Now, I can't access the original question, so, original asker, please let me know if I'm not really addressing your concerns. I'm not totally sure what "war profiteering" means, apart from profiting from a war...must be more nuanced than that...



Carlyle Group



Not sure what you consider "damning facts" -- the fact that the Hoover's Online entry begins "Can you say military-industrial complex?" might be one to some.



I started by visiting their web page; the pages of financial services firms usually incorporate press releases, lists of their holdings. You can see these holdings broken out alphabetically, geographically, by industry, and by the fund through which they're held. The most relevant category given the question ("War profiteers") would probably be Aerospace & Defense. Others that might be of interest include Energy & Power, and Industrial. Here's some select information about their Aerospace group.



The Disinfopedia entry on Carlyle is mostly cribbed (with citations, no worries) from Hoover's Online. There's no handy link to the Hoover's entry, but if you go to Hoover's and search for "Carlyle" in the search box, basic information is available without a subscription.



I spent some time running the leaders of the Aerospace group through the political contributions engine at OpenSecrets.org, and found that they're overwhelmingly rich....Democrats. Boy, do they love them some Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN). Bayh is a moderate Democrate and a member of the Senate Armed Forces Committee - he's not a ranking Dem on any subcommittees. According to this Weekly Standard article , Bayh is seriously pro-war (or was in 2003).