The latest revelations unleashed a political storm that prompted Mr. Cameron a friend of Ms. Brooks to callfor new investigations into the paper's reporting tactics, the failures of the police and British media practices in general.
Some of the more pessimistic commentators see the recent credit excesses as the inevitable consequence of a system based on paper money and callfor the return of the gold standard to prevent future crises.
The release of this paper with its forceful callfor the NASP to be made a national program, removed from the unnecessary secrecy and strangulating budgetary management of the Air Force is particularly timely.