Many of the Pentagon's assets are actually in the possession of military contractors, says Peter Bergen. The DOD estimated that about $220 billion worth of government property was in the hands of contractors. "I always expect Lockheed Martin to be getting wild sums of money with little accountability from the federal government," he says.
Congress wants more oversight of how the billions in US aid to Ukraine are being used. But our own military can’t even seem to pass an audit.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Haleema Shah, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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