Defense Contractors, & the Defense Policy Board |
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Defense Contractors, & the Defense Policy Board |
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 Oct 20 2006, 12:55 PM
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Oct 20 2006, 02:33 PM
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Topic Introduction
Profits among prominent defense contractors have skyrocketed since 9/11. In addition to allocations for purchases of conventional weaponry demanded by engagements in Iraq and around the world, the Defense Budget bill approved by Congress for 2004 included 9.1 billion for ballistic missile defense (star wars) and 1.3 billion in funds for new chemical and biological weapons programs. U.S. Defense spending has risen by 50% since Bush took office. The figure $440 billion is too large for the average person to grasp - to give you an idea how much money we're talking, the yearly US defense budget is about double the GNP of the country of Saudi Arabia... the US spends as much on defense as all the other NATO countries, including Russia and England, COMBINED. For a peek into the world of lucrative contracts being divied out to contractors in the defense spending free-for-all since the declaration of the war on terror one need look no further than the Defense Policy Board. The board meets half a dozen times a year and gives its non-binding advice to the Pentagon on things such as strategy, tactics and what sort of weapons programs to develop. The Center for Public Integrity has had their eye on this advisory panel and has determined that at least nine of its thirty non-military staff members continue to maintain conflict of interest ties to prominent defense contracting firms. The big winners include Halliburton, Bechtel, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, SAIC, Northrop Grumman, and Booz Allen Hamilton. |
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Oct 20 2006, 02:33 PM
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Advisors of Influence: Nine Members of the Defense Policy Board Have Ties to Defense Contractors By André Verlöy and Daniel Politi Data by Aron Pilhofer Center for Public Integrity, March 28 2003 QUOTE Of the 30 members of the Defense Policy Board, the government-appointed group that advises the Pentagon, at least nine have ties to companies that have won more than $76 billion in defense contracts in 2001 and 2002. Four members are registered lobbyists, one of whom represents two of the three largest defense contractors. http://store.publicintegrity.org/report.aspx?aid=91&sid=200The board's chairman, Richard Perle, resigned yesterday, March 27, 2003, amid allegations of conflicts of interest for his representation of companies with business before the Defense Department, although he will remain a member of the board. Carlyle's Way Making a mint inside "the iron triangle" of defense, government and industry. by Dan Briody Red Herring, December 11, 2001 QUOTE ...The group has been able to parlay its political clout into a lucrative buyout practice (in other words, purchasing struggling companies, turning them around, and selling them for huge profits)--everything from defense contractors to telecommunications and aerospace companies. It is a kind of ruthless investing made popular by the movie Wall Street, and any industry that relies heavily on government regulation is fair game for Carlyle's brand of access capitalism. Carlyle has established itself as the gatekeeper between private business interests and U.S. defense spending. And as the Carlyle investors watched the World Trade towers go down, the group's prospects went up. http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=6...rlyle's+WayIn running what its own marketing literature spookily calls "a vast, interlocking, global network of businesses and investment professionals" that operates within the so-called iron triangle of industry, government, and the military, the Carlyle Group leaves itself open to any number of conflicts of interest... Raytheon to employ retired officers Admiral, general will help advise on military market by Robert Weisman The Boston Globe, December 10 2005 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12969 Microwaves, Lasers, Retired Generals For Sale by William M. Arkin Washington Post, October 6 2005 http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarnin...tired_gene.html Several large US military projects under fire AFP, @ Raw Story, March 17 2007 QUOTE These complications come at the worst time for the Air Force. http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Several_large...__03172007.html
Already facing a poor rating over contracts granted to Boeing for the renewal of its supply aircrafts, then canceled, the Air Force is under intense scrutiny by Congress. The House Armed Services Committee held hearings on March 7 on the Air Force's procurement plans, some accusing the Pentagon of rigging the bidding process for supply planes to favor Boeing over consortium EADS/Northrop. |
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Oct 20 2006, 02:33 PM
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Top 100 Government Contractors Ranked by Contracts Last Year thread started by jo56, Dec 21 2006 http://pilotsfor911truth.org/forum...showtopic=3116 The War Profiteering Prevention Act Of 2007 thread started by painter http://pilotsfor911truth.org/forum...showtopic=3633 What Is The Defense Policy Board? Information you all need to know Thread started by jo56 (several links to info about the DPB) http://pilotsfor911truth.org/forum...showtopic=4258 The Carlyle Group Did you know? Thread started by jo56 (several links to info about the Carlyle Group) http://pilotsfor911truth.org/forum...showtopic=4077 Booz Allen Hamilton - Defense Contractor Air Force Satellite Control System Team Thread started by jo56 (several links to info about Booz Allen Hamilton) http://pilotsfor911truth.org/forum...showtopic=4010 |
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Oct 20 2006, 02:33 PM
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Other Resources
Websites Iraqforesale.org Web site with embedded video clips, links hosted by the makers of the film Iraq for Sale, the War Profiteers directed by Robert Greenwald http://iraqforsale.org/ Lobbying Database Top Spenders Wow! Learn how much companies spend on lobbying - http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/overv...?txtindextype=s The War Profiteers - War Crimes, Kidnappings, Torture and Big Money A Look Behind the Scenes at the Activities of the U. S. Defense Industry and Intelligence Services http://www.expose-the-war-profiteers.org/index.html Videos How The Military Industrial Complex Makes Money Off 9/11 A clip from the BBC documentary Why We Fight, examines the profit motive behind the war on terror. courtesy, belowgroundsurface http://youtube.com/watch?v=wCbzFJyVS-o Tegenlicht: De ijzeren driehoek Dutch documentary about the Carlyle Group Nearly all in English - Excellent documentary about the Investment Firm/Defense Contractor that boasts such advisors as GWH Bush and Frank Carlucci, and managed a hundred million of the Binladen family's money, many of whom sat on the board up until 9/11. courtesy, Guinan & Carl Bank Realplayer: http://cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/tv/v.../bb.20030516.rm Pop up embedded: http://www.vpro.nl/programma/tegenlicht/af...media/13721142/ |
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Feb 4 2007, 01:45 AM
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