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Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 12 ManTech International 15 billion in contracts founder served on congressional intelligence advisory
THE ONE FACT THEY WON'T FORGET In 2020, ManTech International—a defense contractor specializing in cybersecurity and intelligence support—won $1.5 billion in classified and unclass…
Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 11 CACI International Abu Ghraib interrogation contract company employed retired military officers on P
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2003, CACI International, a Virginia-based defense contractor, supplied interrogators to Abu Ghraib prison under a contract that listed their duti…
Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 10 L3 Technologies 4 billion in contracts companys PAC donated to every member of relevant appropriatio
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2019, L3 Technologies—a U.S. defense contractor with $4 billion in annual revenue—donated $120,000 through its political action committee (PAC) to…
Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 09 DRS Technologies 13 billion contract after hiring 22 former Pentagon officials as lobbyists
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In the 24 months before DRS Technologies secured a $1.3 billion Pentagon contract in 2008, the company hired 22 former Department of Defense official…
Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 08 Booz Allen Hamilton 46 billion in government contracts in 2013 James Clapper former employee became
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2013, Booz Allen Hamilton received $4.6 billion in U.S. government contracts—more than the annual GDP of 40 countries—while its former vice presid…
Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 07 SAIC NSA contract 2 billion signals intelligence contract company founded by former NSA director
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2001, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)—a defense contractor founded by a former NSA director—won a $2 billion contract to mod…
Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 06 Northrop Grumman B-21 80 billion stealth bomber contract companys lobbying expenditure doubled year
THE ONE FACT THEY WON'T FORGET In the twelve months before Northrop Grumman was awarded the $80 billion B-21 Raider contract in 2015, the company’s federal lobbying expenditures do…
Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 05 General Dynamics Stryker contract awarded after company hired former Army acquisition chief as lobby
THE ONE FACT THEY WON'T FORGET In June 2020, General Dynamics hired Bruce Jette, the U.S. Army’s top acquisition official, as a consultant—five months before the Army awarded Gener…
Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 04 Raytheon Patriot missiles 1 billion Saudi Arabia contract approved weeks after 100000 donation to Tr
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On December 8, 2016—six weeks before Donald Trump’s inauguration—Raytheon donated $100,000 to the Presidential Inaugural Committee. On January 27, 20…
Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 03 Boeing KC-46 tanker 49 billion contract awarded after Boeing spent 10 million lobbying still not ful
THE ONE FACT THEY WON'T FORGET In 2011, the U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a $4.9 billion contract to build the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker—despite the company’s own internal docu…
Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 02 Lockheed Martin F-35 17 trillion program largest defense contract in history unit cost tripled from
THE LOCKHEED MARTIN F-35: $1.7 TRILLION, 20 YEARS, AND A SINGLE MEMO THAT EXPLAINS IT ALL THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2001, the Pentagon’s own cost analysts warned that the F…
Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 01 Halliburton Iraq Dick Cheneys former company received 395 billion in no-bid Iraq contracts after Che
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET Between 2003 and 2008, Halliburton—a company where Dick Cheney served as CEO until 2000—received $39.5 billion in Iraq-related contracts, the majorit…
Corporate Frauds Where Nobody Went To Jail: 30 Citigroup sold 40 billion in toxic mortgage securities while internal emails called them garbage
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2007, Citigroup sold $40 billion in mortgage-backed securities to investors while internal emails from its own traders called the underlying loans…
Corporate Frauds Where Nobody Went To Jail: 29 McKinsey advised Purdue Pharma to turbocharge opioid sales paid 573 million settlement
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2013, McKinsey & Company advised Purdue Pharma to focus its opioid sales efforts on "high-abuse-risk" patients—those already showing signs of …
Corporate Frauds Where Nobody Went To Jail: 28 Odebrecht largest corporate bribery case in history 12 countries 788 million fine
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2016, Odebrecht S.A., Latin America’s largest construction firm, admitted in a U.S. federal court to paying $788 million in bribes across 12 count…
Corporate Frauds Where Nobody Went To Jail: 27 Standard Chartered processed 250 billion in transactions for Iran sanctions violations
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET Between 2001 and 2007, Standard Chartered processed 9,557 transactions worth $250 billion for Iranian banks and entities, including those controlled …
Corporate Frauds Where Nobody Went To Jail: 26 Credit Suisse helped 55000 Americans hide 10 billion from IRS paid fine continued operating
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2014, Credit Suisse admitted in a U.S. federal court filing that it had helped 55,000 American clients conceal $10 billion from the Internal Reven…
Corporate Frauds Where Nobody Went To Jail: 25 Sackler Family and Purdue Pharma 10 billion taken out of company while opioid deaths mounted
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET Between 2008 and 2019, as Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin fueled an opioid epidemic that killed hundreds of thousands in the United States, the Sackler fam…
Corporate Frauds Where Nobody Went To Jail: 24 DuPont knew since 1961 that C8 chemical used in Teflon caused cancer dumped it in water supply
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1961, DuPont’s own toxicology unit concluded that C8—a chemical used to manufacture Teflon—caused cancerous tumors in rats and liver damage in dog…
Corporate Frauds Where Nobody Went To Jail: 23 3M internal documents from 1970s show they knew PFAS chemicals caused health problems
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1978, a 3M internal memo warned that perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)—a chemical used in Scotchgard and other products—caused birth defects in rats a…