The preposterous case against the new defense bill

The preposterous case against the new defense bill
The preposterous case against the new defense bill

Congress has been known to slip indefensible specialinterest provisions into large must-pass bills when no one is looking. What it has never done before is use such sleight of hand to hand over control of the U.S. military to a foreign country. But that’s what we’re told is on the verge of happening on Capitol Hill.

The House just passed the National Defense Authorization Act, a sprawling $1.15 tri…