Kill the messenger

If you don't like reports that are upsetting your rent-seeking efforts, you go after those producing the reports.

From Inside Defense (subscription).

DOD Testers Mount Defense After House Panel Calls For GAO Audit

The office of the Pentagon's top weapons tester has published a robust defense of its mission one week after the House Armed Services Committee recommended an audit that some observers believe could set the stage for curtailing the independence of the director of operational test and evaluation, who routinely highlights shortcomings of high-profile Defense Department projects.

F-35 2013 DOTE report (PDF).