From TPMmuckraker:
Through his seat on the House intelligence committee from 2001 through 2006, ex-Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-CA) was able to funnel between $70 and $80 million in taxpayer dollars to his favored contractors. And it didn't matter that both Mitch Wade, who's pled guilty to bribing Cunningham, and Brent Wilkes, who's been indicted for bribing him, didn't have much in the way of qualifications. That's because Cunningham's colleagues on the committee stayed mum as Cunningham funneled project after bogus project to them.
Cunningham's doings were no secret. At one point, a committee aide even sent out a staff e-mail about one of Wade's program, saying, "HOOAH! Another $5 million of taxpayer money wasted."
Members of the committee are still trying to keep the sham quiet.
1 comment:
No surprise there as to many of Cunningham's friends are involved in the same crime. Nice to hear that nothing was done yet the committee still got paid. I wonder what would happen if a person didn't show up to work? Well at lease they wouldn't get paid.
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