You've probably heard all about the sexy poker parties with hookers and booze and limos at the Watergate hotel that were, in part, set up by Duke Cunningham, recently sentenced to 8 years in jail for taking bribes from EVERYONE. Well, ole Duke urged the Department of Homeland Security to hire the very same limo company that was providing people like Porter Goss with hookers and blow. So the DHS gave the company a $21.1 million contract, but has since "lost the letter" from Duke Cunningham urging DHS to give out the contract.
My favorite part of the article:
DHS officials testified the department, which is responsible for protecting the country from terror attacks, has no way to conduct background checks on companies that bid for contracts.
Wow, they really are the Dept of Homeland Stupidity. How can they NOT do a background check on a contractor? I don't want an agency snooping into my daily life but I would expect that they would do the minimum due diligence that just about any responsible company would do. Actually, let's spin that: I'm supposed to trust them with my personal information, and with vetting the people they lock up as detainees without any ability to appeal to detention, but they can't fucking figure out that the guy who they just gifted $21.1 million to is a felon who's lost his license to do business and is tied in with prostitutes and all manner of illegal activity?
I feel so much better all around.
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