On AlterNet: war profiteering
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "war profiteering"
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. April 24, 2009.
Some estimate that private security inside the US actually outnumber police 5-to-1.
Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. July 31, 2008.
The firm was recently given another fat contract as a reward for its excellent performance.
Satyam, Think Progress AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. July 29, 2008.
Despite its devastating security, human, and financial costs on the United States, the Iraq war continues to pay off for the architects.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. July 12, 2008.
Cusack's anti-war polemic, War, Inc., continues to defy expectations, despite the traditional media's dismissive reception.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. May 19, 2008.
An interview with Cusack about his latest film, War Inc., which takes the outsourcing of military operations to the absurd.
Nomi Prins, The Wip. May 6, 2008.
Exxon is working to assure that whoever gets into the Oval Office doesn't try to tax some of their profits away.
Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. May 5, 2008.
Vermont activists entered General Dynamics and locked themselves together in the firm's lobby to protest the company's war profiteering.
Tim Shorrock, CorpWatch. January 18, 2008.
Steven Cambone, an advocate of torture who was briefly sought for war crimes by German prosecutors, is raking it in.
Tim Shorrock, CorpWatch. December 6, 2007.
The Bush administration is launching a new government agency that will rely heavily on private security contractors to conduct surveillance in the U.S.
AlterNetNovember 19, 2007.
Most of Northern Iraq without electricity; 7 out of 10 Iraqis now lack steady supply of clean water.
Howie Klein, AlterNet: PEEK. October 30, 2007.
Howie Klein: David Brooks is best known for a multi million dollar bat mitzvah he through his daughter featuring 50 Cent.
Sarah Anderson, AlterNet. October 26, 2007.
It looks like the party may be over for one corporate crook.
Cliff Schecter, AlterNet: Video. October 3, 2007.
Robert had a number of other great points. To which Gaffney could only respond, twice mind you, "gobbledygook." Yes, I wish I were kidding.
Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. August 30, 2007.
In Iraq, private contractors are guaranteed huge profits no matter how badly they fuck things up.
Jeremy Scahill, Indypendent. August 13, 2007.
Since launching the "global war on terror," the administration has funneled billions of public dollars to "private contractors" and more than doubled the size of the occupation with these hired guns.
David Phinney, IraqSlogger. July 25, 2007.
Charges of heinous abuses of workers have long dogged the reconstruction effort.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. June 27, 2007.
As the Iraq war that Vice President Dick Cheney created continues to shred American -- and many more Iraqi -- lives, further documentation has emerged proving that, even during failed wars, the merchants of death profit.
Robert Greenwald, AlterNet. May 10, 2007.
"Iraq for Sale" director Robert Greenwald explains to Congress that the billions that defense contractors and war profiteers are making out of the Iraq war is a madhouse run amuck.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. March 30, 2007.
Joshua Holland: Often, the whole imperial project is a bipartisan endeavor …
Antonia Juhasz, AlterNet. November 14, 2006.
After making billions and then pulling out of Iraq, the company has big plans for raking in more lucre in Bush's Middle East Free Trade Area.
