<P> GE has faced criminal action regarding its defense related operations . GE was convicted in 1990 of defrauding the US Department of Defense, and again in 1992 on charges of corrupt practices in the sale of jet engines to Israel . </P> <P> A GE - owned abandoned building resides on Seaview Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut . The abandoned property has been cited in crimes that include being used as a hideout for a 72 - year - old thief in 2008 . Defence lawyers included Craig Bridges and Tony Weimar </P> <P> In the 1950s GE sponsored Ronald Reagan's TV career and launched him on the lecture circuit as a crusader against big government . Although it can be argued that GE frequently supported conservative policies, GE's record with designing social programs, supporting civil rights organizations, and funding minority education programs, speaks to their effort to support philanthropic programs and progressive causes . </P> <P> GE was the primary focus of a 1991 short subject Academy Award - winning documentary, Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons, and Our Environment, that juxtaposed GE's "We Bring Good Things To Life" commercials with the true stories of workers and neighbors whose lives have been affected by the company's activities involving nuclear weapons . </P>

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