In the good old days, the US merely paid too much for its supplies and equipment. No one hurt except the taxpayers.
Flash forward to the current never ending wars. Many military contractors have made a lot of money over our never ending wars.
But it’s not just the taxpayers that are losing. It looks like the money is getting so huge that we are killing Americans over the threat of being discovered.
Something is really wrong.. Read more here. Some relevant history on the people involved: Here, here, and here.