The number of defense contracting fraud and corruption cases sent by government investigators to prosecutors dropped precipitously under the Bush administration. the Center for Public Integrity reports the decrease took place even as contracting by the Defense Department almost doubled. According to “Fraud Cases Fell While Pentagon Contracts Surged,” Defense contracting grew from about $200 billion in fiscal year 1993 at the start of the Clinton presidency to nearly $400 billion in fiscal year 2008 at the end of President George W. Bush’s administration.

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