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Under the Radar
An investigation of the U.S. Navy Veterans Association found that the nonprofit group was providing almost no assistance to veterans and current U.S. troops and instead spending millions of dollars on conservative campaigns across the country.
Tags: U.S. Navy Veterans Association; veterans; Navy Veterans; campaign contributions; nonprofit
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A Tampa Case of Stolen Valor
“A local man has been joining veteran’s organizations around the Tampa area”. He often comes dressed in a marine uniform, showing off his “Navy Cross”, which he was awarded while serving his country. It turns out that he never won the award, was never a part of the Marines, and never even served for the US Military. Further, he was charged with violating the “Stolen Valor Act” and forging government documents.
Tags: US Justice Department; Angel Ocasio; federal law; medal; nation; service; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW); decorations
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Suspect Soldiers
The series identified hundreds of military recurited or retained during the Iraq war with criminal records and other questionable backgrounds. At least 70 were linked to incidents in the military, most involving crimes against civilians or other misconduct in Iraq. Some of the incidents had been well-publicized, although the backgrounds of accused personnel had not previously been disclosed, and others incidents were made public for the first time through never-before released records obtained by The Bee.
Tags: Iraq; soldiers; misconduct; civilian incidents in Iraq; soldiers with criminal backgrounds; U.S. Navy; U.S. Army; U.S. Air Force
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Feasting on the Spoils
A biographical look at former U.S. Congressman Randy “Duke†Cunningham, one of the most corrupt members of Congress this nation has ever seen. Cunningham pleaded guilty to accepting more than $2.4 million in bribes that came from defense contractors in exchange for political favors.
Tags: Defense Appropriations; House Intelligence Committee; Navy; CIA;
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Inside the Hidden World of Earmarks
Javers reports on how much cash is actually generated for companies because of lobbyists. It found that for every one dollar spent on earmark lobbying, $28 would be the average return rate. Even the US Navy used this to its advantage to by a new Gulfstream jet for the Naval officials.
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Inside Gitmo
"Speaking publicly for the first time, senior U.S. law enforcement investigators say they waged a long but futile battle inside the Pentagon to stop coercive and degrading treatment of detainees by intelligence interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba."
Tags: Abu Ghraib; Navy; Army; military; prisoner; terrorism; hijack; Mohammed al-Qahtani; Saudi Arabia; Alberto R. Gonzales; interrogation; torture; Guantanamo
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Damaged Shield?
Most U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers have a special chemically engineered shield between the ships' inner and outer hulls. The shield is meant to protect the carriers, but this investigation found that in many ships the shield is ineffective and flawed. The Navy contractor responsible for the shielding job says that it often cut corners and took shortcuts. As a result, many aircraft carriers are at greater risk for damage from attack.
Tags: armed forces; Navy; ocean; shipyards; USS Cole; government contracts; hulls
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How Far Will the Army Go?
With the help of an undercover high school journalist KCNC revealed that Army recruiters in suburban Denver advised the 17 year old student about how to obtain a fake diploma and beat a drug test. After the story aired, KCNC received tips from across the country about similar recruiting practices. Following the broadcast, the military froze recruitment efforts for a day and re-examined recruitment policies and procedures.
Tags: military; US Army; recruiters; recruitment; US Navy
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Secret Planes
This investigation by the associated press discovers two Gulfstream jets purposely sending suspected terrorists to countries practicing techniques of tortune. This report was the first to document evidence linking these secret planes to the U.S. government and "revealed the true function of an agency buried deep in the Pentagon bureaucracy."
Tags: U.S. Navy; FOI requests; CIA; detainees; Defense Energy Support Center
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Navy Proposes Shipbuilding Cuts, Plans to Appeal to Bush for Reforms (Inside the Navy); Collins Warns Navy Not to 'Squander' Shipbuilding Budget Progress (Inside the Navy); Warner Concerned About Possible Carrier Delay (InsideDefense.com); Pentagon Further Curtails Navy Shipbuilding Budget (InsideDefense.com)
Castelli's investigative series feature in Inside the Navy and InsideDefense.com exposes proposed shipbuilding cuts in the Navy's fiscal year 2006 budget. The series sheds light on how the cuts will affect the Navy, as well as major U.S. shipyards. "With so much at stake, this series of articles gave decision-makers on Capitol Hill the maximum time available to consider policy questions about shipbuilding that could affect national security, the industrial base, politics and state and local economies."
Tags: Pentagon; Navy Department; Gordon England; Donald Rumsfeld; President Bush; General Dynamics; Northop Grumman