Pentagon Wants to Classify Its Future Plans
March 30, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Pentagon wants to make its future plans even more secret.
New documents released March 30 show the Defense Department asking Congress for authority to stop producing an unclassified version of its Future Years Defense Program—its five-year plan for future spending that is released alongside its budget. Required since 1989, the FYDP shows the Pentagon’s near-future priorities and spending plans in the “out-years,†which drive its decision making.
According to a March 6 proposal, first published by the Federation of American Scientists, the Pentagon argues it should not make the document public, starting with the fiscal 2021 defense authorization bill.
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