In an unusually vigorous and confrontational display of congressional oversight, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) last week described how U.S. Air Force officials and the Boeing Corporation colluded on a contract to supply aerial-refueling tanker aircraft that would have cost taxpayers unnecessary billions of dollars.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2004/s111904.html
Sen. McCain placed in the Congressional Record a series of internal Air Force email messages and other records of a sort that is hardly ever seen in public, including embarrassingly explicit efforts to manipulate press coverage of the proposed tanker lease deal.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2004/s112004.html
These records "raise serious questions about the undue influence that industry exerts on procurement decisions in the Pentagon," Sen. McCain said.
No comments:
Post a Comment