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Pentagon watchdog declines bipartisan request to investigate Starshield slowdowns in Ukraine
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Defense Department’s watchdog has declined a bipartisan request to open an investigation into the slowdown of the SpaceX’s military-grade Starlink system in Ukraine, according to a letter obtained by CNN.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon's watchdog is refusing a bipartisan request to investigate recent disruptions to Starlink and Starshield satellite internet service to Ukraine, raising concerns among lawmakers that the military and even its independent inspector general are reluctant to…
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Defense Department’s watchdog has declined a bipartisan request to open an investigation into the slowdown of the SpaceX’s military-grade Starlink system in Ukraine, according to a letter obtained by CNN.
The Pentagon’s inspector general declined to investigate the disruption of US intelligence sharing with Ukraine and Kyiv’s access to the Starlink and Starshield systems and characterized the incident as a business dispute beyond his purview.
The War Department Office of Inspector General has declined a request from members of Congress to open an investigation into this month’s controversial slowdown of SpaceX platforms used by Ukraine. The decision comes about two weeks after a bipartisan group of senators urged the inspector general to…
