New Book Offers Congress and the President a Blueprint to Cut the National Debt and Restore Government Efficiency by Reducing the Cost of Goods and Services Without Reduction in Goods and Services. Get the Same for Less
ATLANTA, GA — As Congress continues examining the weaponization of federal government and the national debt crisis, former DoD insider Ken Pedeleose has published what may be the most comprehensive firsthand account of how both phenomena are directly connected. The Cost of Weaponized Government & Lawfare is a 50-year evidentiary record built from audits, depositions, congressional letters, FOIA-obtained emails, and criminal investigation reports, all documented at the time events occurred.
Pedeleose spent 26 years at the Defense Contract Management Agency overseeing Lockheed Martin contracts, during which he achieved verified career savings of more than $28.9 million, approximately 12 times his total government salary, by identifying and reversing price gouging on behalf of U.S. taxpayers. He was designated a Subject Matter Expert in 2017 and traveled the country teaching DoD cost-control techniques. He was also mentored by a legendary Pentagon whistleblower A. Ernest Fitzgerald.
The book traces the genesis of modern government weaponization to the Nixon administration’s use of what it termed “Federal Machinery” — bureaucratic infrastructure later used to contain and suppress whistleblowers. Pedeleose argues that oversight bodies including the Office of Special Counsel, the Merit Systems Protection Board, and the Office of Personnel Management function as a modern-day “Cerberus,” systematically burying cases that would expose institutional corruption rather than adjudicating them.
“Only the U.S. President and Congress can eliminate the Deep State and drain the Government Swamp,” Pedeleose writes. “It could be done in as little as five minutes with the right executive and legislative action.”
The book arrives at a moment of intense national focus on government efficiency, defense spending, and institutional accountability. It is being made publicly available and formally submitted to Congress as a one-stop reference for reducing the national debt, implementing price controls on defense contracts, and restoring oversight infrastructure.
The book is available on Amazon and other online retailers.
