Pentagon claims new report should ‘close the door’ on cloud controversy, despite new revelations

The Pentagon says a long-awaited report from the Defense Department inspector general's office should "close the door" on controversy surrounding its enterprise cloud program, even though the watchdog confirmed multiple ethical violations and was stunted in its investigation by the White House's assertion of "presidential communications privilege."

In a redacted report released today, the DOD IG summarized its findings of an investigation into the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud services program initiated last June. The Pentagon awarded the potential...