Posted on 07/16/2009 2:03:14 PM PDT by PorkBarrelPolitics
The way we distribute our defense contracts needs serious overhaul, something a Washington Post article highlighted yesterday. I’ve written about this before and this particular instance focuses on John Murtha D-Pa and how he directed millions of dollars to companies for the development of military technology. The problems arose when:
“A handful of defense firms were paid for work that was never done or not called for in the contracts. Some of the companies involved, based in Wyoming, Florida and Murtha’s district in Pennsylvania, had hidden owners, prosecutors allege; one was secretly owned by the Air Force official who helped approve the payments.”
And guess what else? Some of the companies had hired John Murtha’s brother to do their lobbying. It’s a cozy family.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedcwriteup.com ...
And guess what else? Some of the companies had hired John Murtha’s brother to do their lobbying. It’s a cozy family.
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Just another spoke in the wheel that is an unbelievably corrupt Washington “government” — I will say it again...Tammany Hall never went away. And it is the entire government. It quit working for the people of America a long time ago.
maybe the next one will be “the big one”...
How are these people ever going to be held accountable?
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