When the Early Bird came to an end, so did objectivity.
There was no funeral. There was no ceremony of any kind, really. Over 11 years ago, on Friday, November 1, 2013, a valuable source of information and current news was put to rest without fanfare or much of any mention. What had been, for 65 years, hands down, the most read document in the Pentagon, perhaps across the military, was simply stopped. As is so often pointed out, nature abhors a vacuum. Over the intervening years, the media conglomerate Sightline Media Group has replaced the original Early Bird each weekday morning with a news aggregation sporting a slightly different name, Defense News’ Early Bird Brief. Others, like Real Clear Defense also provide a single source for a variety of articles on current national security topics.
