The version before the Senate has also triggered backlash over measures that would deepen US military and intelligence ties with Israel.
One key provision would require the Pentagon to appoint an official to coordinate between the US and Israel on defence technology. That would include joint weapons research, production and the integration of each country’s technologies into the other’s military systems.
The provision also controversially calls for “data fusion”, which Human Rights Watch defined in June as combining feeds from multiple sensors and intelligence sources into a single targeting picture.
The group said the arrangement could see the US absorb Israeli intelligence that may have been collected through what it described as problematic mass surveillance programmes.
A separate measure in the 2027 Intelligence Authorization Act, which is usually considered alongside the NDAA, would expand intelligence sharing with Israel.
Association with Trump’s failures, I imagine. Midterms are coming up and insurgent progressive Democrats are making gains.
Oh yeah, that’s probably it. Block it now, then “narrowly” pass a 1.5 Trillion budget after the midterms.