The Industrial-Congressional Complex, 2001-2008

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5. The Industrial-Congressional Complex, 2001-2008
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1994-2021, DOD: Contract Archive
1947-2021, FAS: Presidential Directives
1940-2021, FAS: Selected Executive Orders on National Security

1993-2018, ACLU: The NSA Archive

2008, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: Tokyo's Climate Change Officials to Continue Promoting Sectoral Approach (PDF)
2008, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: Japanese Leadership Working to Narrow Down Climate Change Goals for G-8 Summit (PDF)
2008, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: Sarkozy Remarks on WTO Deemed Injurious to France; Rules Clarity Sought (PDF)
2008, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: Sarkozy Sees Himself as Only One Who Can Resolve World Financial Crisis (PDF)

6 December 2008, NYT: 5 Guards Face U.S. Charges in Iraq Deaths

November 2008, NYT: Monterey Institute of International Studies: Trafficking Networks for Chemical Weapons Precursors: Lessons from the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s (PDF)

2 October 2008, Democracy Now: No Debate: How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control the Presidential Debates

29 September 2008, RawStory: Republican IT consultant subpoenaed in case alleging tampering with 2004 election

July 2008, GAO: Tax Administration: Comparison of the Reported Tax Liabilities of Foreign- and U.S.-Controlled Corporations, 1998-2005 (PDF)

1 May 2008, ACLU: Verizon: Law Enforcement Legal Compliance Guide (PDF)
May 2008, GAO: Defense Contracting: Post-Government Employment of Former DOD Officials Needs Greater Transparency (PDF)

24 April 2008, YouTube: Boston Univ.: Noam Chomsky: Modern-Day American Imperialism: Middle East and Beyond
15 April 2008, Frontline: Sick Around the World

February 2008, FAS: ODNI: FY 2009 Congressional Budget Justification: Vol. XII: Community Management Account (PDF)
February 2008, Trades Union Congress: The Missing Billions: The UK Tax Gap (PDF)

31 January 2008, NYT: After Mining Deal, Financier Donated to Clinton
30 January 2008, WP: Bush Thumbs Nose at Congress
30 January 2008, Boston Globe: Bush asserts authority to bypass defense act
28 January 2008, WH: President Bush Signs H.R. 4986, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 into Law
14 January 2008, Reuters: Bush says committed to Saudi arms deal
8 January 2008, EPIC: WH: National Security Presidential Directive/Homeland Security Presidential Directive: Cybersecurity Policy (NSPD-54/HSPD-23) (PDF)
6 January 2008, Let Sibel Edmonds Speak: Sibel 'names names' (in pictures)
6 January 2008, JustACitizen.com: Sibel Edmonds' State Secrets Privilege Gallery
3 January 2008, LOC: US Congress: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (PDF)

2007, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: Japanese to State Goal of Reducing Carbon Emissions by Half by 2050 (PDF)
2007, Internet Archive: SBS Australia: Mathieu Verboud, Jean-Robert Viallet: Kill the Messenger (Sibel Edmonds)

26 November 2007, Guardian: Bush commits troops to Iraq for the long term
26 November 2007, WH: Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America
23 November 2007, WP: Cellphone Tracking Powers on Request
7 November 2007, WP: A Story of Surveillance

30 October 2007, NYT: Immunity Deals Offered to Blackwater Guards
9 October 2007, NYT: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Torture Appeal
3 October 2007, NYT: From Errand to Fatal Shot to Hail of Fire to 17 Deaths

18 September 2007, NYT: U.S. Contractor Banned by Iraq Over Shootings

24 August 2007, NYT: Role of Telecom Firms in Wiretaps Is Confirmed

1 June 2007, Salon: The corporate takeover of U.S. intelligence

15 May 2007, Frontline: Spying on the Home Front
10 May 2007, NYT: In Guilty Plea, OxyContin Maker to Pay $600 Million
9 May 2007, US District Court, Western District VA, Abingdon Division: USA v. Purdue Frederick Company, Inc. et al (Agreed Statement of Facts) (PDF)
8 May 2007, WP: The Cost of War, Unnoticed
4 May 2007, Cryptome: Cryptome Shutdown by Verio/NTT Prime Suspect

24 April 2007, Frontline: Hot Politics

2 March 2007, US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit: El-Masri v. USA et al (PDF)

27 February 2007, Frontline: News War: Part III: What's Happening to the News

27 December 2006, Z: Iraq: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Noam Chomsky interviewed by Michael Albert

17 August 2006, US District Court, DC: USA et al v. Phillip Morris USA, Inc. (Amended Final Opinion) (PDF)

8 June 2006, EFF: US District Court, Northern District CA: Hepting v. AT&T: Declaration of Mark Klein (PDF)

19 May 2006, Baker & Hostetler: Report to Fannie Mae Regarding Shareholder Complaints by Mr. Nye Lavalle (PDF)
16 May 2006, Frontline: Can You Afford to Retire?
11 May 2006, USA Today: NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls
5 May 2006, NYT: When it comes to antitrust, Washington is antibust

28 March 2006, Z: Noam Chomsky: The Israel Lobby?

11 February 2006, WP: Censorship Is Alleged at NOAA

29 January 2006, Baltimore Sun: System Error (re. NSA, Trailblazer)
29 January 2006, NYT: Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him
2 January 2006, NYT: Muslim Scholars Were Paid to Aid U.S. Propaganda

27 December 2005, Chomsky.info: Radio Netherlands: Noam Chomsky: On the Iraq Election
24 December 2005, NYT: Spy Agency Mined Vast Data Trove, Officials Report
19 December 2005, NYT: Study Shows the Superrich Are Not the Most Generous
11 December 2005, NYT: Military's Information War Is Vast and Often Secretive
8 December 2005, Khaleej Times: Noam Chomsky: A dangerous neighbourhood

16 November 2005, WP: Document Says Oil Chiefs Met With Cheney Task Force

16 October 2005, Citigroup: Industry Note: Equity Strategy: Plutonomy: Buying Luxury, Explaining Global Imbalances (PDF)
1 October 2005, NYT: Buying of News by Bush's Aides Is Ruled Illegal

11 September 2005, Guardian: Destination Cairo: human rights fears over CIA flights
8 September 2005, NYT: U.N. Report Cites U.S. and Japan as the 'Least Generous Donors'
September 2005, UN: Human Development Report 2005: International cooperation at a crossroads: Aid, trade and security in an unequal world (PDF)

15 August 2005, WP: In-Q-Tel, CIA's Venture Arm, Invests in Secrets

19 July 2005, Intercept: NSA: SIDtoday: Back in Time: The ECHELON Story (PDF)

31 May 2005, NYT: C.I.A. Expanding Terror Battle Under Guise of Charter Flights
15 May 2005, Journal of National Security Law & Policy: A Troubling Equation in Contracts for Government Funded Scientific Research: "Sensitive But Unclassified" = Secret But Unconstitutional (PDF)

31 March 2005, NYT: Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction: Report to the President of the United States (PDF)
6 March 2005, Cryptome: John Stanton: Sibel Edmonds' 2005 Spring Offensive: FBI Shields Pakistan/Turkey Nuclear Weapons Development, Drug Trade, Cheney, Rumsfeld

14 February 2005, Dissident Voice: The American Turkish Council: US Association Helps Create New World Order

2004, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: French Envoy Plans to Release List of U.S. Firms Who Allegedly Profited from OFF (PDF)
2004, Frontline: FBI: National Security Letter to Nick Merrill re. Calyx records (PDF)

December 2004, Vanity Fair: The Net's Master Data-miner

23 November 2004, Frontline: Secret History of the Credit Card
16 November 2004, Frontline: Is Wal-Mart Good for America?
9 November 2004, Frontline: The Persuaders

3 October 2004, NYT: Irrelevant? OPEC Is Sitting Pretty.
2 October 2004, NYT: Ex-Pentagon Official Gets 9 Months for Conspiring to Favor Boeing
2 October 2004, NYT: Inquiry Stymied on Company With Air Force Ties

27 September 2004, YouTube: Bunker Hill Community College; Homeless Empowerment Project: Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn: Is There Hope in This Desperate Time?

28 August 2004, NYT: Club of the Most Powerful Gathers in Strictest Privacy
19 August 2004, NYT: A Secretive Bank Faces Calls for Transparency
August 2004, ACLU: The Surveillance-Industrial Complex: How the American Government Is Conscripting Businesses and Individuals in the Construction of a Surveillance Society (PDF)

10 July 2004, Blip.tv: 2600: The Fifth HOPE: Steve Rambam: Privacy: Not What It Used To Be
1 July 2004, Antiwar.com: An Interview with Sibel Edmonds: FBI Whistleblower Talks to Antiwar.com

28 June 2004, Cryptome: John Stanton: A Fantastic Tale: Turkey, Drugs, Faustian Alliances & Sibel Edmonds
27 June 2004, NYT: As Doctors Write Prescriptions, Drug Companies Write Checks
21 June 2004, NYT: U.S. Is Quietly Spending $2.5 Billion From Iraqi Oil Revenues to Pay for Iraqi Projects

21 May 2004, Intercept: NSA/CSS: Special Source Operations: Classification Guide for ECI WHIPGENIE 02-05 (PDF)
11 May 2004, Cryptocomb: DOD: International Armament and Technology Trade Directorate: Preliminary Findings: Report to the Inspector General into Mobile Telecommunications Licenses in Iraq (PDF)

15 April 2004, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Foreign Aid: An Introductory Overview of U.S. Programs and Policy (PDF)

16 February 2004, New Yorker: Contract Sport: What did the Vice-President do for Halliburton?
3 February 2004, C-SPAN: UNCA: Noam Chomsky: Hegemony or Survival

16 January 2004, FBI: National Security Letter to Nicholas Merrill re. Calyx records (PDF)

2003, Cryptome: AT&T: Frost & Sullivan: U.S. CALEA Market Insight (PDF)

19 November 2003, ProPublica: NSA: SIDtoday: FAIRVIEW and STORMBREW: 'Live' - On the Net (PDF)

September 2003, Internet Archive: Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, Joel Bakan: The Corporation
12 September 2003, Intercept: NSA/CSS: Exceptionally Controlled Information (ECI) (PDF)

17 July 2003, Judicial Watch: Maps and Charts of Iraqi Oil Fields

3 March 2003, Guardian: Memo exposes Bush's new green strategy

20 February 2003, Frontline: The War Behind Closed Doors

2002, Environmental Working Group: Frank Luntz Memorandum to Bush White House: The Environment: A Cleaner, Safer, Healthier America (PDF)
2002, Noam Chomsky: Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World (PDF)

17 September 2002, WH: The National Security Strategy of the United States of America (PDF)

13 July 2002, Blip.tv: 2600: H2K2: Steve Rambam: Databases and Privacy

February 2002, Mitchell, Schoeffel, eds: Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky: Ch. 3: The Permanent War Economy: note 10
February 2002, Mitchell, Schoeffel, eds: Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky: Ch. 3: The Permanent War Economy: note 9
February 2002, Mitchell, Schoeffel, eds: Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky: Ch. 3: The Permanent War Economy: note 8
February 2002, Peter Mitchell, John Schoeffel, eds: The Footnotes for Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky (PDF)
February 2002, Peter Mitchell, John Schoeffel, eds: Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky (EPUB)

October 2001, WP: NSA: NSA/CSS Mission: Provide and Protect Vital Information for the Nation (excerpts) (PDF)

11 July 2001, European Parliament: Report on the existence of a global system for the interception of private and commercial communications (ECHELON interception system) (PDF)

14 May 2001, Media Matters: James Zogby: New Questions about Feith
April-May 2001, Z: Noam Chomsky: A Review of NATO's War over Kosovo

10 April 2001, MIT: Noam Chomsky: Institutions vs. People: Will the Species Self-Destruct?

14 March 2001, NYT: Bush, in Reversal, Won't Seek Cut in Emissions of Carbon Dioxide
13 March 2001, WH: Text of a Letter from the President to Sens. Hagel, Helms, Craig and Roberts re. Kyoto Protocol, Clean Air Act (PDF)
March 2001, Judicial Watch: DOC: Iraq, Saudi Arabia, UAE oil facilities (PDF, ZIP)