A Thank You to the Intel Community, Brought to You by Northrop Grumman
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) thank the intelligence community with chocolate sponsored by Northrop Grumman.
We here at Foreign Policy love to snack. But sometimes a treat arrives in the office that’s too sweet to eat. Or at least eat immediately.
We here at Foreign Policy love to snack. But sometimes a treat arrives in the office that’s too sweet to eat. Or at least eat immediately.
That’s what happened Thursday, when a bar of chocolate appeared in the newsroom. It’s not just any old Hershey: It’s to honor former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), brought to you by Northrop Grumman.
The bar was handed out at the Intelligence and National Security Alliance’s June 5 awards dinner. And it makes sense for the intel community to honor Rogers and Ruppersberger: They are the former chairman and ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, respectively. They also respectively received $10,000 and $10,750 from Northrop during the last election cycle, according to OpenSecrets.org.
But who knew defense contracting giant Northrop was in the chocolate trade?
Here are a couple of photos, taken before it was eagerly consumed by the FP masses.
Photo credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images
More from Foreign Policy


Can Russia Get Used to Being China’s Little Brother?
The power dynamic between Beijing and Moscow has switched dramatically.


Xi and Putin Have the Most Consequential Undeclared Alliance in the World
It’s become more important than Washington’s official alliances today.


It’s a New Great Game. Again.
Across Central Asia, Russia’s brand is tainted by Ukraine, China’s got challenges, and Washington senses another opening.


Iraqi Kurdistan’s House of Cards Is Collapsing
The region once seemed a bright spot in the disorder unleashed by U.S. regime change. Today, things look bleak.