We can only suspect, but there are many instances that would lead us to the proper conclusion. It is more socially acceptable to discuss taxes and how to reduce your personal debt to the IRS than it is to discuss Inside Soviet Intelligence. Censorship does not start at the review level. It starts at the lowest levels in the Air Force and continues to the highest. Peers will immediately shun someone who starts to highlight discrepancies in tactics or strategic thought.
Commanders quickly label independent thinkers as rebellious.
The junior officer who speaks up and openly doubts the decisions and statements made for him by tacticians will be verbally corrected immediately. The Air Force is disarming itself of clear thinkers who can assimilate more of the big picture than is proper for their grade. We in the Air Force stress proper management and downplay proper leadership. The leaders who do speak up are soon beaten down into a more proper mold, a mold more suitable to a junior executive than to an officer directly responsible for the implementation of national will power. Today's Air Force officers focus on the mundane features of that job.