Stories by Nick Turse
Nick Turse is the associate editor and research director of Tomdispatch.com. His first book, The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives, an exploration of the new military-corporate complex in America, was recently published by Metropolitan Books. His website is Nick Turse.com.
The U.S. government secretly facilitated dealings between Shell and the Iraqi Oil Ministry for no-bid contracts.
Posted on Oct 2, 2008
Now that the New York Times has made the shocking discovery that the Iraq War may be related to oil, how will corporate media address the issue?
Posted on Jul 9, 2008
Meet the mystery defense contractors that are raking in billions in taxpayer dollars without notice.
Posted on Jun 26, 2008
In the new film Iron Man, the people cast as terrorists take the fall for what the U.S. has done in the real world.
Posted on May 22, 2008
Judging by the Pentagon's own accounting, the army, navy, air force and marines have been very hungry -- and they've been chowing down.
Posted on May 8, 2008
Pentagon elites and high government officials are tee-ing off at taxpayer expense at hundreds of courses all over the planet.
Posted on Apr 12, 2008
High-tech surveillance and undercover spying on protests by the NYPD have soared -- this is what happens when the "War on Terror" comes home.
Posted on Oct 1, 2007
The Pentagon's holdings include more than 120,000 square kilometers of land, and has trillions in assets and liabilities. How did a government agency get such an enormous appetite?
Posted on Jul 13, 2007
At a time when many nations are moving toward banning the use of cluster munitions, which pose a more serious threat to civilians than any other type of weaponry, the U.S. opposes new limits of any kind.
Posted on May 25, 2007