William D. Hartung
Principal Advisor
Bio
William D. Hartung is principal advisor at POGO and the author, with Ben Freeman, of The Trillion Dollar War Machine (Bold Type Books, 2025). His other books include Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex (Nation Books, 2011)and And Weapons for All (HarperCollins, 1994).
As the Pentagon seeks record funding, Bill contributes public commentary and analysis on where that money goes, the growing influence of the military tech industry, and the domestic use of military forces, helping expand POGO’s reach on Pentagon accountability issues.
Bill has served as an arms analyst and senior researcher at a series of think tanks, including the World Policy Institute, the New America Foundation, the Center for International Policy, and the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
Bill’s articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Forbes, The Nation, The National Interest, TomDispatch, Inkstick,and have been syndicated across the Next Star Media Group. He has been a featured guest on NBC Nightly News, CBS’s 60 Minutes, CNN, Fox News, NPR, The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, Democracy Now!, and numerous other TV and radio shows and podcasts.
