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Where are the watchdogs?

By John Solomon

Faced with record deficits and expanding federal responsibilities, politicians from President Barack Obama on down routinely talk about the

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"… bsp;after a controversy involving investigations into spending in Iraq and Afghanistan.And the Central Intelligence Agency, often in the limelight with its sweep …"

Outsourcing the war

By Andrew Green

That was then . . . Parsons Corporation ranks 10th in the Center’s compilation of top private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2

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"… 10th in the Center’s compilation of top private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2004 and 2006. More broadly, in this, our second Windfalls of War …"

Army health building upgrade canceled after questions raised about cost estimates

By Julie Vorman

Tricare Management and the U.S. Army did not properly plan a project using $15.7 million in stimulus funds to modernize electrical, mechanic

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"… pite the United States spending $411 million in 2010 to curb corruption in Afghanistan, “overwhelming reports of corruption continue” and half of all Afghans …"

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One-fourth of Pentagon’s war zone pay to civilians was improper

By Julie Vorman

The Pentagon improperly spent $57.7 million on danger and hardship pay and other special allowances and pay differentials for nearly 9,000 c

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"… ances and pay differentials for nearly 9,000 civilian employees working In Afghanistan and Iraq, according to the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector Gene …"

DNA backlog rises at FBI laboratory

By Julie Vorman

As any armchair detective knows, a DNA sample is often the key evidence that convicts a murderer by the end of a 60-minute TV crime show. Bu

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"… ght for handling DNA samples from improvised explosive devices in Iraq and Afghanistan.Quick Fact: Less than 50 percent of an FBI DNA examiner’s time is spent …"

Journalism with teeth

By Philip Knightley

LONDON, July 17, 1999 — Western media follow a depressingly familiar formula when it comes to the preparation of a nation for conflict....

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"… uld we make of the stories in the British press this week about torture in Afghanistan? A defector from the Taliban’s secret police told a reporter in Quetta, …"

"… developed. “Nowhere else in the world has such barbarity and cruelty as Afghanistan.”The story rings false and defectors of all kinds are well-known for tel …"

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How the plotters slipped U.S. net

LONDON, October 10, 2001 — As US forces converge on Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden's satellite phone has not been cut off. But calls to the te

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"… sts will have cost us our freedom.” …"

"… nt Clinton authorised a cruise missile attack on a training camp at Khost, Afghanistan. By the time the missiles landed, Bin Laden had gone.Having failed to fore …"

The Murtha Method

By The Center for Public Integrity

For months, a cloud has swirled around Congressman John Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee,

Excerpts from this story referencing "Afghanistan":

"… nce and Navy and Air Force training budgets for units deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.Data Editor David Donald and staff writers Sarah Laskow, Nick Schwellenbac …"

Jerry Lewis — Appropriations Committee?

By Amy Biegelsen

A California congressman since 1978, Jerry Lewis aims to regain the gavel of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee and all the federal bud

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"… or drones, which the Pentagon is using in greater numbers for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.His chief of staff, Arlene Willis, is also his wife.Top PAC Contr …"

The million-dollar weapon

By Sharon Weinberger

Raytheon has sold more than 2,000 of its million-dollar-plus cruise missiles to the Pentagon during a decade of war. ...

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"… ying missile that travels at 550 miles per hour. During a decade of war in Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Libya, the Pentagon has increasingly relied on the Tomahawk …"

"… vessels in the Arabian Sea to strike suspected Al Qaeda sites in Sudan and Afghanistan in retaliation for the Africa embassy bombings.“Though most of them hit …"

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