In 2013 the Washington Post published a pro-war column by Hadley without reporting his Raytheon board seat. Seven years later nothing has changed.
Tag: Syria
Will lack of disclosure continue in expert analysis of Ukraine?
Last fall we issued a report on conflicts on interest in the Syria debate, wherein we tracked the defense industry ties of 22 expert commentators and 7 think tanks who commented on military intervention in Syria. With the uptick in expert analysis on how/if/when the US should respond to the situation in Ukraine we will …
New details on hyped Tomahawk missile reveal holes in Raytheon’s message
In September PAI released a report detailing the defense industry ties of commentators and think tanks who were active in debating intervention in Syria, including former national security adviser, Stephen Hadley. We found that Hadley, now a director at Raytheon, one of the US’s largest defense contractors and the manufacturer of the popular Tomahawk cruise missile, …
2013 in review: the year of frackademics, defense profiteers, and twittlesis
2013 has been a great year for the Public Accountability Initiative. Our investigations on issues ranging from corrupt greenwashing efforts to on-air war profiteers garnered major media coverage and delivered real impact. We ramped up our blogging activity. We moved into a new office in our home base of Buffalo and added two awesome staff …
Roundup: Military industrial pundits, Heinz Endowments, and more!
Last week PAI Director Kevin Connor joined Amy Goodman and Juan González on Democracy Now! to discuss our latest report on defense industry ties to the Syria debate. The Military Industrial Pundits segment opened with a series of clips of several military analysts we reviewed in our report being introduced under their former titles. On …
For Tomahawk missiles, image is everything
Last week PAI released a new report detailing the defense industry ties of analysts and think tanks who commented on military intervention in Syria. The report profiled 22 commentators and seven think tanks, paying special attention to Stephen Hadley, former national security adviser to George W. Bush, who now serves as a director for Raytheon, …