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.
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.
For years the Pentagon has poured billions into private industry to prove advanced technology wins wars. Now NATO wants into the act.
The half-baked undersea military program is set to cost taxpayers more than $500 million over the next five years.
Policy discussions at this convocation of national security elite felt like something from another planet.
Something much bigger than POTUS — call it the MIC or the deep state — has de facto veto power on all matters related to national security.
A new report finds that in a single year, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, and others got more than $300 million meant for smaller firms.
Lawmakers this week will rubber stamp a bill authorizing tens of billions more to the Defense Department that it didn’t even ask for.
Political divisions stand in the way of most legislation, but both sides of the aisle are happy to keep feeding the beast at the Pentagon.
One expert called the company’s relocation to Virginia the ‘WD-40’ for the ‘revolving door’ between industry and government.
Entertaining? Yes. But also a certified fresh start for the military industrial complex, which gets a starring role.
For decades the Center for Defense Information was filled with former top military brass providing checks and shaping policies.
Ret. US Gen. Philip Breedlove wants to escalate the military conflict with Russia but media outlets don’t disclose he works for defense firms.
A DoD report says there are 90 percent fewer prime defense contractors today. Senator Warren says this is why we’re getting rooked.
A collective sigh of relief in Washington for those who feared the era of colossal budgets and power projection was over.
Legislation set for debate this week goes way beyond semiconductors and uses paranoia over not ‘keeping up’ to get more money for defense.
Eisenhower’s embrace of covert operations helped to seed the complete breakdown of Americans’ trust in its institutions today.
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.
Brand new report shows industry giants shielded by government demand for the goods and services of war.