Stevenson’s army, June 27

– NYT says Trump administration has been sitting on intelligence report since March that concluded that Russia paid bounties to the Taliban for targeting US troops in Afghanistan. Options discussed, but no action.
– Lawfare has good backgrounder on the laws relating to classified information.
– Iraqi forces are going after some Iran-backed militias.
– DOD has named a new chief of industrial policy.

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