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Appropriations and expenditures

The New Red Scare

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Reviving the art of threat inflation

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It Takes a Villa

From testimony given in January at a Senate subcommittee hearing to examine spending within the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations, a division of the Department of Defense that…

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Beyond the Broken Window

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William Bratton and the new police state

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Game On

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East vs. West, again

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When Pigs Buy

From a list of items available for purchase by local police departments through Department of Homeland Security grants.

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Tunnel Vision

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Will the Air Force kill its most effective weapon?

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Search and Destroy

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The Pentagon’s losing battle against IEDs

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A Letter to Barack Obama

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George McGovern in New Hampshire, 1972. © Constantine Manos/Magnum Photos   When President Franklin Roosevelt came into office in the depth of the Great Depression, he sought to stabilize and…

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Waste management

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Why Dogs Go After Mail Carriers

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Mad men

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Introducing the defense industry's pay-to-play ad agency

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