Report raps Pentagon for equipment sales

WASHINGTON - Undercover government investigators purchased sensitive surplus military equipment such as launcher mounts for shoulder-fired missiles and guided missile radar test sets from a Defense Department contractor.
Defense department CONTRACTOR?
What is that? Which one? Lockheed?

Thousands of items that should have been destroyed were sold to the public, the report said. Much of the equipment was sold for pennies on the dollar. You have to suppose that's because the tax payers all ready paid for it. Offense Contractors don't have fire sales.

In the report, the GAO said it had briefed Pentagon officials on its findings but that the Pentagon had no response because it had not had time to perform a detailed review.
That means Rumsfeld is napping again, like he was when he planned he Iraq occupation. Terminal satyriasis is exhausting you know.

Rep. Christopher Shays (news, bio, voting record), R-Conn., chairman of the
House Government Reform Committee's national security panel, will hold a hearing on the matter Tuesday. Earlier GAO reports also had found lax security controls over sensitive excess military equipment.
Ah, a republican heading a committee to investigate republicans. That ought to be a big cover up.