Archive: June 14, 2009 - June 20, 2009
The Calculus (and Politics) of Stimulus II
A healthy squabble erupted between the White House and Sen. Thomas Coburn yesterday over the benefits and drawbacks of the stimulus spending. Well, it continues. And now they're getting deep into the weeds. And yet it's still kind of interesting. As some of you undoubtedly know, the White House issued...
By Robert O'Harrow | June 17, 2009; 10:35 AM ET | Comments (5)
The Calculus (and Politics) of Stimulus
Sen. Tom Coburn is offering a GOP counterpoint to a recent White House report that extolled the early successes of the $787 billion stimulus program. The White House report focused on 100 projects that administration officials believe demonstrate the wisdom of the massive fast-spending effort to jolt the economy back...
By Robert O'Harrow | June 16, 2009; 10:55 AM ET | Comments (10)
CIA Interrogation Contractors Fired
We have known for awhile now that the intelligence community spends up to 70 percent of its budget on contractors. That includes the firms that supply light bulbs, the office chairs and such. It also includes technology vendors, along with legions of contract analysts, who have been hired to, among...
By Robert O'Harrow | June 15, 2009; 9:19 AM ET | Comments (5)
