Aegis BMD (FTM-11) Stellar Hunters Quick Release
Lieutenant General Henry “Trey” Obering, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director, announced the successful completion today of the latest Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense “hit to kill” intercept flight test. Conducted jointly with the US Navy, the test involved the simultaneous engagements of a ballistic missile “unitary” target (meaning that the target warhead and booster remain attached) [...]
Qui tam whistleblower cases explained by Phillips & Cohen
Leading whistleblower law firm Phillips & Cohen (www.phillipsandcohen.com) explains how individuals can blow the whistle on fraud against the government, such as Medicare fraud, and potentially receive a reward by bringing a “qui tam” (whistleblower)lawsuit under the False Claims Act. Whistleblowers can file lawsuits against companies or individuals defrauding the government and are entitled to [...]
Defense! Defense! Five Stocks That Win in Every Market Scenario
In a shaky stock market environment, there is no better place to turn than the defense contractors. Leading the S&P index by about 20% in 2008 (the 8th straight year of better relative performance), the so-called “big five” have their work cut out for them in 2008 and beyond. It is pretty much a foregone [...]
Explaining Your Financial Problems on the Security Clearance Application (SF86) or Interview
The whole purpose of the security clearance process is to try to predict future conduct based on past and current conduct. When a person has acted honestly and responsibly for a few years, it is much more indicative of their future conduct than something that happened further back in time. The challenge for most people [...]
Anti-Social Program Republicans: How about we cut all 100% of social spending and start a flat 15% income tax?
It’s been said time and time again that higher taxes only stops people from spending locally and in a bottom up mentality staggers the governments stream of income. Now with that said it is IMPOSSIBLE for today’s American Government to bring taxes down to a reasonable level…Why? Social Programs and Military/defense programs (nation building). With [...]
Trying on my Body Armor
So I’ve really got no idea how this stuff is supposed to work. Luckily I got a brand new one, which came with instructions for putting the whole mess together.
US Troops in Iraq talk about Halliburton & KBR
Interviews of actual soldiers and defense contractor employees talk about the wasteful spending of US tax dollars in Iraq due to the military industrial complex