War & Military Industrial

Briefs

They Kept 236 Pieces

The government kept 236 pieces of steel out of more than 200,000 tons. That is NIST's own figure. The chairman of the investigating committee called the investigation shrouded in excessive secrecy, and Congress changed federal law because the failure was real.

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  • Authorization for Use of Military Force

    Sixty words, passed one week after 9/11 with a single dissenting vote. It has been cited more than forty times in eighteen countries and has never been amended.

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