Politics in the defense industry is cutthroat, they care nothing about destroying a person’s reputation to further their aims and remove an obstacle to their profit.
....if there is written proof of this or they have the other defense contractor to substantiate these statements Sgt Meyer will soon be a very wealthy young man. If it goes to to trail the judgment would be huge, but it will take a long time to work it's way through the courts. I'm betting BAE’s lawyers are telling them to settle yesterday.