If Congressional Investigators Come Knocking, Here's What To Do

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Source: Washington Post

If Congressional Investigators Come Knocking, Here's What to Do

By Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, May 7, 2007; Page D02

The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce offers a series of programs for its government contractor members: seminars, networking opportunities, news about latest developments. And, last week, this one: "Congressional Investigations: The Challenge of Responding Effectively."

It sold out.

About 40 people showed up, lured by the chamber's warning that the recent change in control of Congress will inevitably mean more investigations by newly empowered Democrats. "They're looking at security, police, construction in Iraq -- we do all of that," said Greg Lagana, a spokesman for DynCorp International who attended the early morning breakfast at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner.

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DynCorp, a major government contractor in Falls Church, got a letter last month from a House oversight committee headed by Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), asking for details about the behavior of its gun-carrying employees. This wasn't DynCorp's first experience with scrutiny -- it has faced criticism of the quality of the Iraqi security forces it trains and questions about the merit of its expenditures.

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"There's been a significant spike in breadth, depth and scope of investigations," said moderator Gerry Sikorski, who heads the government section of law firm Holland & Knight. "There's no rules of evidence like a courtroom. It is part governmental, part political and part P.R."

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[lapfog_1]

1. It should have been one of those "arrest the stupid criminal"

sting operations!

[sam sarrha]

2. could have just been... find the stupid criminals

[Kolesar]

3. NBC Dateline: "TO CATCH A NEOCON"

Well, sir, we have this email from you saying you wanted to meet a "young, first termer"
Uh huh
And I see you brought a bottle of French wine with you, what was that for?
It's all normal business
And the golf junta to the coast, just the two of you, is that normal business?
Well, yeah
And how about this personal message: "I want to reach out to your party, we can make it happen"

Ok, it needs work, but....

[momster]

4. Talk like a PARROT day

Not one of them Norwegian Blues, either. Tell the nice investigators everything they want to know. Volunteer information. Show them the secret files and the passwords. Tell them about every dirty deal you brokered, contributed to, or heard about. Give the polite Congressmen everything they want and maybe, just maybe, they won't throw your conscienceless ass in the slammer for 21 years.

[formercia]

5. Chamber of Commerce

yeah, right. We know who they really are.