Cashing in on Terror

Look at a list of the largest Homeland Security Department contractors. Here's what you'll find:

• Two companies that paid millions to settle charges they defrauded the Pentagon
• One that paid a foreign corruption fine
• And one accused of botching a computer system for veterans hospitals
  
  

And roughly a quarter of the $2.5 billion awarded to the 50 largest Homeland Security contractors came under no-bid contracts. (Philadelphia Inquirer)