Archive: December 2, 2007 - December 8, 2007
Blackwater, Contracts and Redactions
On Oct. 3, I filed a request with the State Department for contracts with Blackwater. On Dec. 3, the Washington Post received 323 pages in response to my request. I was thrilled. I like documents. But there was a rub. About half the pages are blank. Here's a sample...
By Robert O'Harrow | December 7, 2007; 5:20 PM ET | Comments (30)
Intelligence Riches
For a quarter century, General Dynamics IT has been the lead on the government's contracts for intelligence, information, command and control, equipment and enhancements. The so-called ICE2 contract is not just important, it's lucrative: A deal awarded in 2003 was worth almost $2 billion. Officials burned through that money...
By Robert O'Harrow | December 7, 2007; 1:16 PM ET | Comments (4)
Nuke Detection Beat Goes On -- Redux
For months, Government Accountability Office auditors have been stymied in efforts to review data about a new generation of radiation detection equipment that Bush administration officials have described as vital to national security. Hundreds of the machines, known as advanced spectroscopic portal radiation monitors, were to be bought and...
By Robert O'Harrow | December 4, 2007; 6:58 AM ET | Comments (1)
