Has the Pentagon been hiding US bases in Africa from Congress?

The Intercept released a rather strange report this weekend involving Pentagon activity on the continent of Africa and an apparent lack of congressional oversight for such activities. And by “activity” I don’t mean the occasional jeep getting lost or some peacekeeping troops being ambushed by snipers. We apparently have entire military bases in Africa that haven’t been reported to Congress. I realize that probably sounds crazy to some of you, but it’s apparently not nearly as close to impossible as we might have thought. And our troops at those “enduring” forward operating sites under the control of U.S. Africa Command have been up to all sorts of interesting activities. For example, you may have recently heard about a junta in Niger this summer that overthrew the government and ousted its president. Would you be surprised to learn that we trained the military participants in the junta that did it? I know I was.Read More