On AlterNet: defense contractors

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "defense contractors"

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.

Pentagon Profiteers Push Lobbying Assault to Grab More Taxpayer Dollars

Nick Turse, AlterNet. September 2, 2011.

Through the "Second to None" campaign, top Pentagon contractors are waging a sophisticated public relations war for the hearts and minds of Americans.

Defense Contractors Using Prison Labor to Build High-Tech Weapons Systems

Mike Elk, AlterNet. April 28, 2011.

Prison labor seems like a win-win to many, but a closer look reveals a race to the bottom for skilled workers.

The Other Victims of Battlefield Stress; Defense Contractors’ Mental Health Neglected

T. Christian Miller, ProPublica. February 26, 2010.

Defense contractors in the field suffer war trauma just as soldiers do—but don’t have the insurance safety net veterans enjoy.

USA Today: Defense Contractors Got H1N1 Vaccine Before Schools and Hospitals Did

Staff, AlterNet. December 8, 2009.

Among the corporations on the receiving end were Bell Helicopter and Lockheed Martin.

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.