February 06, 2008

Dishonest Military Supplier Gets New Contract

So here’s a summary:

1. SMC knowingly manufactured deficient helmets for the Defense Department (their quality assurance manager admitted as much in taped conversations).

2. The federal government wins a lawsuit against SMC over these helmets forcing them to pay $2 million.

3. The federal government then gives this dishonest manufacturer a new contract worth $74 million and sends in government inspectors, at the taxpayer’s expense, to make sure the Defense Department isn’t ripped off again.

Anyone else seeing a problem with this picture?

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 05:32 PM | |