General James Wilkinson Commands War of 1812 Campaigns While Taking Contractor Kickbacks and Spanish Bribes
General James Wilkinson, the highest-ranking federal official ever tried for treason and espionage, commands two unsuccessful military invasion campaigns in the St. Lawrence River valley theater in Canada during the War of 1812 while simultaneously accepting kickbacks from contractors and receiving …
General James Wilkinson
Spanish Empire
U.S. Army contractors
President James Madison
military-corruption
espionage
contractor-fraud
accountability-evasion
elite-impunity
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