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Forget the Midterms, American Politics as Usual Continue in Kyrgyzstan
By Paul Wachter - AOL NewsOPINION (Nov. 2) -- Though the midterm elections will be the talk of the day, for a more revealing look at modern American political policy you should check out this fascinating and disturbing report on Kyrgyzstan from The Washington Post. The report is really about a shadowy U.S. businessman, Douglas Edelman, operating in the Central Asian republic. Edelman opened a hamburger joint in the capital of Bishkek, but he took full advantage of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, and now "the 58-year-old Californian, along with a young Kyrgyz partner, controls a multinational jet fuel business that ...
Report: Pentagon Officials Tied to Child Pornography
By John O. Membrino - AOL News(July 23) -- Several Pentagon officials and defense contractors, including some with high-level security clearance, are under investigation for possessing child pornography, The Boston Globe reported today. Employees of the National Security Agency and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as DARPA, are among the alleged offenders, according to the Globe, and in a number of instances, government computers were used to obtain the material. Charles Dharapak, AP A major federal investigation has identified dozens of members of the military and defense contractors, ...
'Top Secret America': Washington Post Unmasks Unwieldy Security Behemoth
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe Washington Post unveiled the first installment of a two-year investigation on its front page Monday, detailing the "top secret" intelligence world that ballooned after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Reporters Dana Priest, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and William Arkin write that they found "an alternative geography of the United States, a Top Secret America hidden from public view and lacking in thorough oversight." After nine years of "unprecedented spending," the intelligence community has become a sector of government so massive that oversight is next to impossible and that it is of ...
Blackwater Billed Government for Prostitute, Ex-Employees Say
By David Sessions - Politics DailyTwo former employees of Blackwater Worldwide, which became the largest of the State Department's private security contractors during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, are accusing the company of systematically defrauding the government to pay for such things as a prostitute's services, alcohol and spa trips, the Washington Post reports. Brad Davis, a former Marine, was a Blackwater security guard in Iraq, and his wife, Melan, worked in the company's billing department in Louisiana. In the wake of 9/11, Blackwater received billions from the government to protect American forces in Iraq and ...
F-22s and the Alliance Defense Contractors Couldn't Beat
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyJust minutes before Tuesday's Senate vote on continued production of the F-22 jet fighter, John McCain called it "probably the most impactful amendment that I have seen in this body on almost any issue, much less the issue of defense." Barack Obama's legislative lobbyists, watching the Senate debate on television from Majority Leader Harry Reid's office, were in full agreement with the 2008 GOP presidential nominee. ...
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