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DEFENSE
SPENDING
- May 9, 2008 -- Congress Needs to Take On Cost Overruns
- January 31, 2008 -- War Spending Games
- December 14, 2007 -- Same Pork, Different Dance
- June 1, 2007 -- Hiding the Bacon
- April 27, 2007 -- A Reliable Rip-off
- March 23, 2007 -- The Buck Should Stop Here
- September
9, 2005 -- FEMA's Fiscal Disaster
- August
18, 2005 -- Outerspace Waste
- June
10, 2005
-- The Department of Waste
- April
28, 2005 -- Martha Stewart Living at the TSA
- March
21, 2005
-- Virtual Insecurity
- March
14, 2005
-- Port Security, Not Pork Security
- March
7, 2005 -- Is Nothing Sacred?
- January
21, 2005 -- Homeland Insecurity Spending
- November
12, 2004 -- Defense Spending Pork Fest
- October
29, 2004 -- "Soft" on Security Spending?
- September
17, 2004 -- Bring Back the Truman Committee
- September
3, 2004 -- Federal Nips and Tucks
- July
9, 2004 -- Billion Dollar Blunders
- July
1, 2004 -- Homeland Honey Jar
- June
4, 2004 -- Don't Forget Afghanistan
- May
28, 2004 -- Nuking the Budget
- May
21, 2004 -- Keep BRAC on Track
- May
14, 2004 -- No "Blank Check" for War Spending
- April
23, 2004 -- The True Costs of Iraq
- March
12, 2004 -- Cronyism, Inc.
- February
27, 2004 -- More Defensive Dominoes Need to Fall
- December
12, 2003
-- A Step Back in Iraq
- October
3, 2003
-- Do the Right Thing in Iraq
- June
1, 2003
-- Selling Security Snake Oil
- May 8, 2003 -- Halliburton's
Road to Riches
- March 28, 2003 -- Basic
Math for the DOD
- March 21, 2003 -- The
Financial Cost of War
- January 24, 2003 -- Uncle Sam
Slams Big Brother
- October 18, 2002 -- The
Long Road to Military Reform
- September 20, 2002 -- Weighing
the Costs of Invasion
- February 22, 2002 -- Paying
for Disinformation
- July 10, 2001 -- Jets for
Generals?
- March 1, 1999
-- Congress Defies Navy; Forces Upgrade of Unneeded
Subs
- September
2, 1999 -- Military Spending:
Everything and the Kitchen Sink
- August
26, 1998 -- Waste, From Top to
Bottom
- June
8, 1998 -- Senator Seeks $30 Million For Unneeded
Bombing Range
- March 9, 1998
-- New Support to Close Excess Bases
- May
14, 1996 -- Military Spending Cuts Are Against the
'Rules'
- April
29, 1996 -- The Defense Budget Time Bomb
-- New TV Report Reveals Defense Budget Likely To Go Up,
Not Down
- April
9, 1996 -- For the Record (Fox T.V. Interview about
Pentagon Follies report)
- April
1, 1996 -- April Fools! (The Defense Department
is Wasting Your Tax Dollars)
- March
26, 1996 -- Second Fitness Center at Naval Shipyard.
- March
19, 1996 -- DoD's Mickey Mouse Club. (Hotel at Disney
World)
- March
7, 1996 -- Tee-ing Off the Taxpayer. (Third Golf
Course at Andrews AFB)
PENTAGON
ACCOUNTING
MISSILE
DEFENSE
- March 28, 2008 -- A Shot in the Dark
- August
20, 2004 -- Missile Defense Politics
- January
10, 2003 -- Trillion With a "T"
- June
21, 2002 -- Missile Impossible
- September
28, 2001 -- Rethinking Missile Defense
- July
18, 2000 -- Rigged Missile Defense Test Falls Flat
- April
19, 2000 -- Rethinking Missile Defense
- March
14, 2000 -- Military Contractor Faked Tests; Millions
Wasted
- June 8, 1999 -- THAAD
goes Thud
- May
21, 1996 -- Taxpayers Say No to Congressional 'Star
Wars' Sequel
OTHER
WEAPONS SYSTEMS
- March 21, 2008 -- Rewarding Failure
- February 15, 2008 -- Practicing What You Preach
- April
18, 2003 -- Jet Fighter Should Be Grounded
- November
15, 2002 -- Jettison a Jet Fighter
- May
10, 2002 -- Is it Possible to Cancel a Weapons
System?
- April
5, 2002 -- An Idea That Won't Fly
- April
13, 2001 -- The High Cost of the F-22
- February
7, 2001 -- Osprey Program Off Course
- January
11, 2000 -- The Price of Stealth
- August 3, 1999 -- Conference Committee Needs to Cut F-22
- July
6, 1998 -- Fly Before You Buy
Amendment Crashes
- June
9, 1997 -- Dracula's Bomber: B-2 is Back for $20 Billion
MISCELLANEOUS
- April 11, 2008 -- Overstaying Its Welcome
- April 3, 2008 -- Stranger than Fiction
- January 11, 2008 -- Border Boondoggle
- October 4, 2006 -- Fortified Waste
- April 20, 2006 -- Fools Gold
- December
5, 2005 -- A Dark Day for the Dukestir
- August
26, 2005 -- The Duke of Hazard
- June
17, 2005
-- Home Improvement, DC Style
- April 9, 2004 -- Coast
Guard's Deepwater in Hot Water
- August 7, 2003 -- NRO Has Got
to Go
- June 26, 2003 -- A Boon
to Boeing
- April 24, 2003 -- Fiscal Fiasco
at TSA
- October 25, 2002
-- Corporations Should Pay Their Fair Share
- March 23, 2001 -- 'BEEF'ing
Up on the Taxpayer's Dime
- January 11, 1999
-- DOE Secretary Richardson Saves Taxpayers Billions
- January 21, 1998
-- NATO Expansion: Hidden Costs
- August
4, 1997 -- Pentagon Follies
- July
9, 1996 -- Weapons Welfare Uncovered
- June
4, 1996 -- DOD Rewards Defense Execs with Merger
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