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Supercommittee Co-Chair Patty Murray Accepts Award from Defense Industry As She Mulls Cuts To Pentagon Budget

Nick Turse, AlterNet. October 5, 2011.

Why won’t the mainstream media or supercommittee member Patty Murray talk about her award from the defense industry?

Will Ties to Pentagon Contractors Push 'Supercommittee' Democrats to Cut Entitlements?

Nick Turse, AlterNet. September 21, 2011.

AlterNet teams up with Salon and Brave New Foundation to document how Dems on the Congressional "supercommittee" get far more military campaign money and contracts than the GOP.

How Strikes at Boeing Became the Center of a Major Political Fight Over Jobs, Unions

Josh Eidelson, Dollars and Sense. August 31, 2011.

When Boeing tried to move production to South Carolina from Washington to avoid union workers, the NLRB stepped in and called it union-busting--and the GOP got mad.

Conservatives Fight to Let Corporate Bosses Break Laws Protecting Their Workers

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. June 23, 2011.

A sizable share of corporate America's lackeys hold the view that American companies should be able to violate our labor laws with impunity.

5 WikiLeaks Revelations Exposing the Rapidly Growing Corporatism Dominating American Diplomacy Abroad

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. June 21, 2011.

One of WikiLeaks' greatest achievements has been to expose the exorbitant amount of influence that multinational corporations have over Washington's diplomacy.

Hillary Clinton Gives "Shameless Pitch" for Crooked Corporation in Russia

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. 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.

To Democrats Who Voted to "Defund ACORN": Where's the Defund Blackwater Act?

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.

U.S. and India Agree: It's Easier to Blow Up the Planet Than Save It

Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant. 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.

Ex-Boeing Engineer Convicted of Spying for China

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.

Gates Vows to Fight Congress on Defense Budget

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.

Federal Court to Obama DOJ: 'State Secrets' Excuse is Bogus, Torture Victims' Lawsuit Can Proceed

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. 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.

Suckers For Punishment: DHS Hires Boeing (Again) to Build Surveillance Towers On U.S.-Canada Border

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. 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.

How the U.S. Tried to Bribe a Gitmo Prisoner into Silence

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.

The Five Secret Billion-Dollar Companies Sucking Obscene Amounts of Taxpayer Money

Nick Turse, TomDispatch.com. June 26, 2008.

Meet the mystery defense contractors that are raking in billions in taxpayer dollars without notice.

Boeing Cuts Deal to Sell Jets to Iraq

Middle East OnlineApril 1, 2008.

Fat contract for 737 and 787 'Dreamliner' planes.

Bush Hands Out New Jobs...Overseas

Tula Connell, Firedoglake. March 20, 2008.

This action is perverse on so many levels, it's hard to know where to begin.

Boeing Accused of Running Torture Travel Agency

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.

FBI Says Drug Trafficking at Boeing is No Big Deal

Kristen Gwynne, December 31, 1969.


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