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war profiteers
CONGRESS IS ON THE BRINK of a major giveaway to defense contractors, tucking language into a must-pass piece of legislation that would broadly expand their ability to gouge the federal government on …
US military intelligence agencies have influenced over 1,800 movies and TV shows Tom Secker and Matthew Alford report on their astonishing findings from trawling through thousands of new US military…
The Obama administration is seeking to increase the obscenely bloated U.S. Defense Department budget to a whopping $708 billion for fiscal year 2011, 3.4% above 2010's record level, The Wall Str…
The debate over Prescott Bush’s behaviour has been bubbling under the surface for some time. There has been a steady internet chatter about the “Bush/Nazi” connection, much of it inaccurate and unf…
The U.S. State Department is struggling with its accounting for billions of dollars spent on police-training contracts in Iraq with DynCorp International Inc. A report from the Special Inspector Gen…
By Aram Roston Welcome to the wartime contracting bazaar in Afghanistan. It is a virtual carnival of improbable characters and shady connections, with former CIA officials and ex-military officers…
Lining the pockets of Pentagon contractors by Sherwood Ross What follows is a brief look at some of the outfits that cashed in, and at the multitudes that got took. Among the big winners are top …
