I just came across this discussion and found it enlightening. I have known about ruby ridge, but I was ignorant of the details.
As someone who has acted as a COTR (Contracting Officer Technical Representative)for the feds, I am a little shocked that this POS can be friends with one of the contractors and be the one doing the testing. This is a conflict of interest.
I would encourage anyone out there who has a little spare time to find out who the Contracting Officer was on the project Lon worked on and start raising a stink. I believe this may be a violation of policy and I am interested how the losing contractors feel about it.