You and me both. Though he may be delegating the dirty work to one of his lackeys in the DoD or Congress to keep his hands clean.
You know, I’ve never heard Murtha put forward a positive vision of our military. He’s said we need to prepare for the “next war”—which I guess means pouring money into next generation weaponry. But for use against whom?
As a retired LTC observed, “We’re fighting the next war NOW.” Military spending needs to forsee more conflicts like the ones we’re in. How do you fight them smarter? Murtha isn’t on that page at all.
After the close call murtha had with being on the inside of a cell over ABSCAM I think he learned a lesson that most criminals eventually learn, don't leave evidence.
I would be greatly surprised if any paper trail or phone records exist that could tie him to any of this. I believe his only contacts are through trusted cronies and it would take one of them to rat him out. JMO