...Duncan Hunter admitted, in an USA story 11/30/05, that he teamed with Rep. Cunningham and other lawmakers to allocate $190 million for automated data conversion projects from 1993 to 2001— programs the Defense Department neither wanted nor requested. Rep. Hunter also sought out tens of millions of dollars in earmarks for Audre and ADCS, and pushed the Pentagon to purchase their products. In return, Mr. Wilkes steered at least $39,200 in campaign contributions to Rep. Hunter.
That’s not leftist, it’s fact. BTW, the investigation is stalled, not closed. Duncan still has not produced requested documents.
The DoD and the Pentagon said the same thing about Hunter's push to get more B-2 bombers built; they did not request those bombers, and they said they didn't want or need them. Less than a decade later, such bombers saw heavy use.
As I've said before, Hunter tends to be right more often than not when it comes to matters like this.
“Despite some accusations of ties to men convicted or charged in the scandal of his friend and former U.S. Rep. Randy Cunningham, that relationship has not dogged Hunter on the campaign trail. Beyond a defense attorney’s failed effort to subpoena him and other lawmakers, Hunter’s name has not surfaced in any of the investigations linked to the now-imprisoned Cunningham.”
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/10/28/news/sandiego/30_19_4610_27_07.txt