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Bush Administration Moves to Defend Halliburton and Cheney

Ray Hanania | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics


Ray Hanania

The Bush administration moved to prevent Jeff Mazon from making a defense that would most certainly shift the blame from charges he took a bribe in th...

U.S. Contractor KBR Sued For Human Trafficking

Washington Post | Posted 08.28.2008 | Politics


A Washington law firm filed a lawsuit yesterday against KBR, one of the largest U.S. contractors in Iraq, alleging that the company and its Jordanian ...

America's Foreign Policy Diagnosed with ADHD (ADD)

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics


Michael B. Laskoff

I know three things about ADHD (ADD) for certain. First, Michael Phelps has it; his mom has been good enough to use her media platform in places like ...

The October Surprise Shouldn't Come as One

Trey Ellis | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics


Trey Ellis

What will it be? A nod to Israel to bomb Iran? An American-engineered coup in Pakistan? Whatever it is, it is coming and if Obama intends to weather the dirty trick he will have to be prepared.

The High Cost of Security

William Fisher | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics


William Fisher

As a new report forecasts that the 190,000 private contractors in Iraq and neighboring countries will cost U.S. taxpayers more than $100 billion by th...

Pentagon Admits More Electrocutions in Iraq -- KBR Denies Blame

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

16 American troops have died from accidental electrocutions in Iraq, the Defense Department said Friday. They include 11 Army soldiers and five Marines.

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

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

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.

American Hero: Mother of Electrocuted U.S. Soldier Inspires National Probes

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.21.2008 | Media


Greg Mitchell

Cheryl Harris has been instrumental in getting Congress, and the Pentagon, to probe the issue of noncombat deaths -- and she finally testified before Congress two weeks ago.

KBR Charged With 'Homicide'-- By Mother of Electrocuted Soldier

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

I've written often here about my friend Cheryl Harris, whose son Ryan Maseth was electrocuted and died in Iraq. She finally testified before Democrats in Congress yesterday.

Iraq Contractor KBR Employed Underqualified Workers

AP | SUZANNE GAMBOA | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — KBR Inc. used employees with little electrical expertise to supervise subcontractors in Iraq and hired foreigners who couldn't spea...

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

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.04.2008 | Media


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

U.S. mayors resolve to avoid burning dirty tar sands oil, Bush signs $162B war spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, Afghanistan civilian death toll rises sharply, Scalia still blames Gore for the 2000 election debacle.

The New Workers Uniting Union Means Global Solidarity

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.02.2008 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

Global corporations have set up a situation in which they are herding workers in a stampede to the bottom. So we created the first global union to face off unregulated multinational corporations.

Death of My Friend's Son in Iraq Finally Sparks Pentagon Probe

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

The Pentagon has just ordered electrical inspections of all buildings in Iraq maintained by KBR, the major military contractor.

My Conversations with Charles Smith: the man who took on KBR

Dina Rasor | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics


Dina Rasor

Charles Smith, former chief of the Field Support Contracting Division of the Army Field Support Command, was in charge of overseeing the KBR's contra...

Charlie Rose and His Iraq War Panel

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media


Joseph A. Palermo

What appalled me was that Rose allowed key problems regarding Americans' perceptions of the Iraq adventure to be omitted from the discussion altogether.

Army Official Fired For Refusing To Pay Questionable Contractor

The New York Times | James Risen | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON -- The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying ...

Blackmail

Mark Kleiman | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics


Mark Kleiman

The Halliburton board knew what it was doing when it gave Dick Cheney $80 million he wasn't contractually entitled to as he moved from its executive suite to the White House.

Army Official Ousted For Refusing To Approve $1 Billion In Questionable Iraq Funds

New York Times | James Risen | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics


The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than $1 b...

American Democracy, LLC

Matthew-Lee Erlbach | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics


Matthew-Lee Erlbach

The US is kind of like a big corporation, taking over other companies -- countries -- and rebuilding them in its image. We install leaders, or CEOs, of these countries in the name of "Freedom."

The Pentagon's Fifteen Billion Dollar Pirate Plunder

Paige Donner | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics


Paige Donner

(No, this is NOT an Indiana Jones Sequel) Yes, you read that correctly. American taxpayers have paid out $15 Billion U.S. dollars in unaccounted for...

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

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.09.2008 | Media


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Hundreds of ducks made a fatal landing in oil and toxic sludge; Republicans block federal aid to wind and solar; the shocking testimony of three whistleblowers on US contractors in Iraq.

The Iraq War Profiteer No One Is Talking About

ZP Heller | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics


ZP Heller

The Bush administration's $3 trillion war in Iraq has been the direct cause of our current recession, and yet private defense contractors continue to reap billions in profits.

My Friend's Son Killed in Iraq: By Contractors and U.S. Agency?

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.04.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

The military told my friend this past January that her son had foolishly carried an electrical appliance into a shower in Baghdad. That was a lie.

KBR Employee Raped In Iraq

The Nation | Karen Houppert | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics


It was an early January morning in 2008 when 42-year-old Lisa Smith*, a paramedic for a defense contractor in southern Iraq, woke up to find her entir...

Did KBR Kill U.S. Soldier in Iraq?

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

The mother of a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq this past January filed a lawsuit yesterday against KBR, the defense contractor that was in charge of inspecting the wiring at the base where a soldier died -- from electrocution.