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....
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I think you’re dead on, as always and I can hardly bear to think about how screwed the whole world is because of the dorks who are playing with the power source for our shining light.
A housefull on a a weeknight? Living on the wild side, I see : )
LOL! It was wild alright. The three youngest grandkids about drove me up the wall (not really) and our daughter whose birthday it was and is 40 something about decked me when I referred to her as an old woman.
Other than that it went pretty smooth and the strongest thing I had was the icing on the cake, really good though. :-)
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