Much has been made of disgraced Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s new job selling pizza at a kosher establishment in Baltimore. But what of former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-Calif.), still serving prison time for ethics breaches that included accepting over $2 million in bribes from defense contractors?
Don’t miss this mammoth USA Today investigation into retired generals and admirals receiving heaps of Pentagon cash for occasional “mentoring” work to their previous service branches — usually while they’re receiving not only their duly-earned pensions, but also generous military contractor dollars. Tom Ricks, who thinks the piece ought More…
Ryan Grim has the story, I have stifled guffaws.
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) picked up on the legislative overreach and asked the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) to sift through its database to find which contractors might be caught in the ACORN net.
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Gumman both
This Reuters article talks about all the defense firms that hope Massachusetts’ next senator is as friendly. While I suppose Kennedy’s status as a liberal icon makes it superficially surprising that he did so much for defense firms, he was still a senator. Chances are his replacement will More…
Great piece from CQ’s Alex Knott. Apparently defense contractors spent $340,000 last year throwing events to honor Defense Secretary Bob Gates:
Among them were six companies that accounted for more than a quarter of the Pentagon’s procurement budget during the 2008 fiscal year. These groups, which spent $125,000 hosting
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