In 2002 , POGO launched the Federal Contractor Misconduct Database , a website that compiles instances of " misconduct and alleged misconduct " by the top government contractors since 1995 , according to the website . POGO 's database was the inspiration for a similar federal government database that was created by the 2009 National Defense Authorization Act . When POGO updated its database in 2010 , it was reported that the organization had " found 642 instances since 1995 of misconduct by the top 100 firms , resulting in $ 18.7 billion in penalties . " In 2004 , POGO filed a lawsuit against then-U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft for illegally retroactively classifying documents critical of the Federal Bureau of Investigation . The classification came to light after Sibel Edmonds , an FBI translator , discovered that intercepted memos relevant to the September 11 terrorist attacks had been ignored due to poor translation . POGO won the lawsuit in 2005
September 11 terrorist attacks
September 11 attacks
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