FORMER DoD WHISTLEBLOWER EXPOSES HALF-CENTURY OF GOVERNMENT WEAPONIZATION IN GROUNDBREAKING NEW BOOK

MARIETTA, GA — Ken Pedeleose, a 35-year Department of Defense veteran and government whistleblower, has released a landmark book titled The Cost of Weaponized Government & Lawfare — a meticulously documented account of institutional corruption, retaliatory lawfare, and systemic defense contractor price gouging that he asserts has contributed an estimated 30% to 50% of the United States national debt.

Drawing on contemporaneous evidence spanning more than five decades, including government audits, sworn depositions, congressional correspondence, criminal investigation reports, and internal emails, Pedeleose constructs what he describes as an “MRI” of the Deep State: a historical, sometimes minute-by-minute, evidentiary trail showing how U.S. government agencies weaponized administrative power against whistleblowers while enabling billions in taxpayer fraud.

“This is not a conspiracy theory,” said Pedeleose. “Every claim in this book is backed by documented, contemporaneous evidence. The weaponization of federal agencies against government employees who tried to protect taxpayers is real, traceable, and has cost America trillions.”

The book details 13 retaliatory “Falsified Trails” directed at Pedeleose between 2003 and 2015 — including a reprimand, four suspensions without pay, a security clearance revocation, and being physically escorted from a Lockheed Martin facility by armed guards, all following his 2002 disclosure of criminal vulnerability and fraud to 57 Members of Congress, President George W. Bush, and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

Pedeleose, who rose to Subject Matter Expert status in DoD cost analysis and taught government anti-price-gouging techniques nationwide, documented cost overruns of 24% to 80% on major defense contracts. The book names specific pricing tactics employed by defense contractors, supported by audit data, and links their success directly to the suppression of government oversight personnel.

The book is available on Amazon and other outlets online. Pedeleose has indicated willingness to testify before Congress or provide expertise to current Administration efforts to combat fraud against taxpayers.