Crossposted on Beltway Progressive.
WaPo reported today about the Deepwater Revolving door and pay-to-play politics that jeopardizes the Coast Guard, Homeland security and border control. The story mentioned Phillip J. Perry.
The Perry family of McClean, VA has donated generously to the campaigns of crooks like Bob Ney, Randy Forbes, and Conrad Burns, as well as Tom DeLay's ARMPAC, and Tom Davis. The Perry family donations exceed $50,000.
What did the Perrys get for their money? Perry, formerly a lobbyist for Lockheed Martin, avoids oversight for the contracting out of the Coast Guard; Lockheed Martin is building boats that won't meet functional requirements. Perry got to go through the Deepwater Revolving Door. Perry, a son-in-law of Dick Cheney, was nominated to be General Counsel to the Department of Homeland Security from June 2005 until he left in February 2007.
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