Jonathan Turley — Perpetual War And America’s Military-Industrial Complex 50 Years After Eisenhower’s Farewell Address

Below is my article this weekend in Al Jazaerra on the powerful lobby and industry supporting our various conflicts abroad as well as counterterrorism efforts. I previously testified before Congress on this industry and the government’s inflation of counterterrorism numbers to justify huge domestic budgets at the Justice Department FBI, and other agencies. I wrote the article for the anniversary this month of Eisenhower’s famous Military-Industrial Complex speech.

Jonathan Turley
Perpetual War And America’s Military-Industrial Complex 50 Years After Eisenhower’s Farewell Address
Jonathan Turley | Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University

One thing that Turley does not mention is that the shift to counterterrorism has shifted the priority of  domestic security away from crime to counterterrorism. Moreover, it has publicly admitted this, altering criminals that the barn door is now open for them.