Defense Contractors

Paying Peter to Kill Paul

Jon Soltz | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Private Contractors, Blackwater, Afghanistan, President Obama, Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense Contractors, Xe, Taliban, Triple Canopy, Breaking News, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, World News

American and NATO service members deserve better than to possibly die fighting an insurgency that even American contractors admit is being funded by the Department of Defense.

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Justice Department Takes On Fraudster Defense Contractor

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Fraud, Contractor Abuse, Department of Justice, Acorn, Defense Contractors, Media News

Your "This Day In Government Contractor Abuses" comes via Spencer Ackerman, who flags this release from the U.S. Department of Justice: The United St...

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Defense Department Opposed Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

When thirty Republicans lined up against an amendment that would have required defense contractors to allow their employees access to U.S. courts in c...

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Goldman Sachs Congressional Earmark: Bank Subsidiary Gets $3 Million

businessinsider.com | Lawrence Delevingne | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Defense Contractors, Goldman Sachs, Government Contracting, Molycorp, Earmark, Business News

WIth all the company's riches, why is a Goldman Sachs (GS) subsidiary getting a $3 million earmark from Washington?...

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Defense Contractors Robbing Taxpayers Blind Due To Lack Of Oversight

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Defense Contractors, Defense Contracting Oversight, Defense Contracting Ap, Defense Contracting, Commission on Wartime Contracting, Politics News

WASHINGTON — During a routine check of a watch tower at a U.S. military base in Kuwait, an Army sergeant found the guard leaning back in a chair...

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It's Not Just ACORN, Says Congressman Grayson

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics

I talked with Congressman Alan Grayson in detail about his efforts to stop the government cash flow to contractors that cheat the government and overcharge the American taxpayers.

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Defense Contractors And Lobbyists Team Up To Grease Arms Deal

Sunlight Foundation. | Sunlight Foundation | Posted 09.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Military Industrial Complex, Lobbying, Military Lobbying, Defense Contractors, Transparency, Turkey, Home News

The Defense Department's request last week for congressional approval of the sale of $8 billion worth of PAC-3 missiles to Turkey was the latest victo...

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Recovering to Death

Tom H. Hastings | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Minimum Wage, Jobless Recovery, Unemployment, Afghanistan, Economy, Raytheon, Defense Contractors, Recession, Politics News

Americans are on Full Oxymoron Alert these days, as we read and hear about this "jobless recovery." Recovery for whom?

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Congress Demands Full Account of Intelligence Outsourcing Mess - and It's a Mess

Frank Naif | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

The outsourcing of intelligence has impacted nearly every aspect of intelligence operations, and Congress wants to know how and why.

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NSA Ill-Suited for Domestic Cybersecurity Role

Frank Naif | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nsa, Warrantless Wiretapping, Private Contractors, National Security, Domestic Surveillance, Defense Contractors, Cybersecurity, National Security Agency, Obama National Security, NSA Wiretapping, James Bamford, Domestic Spying, Cyber Czar, Politics News

Does the federal government need to be involved in coordinating private sector cybersecurity? Perhaps, but only in a coordinating role.

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Rep. Murtha Should Step Down from Chairmanship of Defense Appropriations

Melanie Sloan | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Crew, Defense Contractors, Corruption, Defense Spending, Department of Defense, Rep. Murtha, Ethics, Transparency, John-Murtha, Politics News

How many more stories must appear before Rep. Murtha is forced from his perch as chairman of Defense Appropriations and denied further opportunity to feather his own nest?

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This Week in Magazines: Are Computer Hackers the Pentagon's Real Threat?

James Warren | Posted 06.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Pentagon, Defense Contractors, Chrysler, Hackers, This Week in Magazines, Media News

It's not as sexy as trying to save Chrysler, but the government is trying to save defense contractors from a peril as great as lousy car sales -- slimeball computer hackers.

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Obama Defense Contractor Battle Only Just Begun: AP

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: F-22, F-22 Raptor, F-22 Cuts, Defense Contractors, Obama Defense Contracts, Defense Contracting, Defense Department, Department of Defense, Robert Gates, Gates F-22, Gates Budget, Defense Budget, Obama Defense Budget, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has chalked up a quick victory in its drive to kill an expensive jet fighter better suited for the Cold Wa...

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Will Gates Buy the Right Weapons the Right Way? Here Is a Chance for Some Permanent Reform

Dina Rasor | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Defense Contractors, Dod, Defense Waste, Congress, Defense Spending, Robert Gates, Weapons Cuts, Politics News

The Pentagon uses historic costs to base how much a new weapon will cost. This is a fundamental flaw that dooms us to pay exponentially more for each new generation of weapons.

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Is the Next Defense Budget a Stimulus Package?

Frida Berrigan | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boeing, Economic Stimulus Package, Lockheed Martin, Budget, Defense Contractors, Obama Budget, Iraq Contractors, Great Depression, Politics News

Is each weapons system or program provided for in our budget actually needed for American security? Or are the defense contractors shoveling a load of shovel-ready bull?

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Obama Puts Defense Contractors On Notice About Crackdown On Costs

Wall Street Journal | August Cole | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Defense Contractors, Obama Administration, Defense Spending, Pentagon, Defense Industry, Politics News

President Barack Obama fired a surprise broadside at the defense industry, saying he intends to clamp down on practices that have resulted in billions...

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A Recipe For Corporate Success in Tough Times?

Nick Turse | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Military Industrial Complex, War Wire, Dow Chemical, Defense Contractors, 9/11, National Presto Industries, Vietnam, Arms, Business, Whirlpool Products, Politics News

Is it possible that one of the Pentagon's contractors has a tripartite business model for our tough economic times: one division that specializes in crock-pots, another in adult diapers, and a third in medium caliber tactical ammunition?

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Blackwater Charges Unsealed: Guards Shot Civilians, Launched Grenade Into Girls' School, US Says

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blackwater, Defense Contractors, War Wire, Baghdad, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Blackwater Guards, Blackwater Charges, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Wild, unprovoked gunfire and grenades killed 14 innocent Iraqis and hurt dozens more in a 2007 Baghdad attack, prosecutors said Mon...

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US Prosecutor In Blackwater Case Goes To Iraq

NY Times | KATHERINE ZOEPF and ATHEER KAKAN | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blackwater, Defense Contractors, War Wire, Blackwater Indictments, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Politics News

BAGHDAD -- An American prosecutor working on the case against five Blackwater security guards indicted in connection with a 2007 shooting in Baghdad h...

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Army Researches Mind-Control, Awards Multi-Million Dollar Contract Toward "Thought Helmet" Development

Time | Mark Thompson | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Defense Contractors, US Military, U.S. Military Technology, Mind Control, Home News

Soldiers barking orders at each other is so 20th Century. That's why the U.S. Army has just awarded a $4 million contract to begin developing "thought...

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 08.02.2008 | Green

Ashcroft claims waterboarding isn't torture, Green energy sector jobs surge, Ford offers more fuel efficient vehicles in the U.S., and the White House tries to define contraception as abortion.

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Command Responsibility

Ray Kimball | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: General Officers, Iraq Contractors, War Contractors, Iraq War Funding, Military Spending, Private Contractors, Defense Contractors, Politics News

The current explosion of contract spending in Iraq -- hundreds of billions of dollars, with tens of billions wasted -- has made it clear that this course of action is no longer sustainable.

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Iraqis To Review All Security Companies

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Defense Contractors, Blackwater Expelled, Iraq Contractors, Blackwater, Blackwater Iraq, Politics News

The Iraqi government said Tuesday it would review the status of private security companies as anger over the alleged involvement of Blackwater USA in ...

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