Published: October 13, 2009 11:27 pm
Posted on 10/14/2009 10:10:44 AM PDT by smoothsailing
Published: October 13, 2009 11:27 pm
2 former colonels sentenced: Military contract case had ties to Murtha
By MELISSA NELSON
The Associated Press
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal judge sentenced two former Air Force colonels to prison on Tuesday for destroying documents, lying to a grand jury and other crimes related to a wider fraud scheme by contractors and defense lobbyists with ties to powerful Rep. John Murtha, D-Johnstown.
The men, both engineers and graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy, are among those accused by federal prosecutors who are looking into alleged wrongdoing by contractors with ties to Murtha, chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense....
(Excerpt) Read more at tribune-democrat.com ...
“ties” mean “that’s okay” to leftist.
Oopsie.... add unless it’s a Republican.
Link to the Tribune-DEMOCRAT, bad name for a newspaper.
I like the judge. Seems like the misbehavior was after retiring, so their pensions are safe. They are still a disgrace.
Regimental S-2 Murtha’s got the goods on us, I see.
What are the bets that this will end up with “everyone but Murtha” going to jail?
“two former Air Force colonels” “both engineers and graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy” HUMM The Air Force not good at cover-ups anymore.
To be added to the Murtha Watch ping list please notify me.
Yeah, it’s John Murtha’s hometown newspaper.
Tie it ti Murtha, and take him down.
LOL!
(“two former Air Force colonels” “both engineers and graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy” HUMM The Air Force not good at cover-ups anymore.)
the contracting world in the AF has needed clean up for a LONG time. Too many civilians and military had become careless in their role as manager of govt appropriations, and too many wing kings or generals had pitched fits and gotten what they wanted even when it was wrong. Now the pendulum has swung the other way, and contracting is so tight it’s hard to do anything. My time in contracting really opened my eyes to the whole mess, and I don’t even begin to assume anyone has an easy fix to it. People are people even when they wear uniforms, and greed, stupidity, and pride make people do really dumb things.
My heart does go out to their families, tho’ cuz they’re marked with the same paint brush even when they don’t deserve it...
Convicted and Sentenced:
Richard Schaller, LtCol, USAF Retired
Vice President, Business Development at B3h Corp
51 3rd Street 1
Shalimar, FL 32579-1700
Biography
Richard Schaller, Vice President, Business Development
Mr. Schaller is a 1973 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and also has a Masters Degree in Engineering Management from Webster University. Mr. Schaller served 22 years on active duty as a USAF airlift and Special Operations pilot. His active duty service includes 4500 hours military flight time as a C-141 and CASA 212 instructor and evaluator pilot. He developed tactics, techniques and procedures and aircrew training programs in both the C-141 and CASA 212 weapon systems. As a defense contractor Mr. Schaller developed the aircrew training program for the USAF CV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft and the instructor pilot conversion training program for the T-6 II Texan aircraft. Mr. Schaller also developed the Chief Information Officer (CIO) function for the United States Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB FL.
Tags: B3h Corp, FL, Business consulting service, Vice President, Business Development
Jobs & Associations
Chief Information Officer at B 3 H Corporation
2006 to 2008
http://www.spoke.com/info/p6IzhUY/RichardSchaller
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Richard+Schaller%22+USAF&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
Fla. Dem gives money back to Murtha
Daniel Malloy Oct. 14, 2009
A Congressional candidate has told Rep. John Murtha, D-Johnstown, that his help is not required. Politico is reporting that Lori Edwards, a Democrat running for an open seat in a Republican-leaning Central Florida district has returned $1,000 to the scandal-plagued Democrat’s Political Action Committee. Politico’s Jonathan Allen writes that the give-back, which occurred this summer and was revealed in campaign finance reports released this week, offers “further evidence that Democrats in competitive races may want to limit their association with Murtha, who has come under intense scrutiny for his earmarking practices.”
I read that this morning, Smooth. It’s very telling in that Dems with any sense are going to start shunning the most corrupt of their cohorts, Murtha. Looks like Lori Edwards doesn’t want to be associated with him in any way, shape or form and really can’t blame her.
I wonder if Pelosi is going to finally get the message, probably not because Rangel is just as bad and she’s still supporting that crooked POS. It’d sure be nice to see the lot of them get voted out but it’s probably too much to ask for.
Here’s the link to Murtha:
A contracting firm that had hired the brother of Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) as its lobbyist took the proceeds from a Murtha-provided, $8.2 million Air Force earmark and distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to other companies represented by the Congressman’s brother for items that were not part of the project, the Justice Department charged Thursday.
Punk.
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