the muslim brotherhood, as far as purging, training materials in this country. i don t see where this nsa surveillance is keeping us safe. what about the contractors? we talk about snowden, the man who admits to being the leak for nsa. he worked for bruce allen. he apparently has his fingerprints all over our government, whether it s the current head of dni clapper, the former dni he went to allen. he had a $2 million government with the contract, no-bid and cost the taxpayers, $70 million. two-thirds are owned by the carlyle group. they are spending a fortune. apparently, there is not much supervision. well, you know, one thing i did i actual, we went through a lot of scrutiny as a contract worker. i was the same as any member of the united states military overseas. we wore the uniform, we could not carry weapons.
number of contractors killed or wounded in war zones. allegations over human trafficking and forced labor and worse among contractors does not merit many american headlines. and it doesn t stop the contracts flowing. on the no-bid, no-deadline contracts, bunny greenhouse continues to question, to warn, and to report as a thorn in the side of the corps of engineers throughout the war, her immediate is demotion. in july 2011 a u.s. district court in washington approves a settlement awarding greenhouse $970,000 and full restitution of lost wages, compensatory damages and attorneys fees. greenhouse remains convinced she did the right thing. they got the wrong idea about whistle blowing. it s not about a person gaining any money or gaining anything and i m not a snitch. it s about making sure that there can be truth and honesty. coming up, taking prisoners
cost. there remains real debate of the numbers of troops needed, but no real debate overt number of contractors the u.s. is paying for themselves. the human pain and suffering of contractors themselves is also invisible. there are no official statics on the numbers of contractors killed or wounded in war zones. allegations of human trafficking and forced labor and worse among contractors does not merit many american headlines. it doesn t stop the contracts flowing. on the no-bid, no-deadline contracts, bunny greenhouse is a thorn in the side of the corps of engineers, her immediate reward is demotion. nearly a decade later, a district court awards greenhouse $970,000 in full restitution of
the cost of war and paying that cost. there remains real debate of the numbers of troops needed, but no real debate overt number of contractors the u.s. is paying for themselves. the human pain and suffering of contractors themselves is also invisible. there are no official statics on the numbers of contractors killed or wounded in war zones. allegations of human trafficking and forced labor and worse among contractors does not merit many american headlines. it doesn t stop the contracts flowing. on the no-bid, no-deadline contracts, bunny greenhouse is a thorn in the side of the corps of engineers, her immediate
the tens of billions for iraq reconstruction alone. but the starkest impact of the huge expansion of for-period of time contracting after 9/11 is the wedge it has driven between incurring the costs of war and paying that cost. there remains real debate over the number of u.s. troops needed and serving in iraq and afghanistan, but no real debate over the total number of contractors the u.s. is paying for as well. the human pain and suffering of contractors themselves is also invisible. there are no official statistics on the number of contractors killed or wounded in war zones, human trafficking, forced labor, and worse among contractors does not merit many american headlines, and doesn t stop the contracts flowing. on the no-bid, no deadline contracts, bunny greenhouse continues to question, warn, and report.