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January 25, 2011

How a Giant Weapons Maker Became the New Big Brother

Lockheed Martin is the largest government contractor in history. They train TSA workers and Guantanamo interrogators. Every American household pays them around $260 per year in taxes. The new military industrial complex is a single company.

William D. Hartung Guernica Jan 2011 10min Permalink