CHARLES D. RIECHERS
Posted on 10/15/2007 11:27:00 AM PDT by trumandogz
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 — The Air Force’s No. 2 acquisition official was found dead at his home on Sunday of an apparent suicide, Air Force and police officials said today. The official, Charles D. Riechers, 47, came under scrutiny by the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this month after the disclosure that he received $13,400 a month working for a defense contractor, Commonwealth Research Institute, in a job arranged by the Air Force before the Senate confirmed him for the senior Air Force position. Mr. Riechers became the principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition at the Air Force in January. He lived in Chantilly, Va., near Washington. The Washington Post reported on Oct. 1 that for two months while waiting to be confirmed, Mr. Riechers held the title of senior technical adviser at Commonwealth Research Institute, a nonprofit firm in Johnstown, Pa., but did no work for the company. “I really didn’t do anything for C.R.I.” Mr. Riechers told The Post. “I got a paycheck from them.” The Air Force has disputed The Post’s portrayal of Mr. Riechers’s role and said in a statement Monday that he was “employed in a scientific and engineering technical assistance capacity to the Air Force and made recommendations that were instrumental in engineering our acquisition transformation and continuing the Air Force’s modernization of our aging fleet.” Specifically, the Air Force said that Mr. Riechers provided technical advice on several programs including converting commercial aircraft to military using and modernizing the C-130 transport plane. Mr. Riecher was a retired Air Force officer and master navigator specializing in electronic warfare, with 20 years of operational, acquisition and staff experience, according to the Air Force. He accumulated more than 1,900 flight hours, with 90 hours of combat and combat support time in B-52G and EC-130H aircraft.
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CHARLES D. RIECHERS
Ouch! The blood of this man is on the hands of Washington Post. Yet, we’re to feel sorry when the Post loses one of its reporters.
In what way is the Post responsible for his death?
This is located in Murtha's district.
"A leading patron of Concurrent in Congress is Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), who represents the district where the company is based. Murtha, chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, announced the creation of the company in 1987."
Murtha recently arranged $10 million in earmarks for the company for fiscal 2008, according to records compiled by Taxpayers for Common Sense, a nonpartisan watchdog group. One $3 million earmark is for an Air Force project.
Through a spokesman, Murtha said he has no financial ties to Concurrent. Murtha said the company's "quality work and research has resulted in improved equipment for our troops. Their competitive price has saved taxpayers money, and they continue to deliver on-time results."
Everybody knows that if anyone says anything bad about you in life, the only option is suicide. /s
Thanks.
I had better be careful about what I write here at FR. I would not want anyone to kill themselves over a comment I make on a FR post.
dang! someone don’t like paragraphs!
Yes, my mistake.
Seems like corrupt public officials have learned something from Enron’s Ken Lay’s death. If you are dead before conviction and appeals, all you assets are protected for your surviving family members; including survivor benefits.
Pretty sweet gig.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 — The Air Force’s No. 2 acquisition official was found dead at his home on Sunday of an apparent suicide, Air Force and police officials said today.
The official, Charles D. Riechers, 47, came under scrutiny by the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this month after the disclosure that he received $13,400 a month working for a defense contractor, Commonwealth Research Institute, in a job arranged by the Air Force before the Senate confirmed him for the senior Air Force position. Mr. Riechers became the principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition at the Air Force in January. He lived in Chantilly, Va., near Washington. The Washington Post reported on Oct. 1 that for two months while waiting to be confirmed, Mr. Riechers held the title of senior technical adviser at Commonwealth Research Institute, a nonprofit firm in Johnstown, Pa., but did no work for the company. “I really didn’t do anything for C.R.I.” Mr. Riechers told The Post. “I got a paycheck from them.” The Air Force has disputed The Post’s portrayal of Mr. Riechers’s role and said in a statement Monday that he was “employed in a scientific and engineering technical assistance capacity to the Air Force and made recommendations that were instrumental in engineering our acquisition transformation and continuing the Air Force’s modernization of our aging fleet.” Specifically, the Air Force said that Mr. Riechers provided technical advice on several programs including converting commercial aircraft to military using and modernizing the C-130 transport plane. Mr. Riecher was a retired Air Force officer and master navigator specializing in electronic warfare, with 20 years of operational, acquisition and staff experience, according to the Air Force. He accumulated more than 1,900 flight hours, with 90 hours of combat and combat support time in B-52G and EC-130H aircraft.
/sarcasm (used to do this in college all the time; drove the teachers insane). :O)
Where do I sign up for that kind of dough to do nothing?
I wonder if he knew the Clintons.....
LOL
Didn’t the DOD’s top acquisition secretary resign suddenly last week? Something big is about to blow.
NO!
I have vision issues one eye legally blind temporary and the other have to squint!
Out side of that every thing is fine!:)
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