Retirement, I don't think that that inexperienced reporter knows a damn thing about biofuel. In fact, she appears to know a lot more about food than biofuel:
Secondly, nobody expect for De Liege is mentioned in that article. It does nothing but quote De Liege's BS! It does nothing but state De Liege says this and De Liege says that.
This wannabe puff piece only quotes De Liege and there is nothing directly from the US military. Also, note the strategic use of the word "could". This is exactly the type of crap that is allowed to be published, because it is vague enough that no laws are broken.
She is probably the daughter of a friend of Dan's and he asked for a favor. Pure guess.