What was Pete Buttigieg doing in Iraq?: US gov whistleblower on war profiteering and corruption
Moderate Rebels
English - December 05, 2019 21:54 - 1 hour - 61.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 626 ratingsNews middleeast foreignpolicy journalism politics war Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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What was Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg doing in his safe house in Iraq — and why is he hiding it? Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with Peter Van Buren, a longtime US State Department employee turned whistleblower.
Van Buren explains how corporate contractors profited from the war and built a shielded bubble of corruption in Baghdad's Green Zone. We also address McKinsey & Company's work with the CIA and Mayor Pete's links to American intelligence agencies.
Peter Van Buren's website: https://wemeantwell.com/blog/the-author/