March 29, 2003
Defense Policy Board
Printable Version | [eMail this article!] |Richard Perle, until yesterday the Chairman of the Defense Policy Board inside the Pentagon, stepped down from that position under exposure of conflicts of interest. However, the Center for Public Integrity has been investigating the entire Board membership. The report is available at Advisors of Influence: Nine Members of the Defense Policy Board Have Ties to Defense Contractors. Combined, the nine board members represent over $76 Billion in defense contracts. The report also provides a table of Corporate affilitations of Defense Policy Board members.
Posted by rowan at March 29, 2003 07:23 AM | Printable Version | [eMail this article!] |Keep in mind that Richard Perle was also a major supporter of the idea that Iraq would welcome US troops with open arms and being showered with rose petals. This idea has been completely blown out of the water and as a result Bush just called up another 120,000 troops.
Posted by: Jeremy O'Leary at March 29, 2003 11:25 AM