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Military Subcontractors Bribing U.S. Personnel With Prostitutes? The Shady World of War Contracting in Afghanistan and Iraq

Posted on Aug 30, 2010, Source: The Huffington Post Investigative Fund

Taxpayer cash is flowing to subcontractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, who engage in shady, illegal practices with few repercussions.

Mortgage Frauds Are Going Up, and the FBI is Powerless

Posted on Jul 18, 2009, Source: The Center for Public Integrity

Institutions most likely to screw over the American public don't have to report suspicious activity to the feds.

Is the Whistleblower Protection Act Dead?

Posted on Jun 29, 2009, Source: The Center for Public Integrity

A new decision could allow government agencies to evade protections that are supposed to be offered to whistleblowers.

Military Contractors Are Still Getting the Kid Glove Treatment

Posted on Sep 12, 2008, Source: Right Web

A government agency tasked with managing private contracts is bending under the weight of its misplaced priorities.

Keeping Tabs on the Peaceniks

Posted on Mar 27, 2006, Source: AlterNet

What are political and activist groups like Indymedia and Food Not Bombs doing on the FBI's Terrorist Watch List?

The Next Fake Threat

Posted on Sep 21, 2005, Source: AlterNet

A congressionally-mandated commission with ties to the defense industry is pushing a fake threat -- electromagnetic pulse attacks -- when the Pentagon can hardly conduct one itself.
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