This year has been the year of the MRAP, or Mine Resistant Armor Protected vehicle. For the first time these fighting vehicles, costing an upwards of $600,000 each, are being sent out to American cops, and in rapid fashion. The hulking trucks, which come with armor plating, gun ports, bullet-proof glass, and a gun turret on top, end up being used on SWAT raids in residential America. The program dispersed more than half a billion dollars worth of equipment in 2012, and 2013 is expected to keep that pace, if not exceed it. There is no oversight over Program 1033 and the Department of Defense has never been audited, meaning there is overwhelming room for fraud and abuse. The U.S. taxpayers have been burdened with purchasing this equipment and now it is being given away without compensation; without auction. And no one really knows the full scope of the project. [Maybe they are giving this stuff away all over the country so it can later be used to control angry citizens whey they finally stand up for their rights.]
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 18:12:29 +0000
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