Bruce Falconer
Reporter
Bruce Falconer is a former Mother Jones reporter, where much of his work focused on military contracting and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was previously a writer and editor at The Atlantic Monthly. His writing has appeared there, as well as in National Journal, The Week, and The American Scholar, among other publications. His cover story in the Autumn 2008 issue of the Scholar, "The Torture Colony," was a finalist for this year's Livingston Award in the category of international reporting. In his spare time, he blogs about beer for the Washington City Paper and plays drums for the DC band Poor But Sexy.
Author's Articles
A global effort to secure nuclear plants from terrorists has only just begun. MoJo interviews the man in charge.
Mon Jul. 20, 2009 3:00 AM PDT
The effort to monitor billions of dollars in reconstruction contracts is understaffed and underfunded. So says the guy in charge.
Thu Jul. 16, 2009 3:00 AM PDT
Were GIs used as nerve-gas and mind-control guinea pigs?
Can a court in Madrid bring the Bush Six to justice?
Wed Jun. 24, 2009 8:51 AM PDT
Investigators say the firm shorted State on guards and lost a federal-issue fryer.
Mon Jun. 15, 2009 2:00 PM PDT
Afghanistan's US ambassador is pleading for more lobbyists.
Tue Jun. 9, 2009 5:00 AM PDT
How America’s anti-piracy point man is battling Somali scallywags.
Wed May. 27, 2009 10:26 AM PDT
They say government scientists messed with their minds. Now, veterans of secret psychedelic tests want answers.
Mon May. 18, 2009 4:00 AM PDT
Why was one of the bureau's top terror cops exiled to a desk job?
Accused of influence peddling himself, Mahmood Karzai counsels his younger brother on how to clean up Kabul's crooked government.
Fri Apr. 17, 2009 10:24 AM PDT
What the Agency thinks of Mother Jones, and other tidbits I found in a digital vault in Maryland.
Fri Apr. 3, 2009 6:25 AM PDT
Why interpreters serving with US troops in Iraq are revolting.
Mon Mar. 23, 2009 6:48 AM PDT
Inside one reporter's pursuit of the Ponzi master.
Wed Mar. 11, 2009 3:00 AM PDT
Will military contractors blur the line between aid workers and hired guns?
Will piracy in the Gulf of Aden help the incoming administration make nice with Iran?
Wed Nov. 26, 2008 12:00 AM PST
President-elect Obama wants to slash wasteful military spending. To Pentagon bureaucrats, defense contractors, and congressional porkers, this means war.
Fri Nov. 21, 2008 12:00 AM PST
Can "megawatersheds" save Africa from drought? Or is explorer Robert Bisson all wet?
Barack Obama has said he wants to shut down Guantanamo. That's the easy part. What matters is what he does next.
Wed Nov. 12, 2008 12:00 AM PST
Are Iraq's battle-hardened jihadis exporting their tactics to new fronts?
Wed Oct. 22, 2008 11:00 PM PDT
Has the Bush administration maxed out the military?
The unintended consequences of the Bush administration's signature reforms.
Sun Aug. 24, 2008 11:00 PM PDT
Lincoln Chafee and other prominent GOPers are lumbering toward the left—but at the grassroots, the "Republicans for Obama" movement has been growing for a while.
In which a MoJo reporter goes to a gun show in search of some serious firepower.
Authors Nathan Hodge and Sharon Weinberger provide a guided tour to atomic weaponry tourism, from nuclear labs to blast-proof bunkers (including Dick Cheney's rumored "undisclosed location").
Lately, the Pentagon has made relief work a military priority. So why are NGOs bracing for a disaster?
Sun May. 18, 2008 11:00 PM PDT
Theft, hookers, melting down Iraqi gold to make cowboy spurs? All in a day's work for private military contractors in Iraq?
Thu May. 1, 2008 11:00 PM PDT
Need a private-label armored vehicle? A detachment of Chilean infantrymen? A special forces "engagement team"? Erik Prince's expanding global private army is at your service—and the war in Iraq was just the beginning.
An interview with Greystone's Christopher Burgess
Wed Mar. 19, 2008 11:00 PM PDT
Who is Ahmad Chalabi, really? A scheming manipulator, a corrupt businessman, a political visionary, or all of the above?
How an elite DEA unit brought down the world's most notorious arms dealer.
Mon Mar. 17, 2008 11:00 PM PDT
Running out of options in Pakistan's lawless tribal regions, the Bush administration is backing local militiamen with unclear allegiances.
Thu Mar. 6, 2008 12:00 AM PST
What will it take to end Mexican drug trafficking? President Bush thinks $1.4 billion.
Tue Feb. 12, 2008 12:00 AM PST
Why the controversial private security company wants to run congressional candidate Marshall Adame "out of Dodge."
Mon Jan. 28, 2008 12:00 AM PST
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Author's Blog Posts
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