Rumsfeld Vows to Ensure No Repeat of Druyun Case

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld vowed on Tuesday to prevent a repeat of the case of a former top Air Force arms buyer who steered billions of dollars in contracts to Boeing Co. before taking a $250,000-a-year job with the company.

``Obviously, there's something (that) needs to be changed. I think a lot has been changed, but we're going to have to make sure that doesn't happen elsewhere,'' Rumsfeld told a news conference. It was the Pentagon's biggest contracting scandal in over a decade.

Darleen Druyun, the former No. 2 Air Force acquisitions official, was sentenced on Oct. 1 to nine months in federal prison for illegally negotiating the job with Boeing in late 2002 while still overseeing its contracts with the Air Force.

She also admitted steering business to Boeing and agreeing to higher-than-warranted prices after the U.S. aerospace giant hired her daughter and son-in-law in 2000, and finally, Druyun herself.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-arms-tanker-rumsfeld.html

[pocoloco]

1. 9 momths for treason???

[54anickel]

2. Hey, it's just a smart business decision....n/t

[tabasco]

3. Good thing this happened in a repug administration.

I'm surprised she didn't get a promotion. :mad:

[annabanana]

4. so, what's new for Halliburton?

Is Rumsfeld on his way out?