by ewastud » Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:09 pm
This recently posted article at BuzzFlash suggests that there may be some diligent and honest prosecutors in our government doing their jobs:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,106510,00.html?ESRC=dod-bz.nl">www.military.com/NewsCont...=dod-bz.nl</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>"Two former Pentagon officials, including an acting secretary of the Navy, have been accused of scheming with a banned American contractor to get lucrative rebuilding contracts in Iraq, The Associated Press has learned. <br><br>The contracting firm, Custer Battles LLC, was suspended two years ago by the military for submitting millions of dollars in fake invoices....<br><br>The current suit names former acting Navy Secretary Hansford T. Johnson, former acting Navy Undersecretary Douglas Combs, and Custer Battles LLC officials including founders Scott Custer and Mike Battles, who were barred in 2004 after billing the government for work that was never done and for padding invoices by much as 100 percent. <br><br>Also named were six companies connected to the contracting firm, including Windmill International Ltd., a worldwide contractor run by Combs and Johnson, and a Romanian company, Danubia Global, which purchased Custer Battles in 2005. "<br><br>The part that is really interesting is this:<br><br>"According to the suit filed in Virginia, the shell companies committed other illegal acts, including selling weapons on the Iraqi black market, creating a dangerous possibility that 'insurgents could buy them and use them to attack U.S. soldiers.'"<br><br><br><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>
