Military Contractors

Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze For Rockets

ProPublica | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Black Market, Security Contractors, Blackwater, Iraq War Funding, Iraq War, Weapons, Iraq, Rockets, American Foreign Policy, Military Contractors, Triple Canopy, Iraq-Weapons, Black Market Weapons, World News

"We're spending a lot of money on these rifles, millions of dollars -- where do you think that money is going to?" [1] Ronald Boline, a former Triple ...

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The Army Official And The Contractor: A $191 Million "Friendship"

The Washington Post | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Contractors, Technology Contractors, Bearingpoint, U.S. Army, George Raymond, Military Contractors, Catherine Campbell, U.S. Military, Politics News

He called her Princess. She called him Bubba. They got together whenever they could, sailing on the Chesapeake Bay, traveling to business conferences,...

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Military EATR: Contractor Working On Horrifying Corpse-Eating Robots [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terrifying Glimpses of Future Doom, Horrifying, Robots, Military Contractors, Politics News

UPDATE: Good news, via FastCompany. Fox, who was the source of this terrifying story, now says, "contrary to reports, including one that appeared on F...

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Dems Target GOP Congressman's Paper Trail Of Pork

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pork, Kevin McCarthy, Earmarks, Military Contractors, Politics News

When the ground shifts, politicians still standing often are left to explain positions that made plenty of sense on the old terrain but are now more c...

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Leaving Cards on the Counter-Terror Table: Ways to Better Wage the "War on Terror"

Shahid Buttar | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tariffs, Free Trade, Military, War on Terror, Counterterrorism, Foreign Policy, Agriculture, Corporate Welfare, Civil Liberties, Liberty, National Security, Obama Administration, Subsidies, Military Contractors, War on Drugs, Politics News

We need not sacrifice our nation's fundamental constitutional freedoms to address extremist violence. Rather, we need merely stop pursuing corporate subsidies that inadvertently encourage it.

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Blackwater: A Smell by Any Other Name?

Patt Morrison | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Blackwater Guards, Warwire, Blackwater Security, Blackwater, Gary Jackson, Blackwater USA, Xe, Blackwater Investigation, Military Contractors, Politics News

The Outfit Formerly Known as Blackwater made its bones and its less than salubrious name in Iraq. And now it wants to unmake its notoriety by changing its name to Xe.

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