Public Radio 27 July 2010 -- The U.S. military has a number of plans on the shelf, but John Pike, the director of GlobalSecurity.org, explains the two primary scenarios.
  3. US lifts ban on Indonesia's army unit Kopassus By Nagesh Narayana International Business Times 23 July 2010 -- In April 1999, a military court found 11 of its men guilty of abducting nine pro-democracy activists and sentenced them to 22 months jail term, said a report by Globalsecurity.org.
  4. Think Newport News shipyard could close? Two reasons not to worry. By Robert McCab The Virginian-Pilot 19 July 2010 -- "Newport News is not the problem," said John E. Pike, director of globalsecurity.org, a military information website.
  5. BP's Alleged Political Meddling Over Libya: Old Habits Die Hard By Jonathan Berr Daily Finance 16 July 2010 -- "Competition in the oil industry is fierce," says John Pike of Globalsecurity.Org. "Libya is open for business in way that it was not open for business in years."
  6. US intelligence spending - value for money? By Bernd Debusmann Reuters 16 July 2010 -- "Sometimes we are getting our money's worth," says John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a Washington think tank.
  7. Northrop Grumman's move won't alter Navy's course By Robert McCabe The Virginian-Pilot 15 July 2010 -- "Too many shipyards, not enough ships," said John E. Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a military information website.
  8. Somalia's Al-Shabaab Says Attack Start of Retaliatory Campaign By Hamsa Omar and Fred Ojambo Bloomberg 15 July 2010 -- The ADF is made up of Ugandan opposition forces and supported by the government of Sudan, according to the website of GlobalSecurity.org, an Alexandria, Virginia-based research company.
  9. Stronger Stryker vehicles in works By Marc Heller Watertown Daily Times 14 July 2010 -- A hull with two Vs and a cavity between them runs a risk of trapping, rather than deflecting, the force of an explosion from underneath, said John E. Pike, a defense analyst with Globalsecurity.org.