Barlett and Steele are Back
Exposing SAIC
By Corporate Crime Reporter
When investigative reporters Donald Barlett and James Steele were fired from Time magazine in May 2006, the magazine cried poverty.
"They're very good, but very expensive, and I couldn't get anyone to take them on their budget," John Huey, editor in chief at Time said.
Time magazine then turns around and paid $4 million for photographs of Brad Pitt and Angela Jolie's baby.
"That $4 million would pay for about 10 more years of salary and expenses for Barlett and Steele and their research help," said Steve Lovelady of the Columbia Journalism Review at the time.
Luckily, Brangolina central Vanity Fair picked up Barlett and Steele and this month they're back with their expose of SAIC Science Applications International Corporation the mega-giant defense and intelligence contractor that straddles the Potomac.
Buried deep inside Vanity Fair's 500-page Hollywood issue, surrounded by anorexic male and female models pushing bras, perfume, jewelry, and handbags is this ten-page profile of the permanent government on the Potomac
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