Troop levels, airstrikes, COVID vaccinations — How the Pentagon continually fails at transparency
‘Governments don't usually classify good news.’
By Jeff Schogol March 16, 2021
If the Pentagon is committed to transparency, as it has claimed, then it continually finds a way to suspend the rules when it comes to providing the American public with timely and accurate data.
The New York Times recently reported that the actual number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan is closer to 3,500 than the 2,500 announced by then Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller on Jan. 15. The extra forces reportedly include temporary units and some Rangers who fall under both the CIA and Defense Department while in Afghanistan.
Army Maj. Rob Lodewick, a Pentagon spokesman, insisted there really are 2,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, adding that he could not comment on the figures cited by the New York Times because they are “not official DoD numbers, they are media reporting.â€
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