Charles M Smith
Charles M. Smith, a little known, retired, Army civilian employee hero, went up against the Iraq contractor KBR on behalf of the troops and the taxpayers and was demoted. Smith was chief of the Field Support Contracting Division of the Army Field Support Command in Rock Island Arsenal, and one of his main jobs was to oversee the enormous Army contract with KBR during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He told KBR he would legally be withholding 15 percent of all payments to KBR until their auditing systems caught up to their spending. His story as told by The New York Times can be found here. His new book, "War for Profit: Army Contracting vs. Supporting the Troops," is available here.
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Allowing Sequestration Defense Cuts May Right Our Listing Ship of State
By Charles M Smith and Dina Rasor, Truthout | Solutions![]()
A Repeat of the 2000 Election Crisis Would Be a Disaster for American Democracy
By Charles M Smith, Truthout | Op-Ed
For-Profit Colleges Are Bankrolling Romney to Keep Student Loan Money Flowing
By Charles M Smith and Dina Rasor, Truthout | Solutions
For-Profit College Reform: How Democratic Power Lobbyists Helped Water It Down
By Charles M Smith and Dina Rasor, Truthout | Solutions
For-Profit Education: Milking Students and the Taxpayers for Corporate Profits
By Charles M Smith, Truthout | Solutions![]()
Self-Dealing and the War Service Industry, Part III: The Payoff
By Charles M Smith and Dina Rasor, Truthout | News Analysis
Self-Dealing and the War Service Industry, Part II
By Charles M Smith and Dina Rasor, Truthout | News Analysis
Self-Dealing and the War Service Industry, Part I
By Charles M Smith and Dina Rasor, Truthout | Solutions
Federal Pay: Another Battle in the War on the Middle Class
By Charles M Smith, Truthout | Solutions