"… project merit.”Former Senate staffer Winslow Wheeler, an analyst at the Center for Defense Information, is more blunt: “Earmarks and contributions are both legal and constitut …"

"… hink the information should be freely available. This year, the non-profit Center for Defense Information and private watchdog group Project On Government Oversight each posted mat …"

"… they are all very significant," said Rachel Stohl, a senior analyst at the Center for Defense Information, a Washington research group. "When you have the administration being able …"

"… barred without a loop hole,” says Winslow Wheeler of the nonprofit Center for Defense Information. Even some of the travelers are cautious of outside sponsorship. “Some f …"

"… relationships these people are trying to create,” argues Wheeler of the Center for Defense Information. “Governments and people drool at the idea of getting in the head of peo …"

"… on favors from people who want something from the government,” says the Center for Defense Information’s Wheeler. “Even a meal is the first step down that slippery slope, an …"