Scamming the taxpayer: How big defense budgets make us less safe
Contractors are poised to cash in as Congress adds billions to the Pentagon’s budget.
Contractors are poised to cash in as Congress adds billions to the Pentagon’s budget.
Arms makers are licking their chops as defense officials worry about shortfalls in weapons stockpiles.
The Air Force just awarded major contracts for a fighter that is supposed to achieve ‘air dominance.’ Why can’t the public see what it is?
The Pentagon has thrown billions of dollars at over-engineered planes, but it can’t manage to keep them in the air.
A new report finds that in a single year, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, and others got more than $300 million meant for smaller firms.
The proposed spending threatens to waste more taxpayer dollars on the Pentagon’s most expensive program, advocates say.
One expert called the company’s relocation to Virginia the ‘WD-40’ for the ‘revolving door’ between industry and government.
Without a trace of skepticism, Margaret Brennan turned a Sunday morning interview into a Lockheed Martin sales pitch.
When asked whether the taxpayer funds the weapons giant receives reflects US priorities, James Taiclet left out how much his company spends lobbying.
Ret. US Gen. Philip Breedlove wants to escalate the military conflict with Russia but media outlets don’t disclose he works for defense firms.
Members of Congress making military policy are invested in the very weapons companies benefiting from it. That’s wrong.
Boeing’s KC-46 flying fuel tanker was a boondoggle from the start, but now that it’s thrown aside human eyesight, it’s actually dangerous.
The Kingdom has spent $100 million dollars over the course of the 7-year war to make you think they are all about ‘peace.’
The South Carolina senator insists that it’s just a “matter of time” before terrorists slip into the US and slaughter us.
With candor you don’t hear in official circles, top arms contractors say recent violence and tension works in their shareholders’ favor.
New book by a seasoned journalist offers an unvarnished blow-by-blow account of the American war machine.
Turns out the new administration had neither the interest or fortitude to oppose the usual suspects, passing a $777B bill this week.
The administration just nominated an industry insider to head the Pentagon’s troubled acquisitions department.
A new panel buried in the NDAA will likely be run by arms contractors, blobby think tankers, and pols who could care less about budget reform.
Brand new report shows industry giants shielded by government demand for the goods and services of war.
Raytheon’s CEO says Congress’s military allotment is more ‘aligned’ with the company’s business interests.