Posted on 03/31/2010 11:15:22 PM PDT by Nachum
President Obama's nominee for U.S. Army general counsel, who pledges to investigate anyone leaking military secrets to the media, will receive at least $1 million in deferred compensation from the New York Times Co. even as he works for the government, records show.
Solomon B. Watson IV, former chief legal officer for the newspaper, is due the money through an executive payout plan that ends in 2015, according to a recent government ethics form.
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The plan is valued at between $1 million and $5 million, records show.
Scott Amey, general counsel for the nonpartisan Project On Government Oversight, said if Mr. Watson is continuing to receive compensation from the newspaper company, the Army should “create a fire wall between Mr. Watson and the New York Times Co.”
From the article.
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