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Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting | Michael Shank | Com... - 0 views

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Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting | Michael Shank Comment is free guardian.co.uk

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  • thinkahol * on 06 Aug 11
     
    We have the evidence: the hardpressed US taxpayer is being fleeced by profiteering contractors and corrupt military personnel
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The (very) secret history of Area 51 - Americas, World - The Independent - 0 views

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The (very) secret history of Area 51 - Americas World Independent

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    No one on the ground or in Pakistan's air defence spotted Area 51's latest toy as it kept watch on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on the night of the US raid that killed the Taliban leader. Rather than one of the UFOs that the wilder fringes of the internet believe the military has stashed away at America's top-secret military site in Nevada, this "toy" was actually the latest Star Wars-type drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), developed at the base whose existence Uncle Sam only barely admits. Named the "Beast of Kandahar" after it was snapped at Kandahar air base in Afghanistan back in 2009, this stealthy grey batwing-shaped long-distance reconnaissance drone, officially known as the RQ-170 Sentinel, was a throwback to Area 51's golden age before the advent of the spy satellite put the spy plane out of business.
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