Tag: Pentagon

The brass asked for a report on eliminating waste. When investigators found some, the military buried it.

Is a Trump Presidency Good News for the Military-Industrial Complex?

Why Is It So Hard to Reduce the Pentagon Budget?

The Pentagon contracted PR firm Bell Pottinger to create fake terrorist propaganda videos to track down the people who watched them.

Faced with such boundlessly ambitious raids on the public purse, no one should claim a “lack of strategy” as a failing among our real policymakers.

Despite troop reductions, the Pentagon's war budget is increasing.

Slush Funds, Smoke and Mirrors, and Funny Money Equal Weapons Systems Galore

Five decades later, the military waste machine Is running full speed ahead.

In 2015, the U.S. government spent $598 billion on the military, more than half of its total discretionary budget, and nearly 10 times what it spent on education.

In response to a FOIA request, the Pentagon admits that its master list of contracts is not searchable and it has no clue how many specific items it has on hand.