Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports AlterNet: PEEK. October 19, 2009. Boeing is the third largest U.S. government contractor, with some $24 billion in annual federal contracts. It is also a major recidivist corporate crook.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. September 25, 2009. The witch hunt against ACORN has moved forward while the Obama administration continues to contract with Blackwater, a firm whose criminal conduct is now legendary.
Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant AlterNet: World. July 20, 2009. The U.S. and India had a much easier time negotiating a multi-billion dollar arms deal than an agreement to protect the environment.
Agence France Presse July 16, 2009. Dongfan 'Greg' Chung, 73 and a resident of Orange County, California, was found guilty of economic espionage and acquiring information on demand using his "secret" classified clearance.
Agence France Presse July 16, 2009. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has proposed cuts to the wasteful F-22 fighter program. "If we can't get this right, what on earth can we get right?" he said Thursday.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 28, 2009. In a crucial defeat for the Obama administration, an ACLU lawsuit on behalf of five victims of extraordinary rendition will move forward.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 1, 2009. Boeing, of course, is the same company that wasted tens of millions of dollars on a yet-to-be-completed "virtual fence" on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Willam Fisher, IPS News. March 25, 2009. As a condition for his release, the U.S. government told Binyam Mohamed to plead guilty, deny torture, and not to talk to media.
Rick Anderson, Seattle Weekly. December 2, 2006. A British author and an ex-prisoner's attorney say that records uncovered by Spanish investigators show Boeing has a direct role in "extreme renditions" -- planning and organizing the flights through a unit of its Seattle commercial airplane division.
