Good gravy - more fraud / waste at the pentagon

[littlewolf]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/probe-of-silencers-leads-to-web-of-pentagon-secrets/ar-BB8X1J2

The mysterious workings of a Pentagon office that oversees clandestine operations are unraveling in federal court, where a criminal investigation has exposed a secret weapons program entwined with allegations of a sweetheart contract, fake badges and trails of destroyed evidence.
Capping an investigation that began almost two years ago, separate trials are scheduled this month in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., for a civilian Navy intelligence official and a hot-rod auto mechanic from California who prosecutors allege conspired to manufacture an untraceable batch of automatic-rifle silencers.

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The exact purpose of the silencers remains hazy, but court filings and pretrial testimony suggest they were part of a top-secret operation that would help arm guerrillas or commandos overseas.
The silencers — 349 of them — were ordered by a little-known Navy intelligence office at the Pentagon known as the Directorate for Plans, Policy, Oversight and Integration, according to charging documents. The directorate is composed of fewer than 10 civilian employees, most of them retired military personnel.
Court records filed by prosecutors allege that the Navy paid the auto mechanic — the brother of the directorate’s boss — $1.6 million for the silencers, even though they cost only $10,000 in parts and labor to manufacture.

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“By design, that office is supposed to do a little more than policy and programmatic oversight,” the former defense official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because much of the directorate’s work is classified. “But something happened and it lost its way. It became a case of the fox guarding the henhouse, and I suspect deeper issues might be in play.”


there needs to be prosecution - next thing you tell me
hammers do not cost 1000 dollars and toilet seats do not
cost 3000.

[Sherman A1]

1. and in another thread

the Pentagon is worried about budget cuts.

Makes Ya go Hmmmmmmmmm?

[scarystuffyo]

2. Those numbers don't seem right

349 silencers would cost much more than 10,000 dollars


That's like saying you should be able to buy a 2014 new car only $500 , for the worth of the scrap metal value

[TxVietVet]

3. One hell of a profit, you think!

Paid $1.6 MILLION for $10,000 in parts and labor.

A nice profit margin if you can get one like that.

[scarystuffyo]

4. Those numbers justdon't sound right though

1.6 million is insane but a silencer can cost anywhere from $500 to $1000 each

Look at what some weapons companies charge DoD for small arms weapons contracts
Knight's Armament M110 rifles and the DoD pays $20,000 each for them

We could pick this apart all night how the government overpays for everything

[bigwillq]

5. Not shocking. The government does a good job of wasting

especially our money.