http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000855.php
June 8, 2006
Hunter Pushed Earmarks for Scandal Firm's Client
By Justin Rood
Wanna smell something fishy?
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) -- one of the five lawmakers known to be
under investigation as part of the Cunningham scandal -- is forcing
the Pentagon to spend nearly $26 million on a giant killer catamaran,
"despite strong objections from the Navy," reports CongressDaily this
morning.
That gets us to the water's edge -- but here's the stinking fish
smell, courtesy of POGO:
http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2006/06/hunters_titan_t.html
The boat is made by Titan Corp., who uses as a lobbyist Letitia White,
the former staffer for Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) who now works at the
Copeland Lowery lobby firm.
(White, Lewis, and the firm are all under scrutiny as part of the
Cunningham investigation.)
Hunter has also pushed the Navy to buy $27 million worth of Titan
missiles which don't fly right, POGO says.
I wonder if the feds are looking into this one?
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Whew! What a stench
Harry
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