Senate Intelligence Committee chair urges Biden to review decision to move Space Command
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) The Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, sent President Joe Biden a letter today requesting the administration review the methods used in the decision to move Space Command from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama.
Colorado officials have previously expressed concerns that the decision to move Space Command s headquarters from Colorado Springs was politically motivated by former President Donald Trump. As members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, we are concerned this decision did not take into account how such a move may affect Intelligence Community (IC) dependencies and missions. We therefore request you review the process by which this decision was made, and to ensure IC equities are fully considered, the letter sent to Biden said.
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There was a strange twist in the story of the Pentagon’s UAP Task Force yesterday. Many of us have been awaiting the release of a report from the Task Force that was requested by the Senate Select Intelligence Committee and is due by June 25. But seemingly out of nowhere, a new player entered the field this week. The Department of Defense Inspector General’s office announced the beginning of an evaluation of most of the branches of the military in terms of what actions they have taken regarding the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, or what we used to call UFOs. You can read the full announcement at the IG’s website. Here are a couple of the key portions of the instructions they are giving.
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