Ike’s Warning on Military-Industrial Complex Ignored (tags)
If President Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower returned from the grave, he would be appalled by today’s Military-Industrial Complex, a/k/a, “The Complex.” In 1961, the old warrior, warned the nation about the “unwarranted influence” of that insidious combination of forces: the Pentagon, Defense contractors and the Congress. Nick Turse’s new book, “The Complex: How The Military Invades Our Everyday Lives,” is a wake up call about that current danger.
Pelosi, Hillary, and Lieberman: funded by Lockheed (tags)
Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Lieberman each received $10,000 in campaign contributions from neocon-linked weapons maker Lockheed-Martin's PAC during the 2006 election cycle. Could this be one reason Pelosi and Hillary refuse to stand firmly for peace while Lieberman blatantly calls for even wider war?
Cop Assaults Activist at Lockheed Martin Protest (tags)
A peaceful rally, on the morning of Dec. 22, 2006, protesting Lockheed Martin’s production of lethal cluster bombs turned ugly. The giant defense contractor’s headquarters are located in Montgomery County, MD, just north of Washington, D.C. As one of the activists, Patrick J. Elder, was speaking to the demonstrators about the deadly effects of the cluster bomb device, he was ordered “off the grass” by a police officer. When Mr. Elder immediately complied and moved to the sidewalk, he was then assaulted by a cop.
2004's Top War Profiteers (tags)
A list of the top corporate war profiteers from 2004.
If they ruin your life sorry you can't sue (tags)
Lockheed Martin received protection for its automated, threat-based risk assessment platform, an integrated computer system that provides near real-time, terrorism threat analysis.
Lockheed Martin makes these death weapons (tags)
Sunnyvale, CA Lockheed Martin Shutdown (tags)
Sunnyvale, CA Lockheed Martin Shutdown -- April 22nd, 2003.