ok, strip out the rhetoric and the poor writing, and it seems the report is true.
http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/aug/02/gao-says-pentagon-sold-f-14-parts/ GAO says Pentagon sold F-14 parts WASHINGTON The Pentagon accidentally sold to the public more than a thousand aircraft parts that could be used on the F-14 fighter jet a plane flown only by Iran after saying it had halted such sales, government investigators said. The Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, said the sales occurred after the Pentagon announced it had suspended sales of all parts that could be used on the F-14 while it reviewed security concerns. Iran, trying to keep its F-14s flyable, is aggressively seeking U.S. components for the jets. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/08/01/national/w125315D64.DTL&tsp=1 GAO: Pentagon Improperly Sold F-14 Parts By SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press Writer Wednesday, August 1, 2007 (08-01) 12:53 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- The Pentagon sold more than a thousand aircraft parts that could be used on F-14 fighter jets a plane flown only by Iran after announcing it had halted sales of such surplus, government investigators say. In a report Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, said the Defense Department had improved security in its surplus program to prevent improper sales of sensitive items. But investigators found that roughly 1,400 parts that could be used on F-14 "Tomcat" fighter jets were sold to the public in February. That came after the Pentagon announced it had suspended sales of all parts that could be used on the Tomcat while it reviewed security concerns. Iran, trying to keep its F-14s able to fly, is aggressively seeking components from the retired U.S. Tomcat fleet. The Pentagon's surplus sales division the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service told investigators the parts were sold because it failed to update an automated control list and remove the aircraft parts before they were listed on its Internet sales site. The GAO's investigation focused on F-14 parts. "One country with operational F-14s, Iran, is known to be seeking these parts," Greg Kutz, the GAO's managing director of special investigations, wrote in the report. "If such parts were publicly available, it could jeopardize national security." A Democratic senator said the investigation shows why legislation he proposed that would ban the sale of all F-14 parts is needed. "The Pentagon's system is still riddled with holes," Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "These are the very parts that they said they wouldn't be selling and they still are and so you've got to make sure the changes are going to actually have teeth and work." The Defense Department said in January that it was suspending sales of all F-14 parts, including those that could be used on multiple types of aircraft, while the Pentagon reviewed security. That announcement came a few weeks after an investigative report by The Associated Press found weaknesses in surplus-sale security that allowed buyers for Iran, China and other countries surreptitiously to obtain sensitive U.S. military gear including missile components and parts for the Tomcat and Chinook helicopter. The congressional investigators also looked at sensitive military leftovers in general that were supposed to be destroyed rather than sold in Pentagon surplus auctions. In the first month of their inquiry, last September, they found the Pentagon had sold 295 items to the public that were supposed to be destroyed. But after that, though several items that were supposed to be destroyed were posted on the surplus Web site as for sale, they were spotted and removed before they were sold, the report said. The military's surplus service told the GAO that between last August and May, about 2.4 million individual pieces of sensitive surplus were removed from public sale. The new GAO report comes as a surplus dealer trade association accuses the Pentagon of overreacting to security concerns and wasting taxpayer money by junking thousands of items unrelated to the F-14. That includes leftover gear the group says its members used to buy and sell back to the military when it was needed quickly. The Defense Department says the allegations are not true. The surplus dealers want Congress to force the Pentagon to do a better job separating sensitive scrap from items that are safe to sell. Wyden said he understands the group's concerns. "I think our legislation speaks to some of their philosophy that the Pentagon has bumbled to the point where they can't make the distinction" between sensitive and innocuous surplus, Wyden said. The F-14 legislation sponsored by Wyden and Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona has passed the House and is pending in the Senate. Wyden said he will try to attach it to a defense spending bill that the Senate is expected to consider next month. The lawmakers sponsored the bill in reaction to the AP's story on surplus security. ___ On the Net: Government Accountability Office: Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service: www.gao.gov www.drms.dla.mil/ On Dec 9, 2007 5:46 AM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well not to be technical but it does have sources. Jane's has a pretty > good reputation. II haven't looked into it beyond that, and don't have > time right now. But would it surprise me, no. We've sold Iran weapons > in the past. > > > On Dec 5, 2007 7:15 AM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm going to doubt this article until I see some reference sources. How can > > I stand against something that seems so real and logical? How about that the > > writer can't write. His grammar suffers from the 'not an English speaker' > > disease. Maybe its because English is his second language. Maybe its because > > he just doesn't know how to write. Maybe its because he's more focused on > > getting a point out about the evil Bush than anything else. > > The article's source, http://www.globalresearch.ca, is a standard > > anti-globalization/911 'truther' site which lowers its credibility in my > > eyes. The fact that there's no direct link to back up its claims lowers it > > even more. A little research to see if Janes actually said what he's > > reporting comes up empty which is what I think of the article. > > > > On Dec 5, 2007 6:23 AM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > "The capitalistic motto that perpetuates the Anglo-American Military > > > Industrial Complex (MIC) is "create ogres then slay them for profits." > > > > > > While the US government is allegedly escalating rhetoric against Iran > > > , and tightening economic sanctions against that country, the MIC was > > > selling this year the Iranians through publicly available channels > > > F-14 aircraft parts. > > > > > > According to Jane's Intelligence report, the US Government > > > Accountability Office (GAO) reported on August 1, 2007 that more than > > > 1,400 parts that are unique to the US Navy's (USN's) Grumman F-14 > > > Tomcat fighter aircraft were sold to Iran through publicly available > > > channels in February 2007. These sales occurred despite a January 2007 > > > announcement by the US Department of Defense (DoD) that all such sales > > > would be suspended until DoDs Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) had made > > > improvements to its security procedures. (Jane's Intelligence Report, > > > 2007). > > > > > > The Tomcat was a strike fighter with a high price tag of $38 million > > > per plane that the United States sold to Iran in the 1970s, when the > > > Shah of Iran gave the US and Britain full access for oil exploration > > > and exploitation. The Pentagon retired its F-14 last fall and hired > > > contractors for hundred of millions of dollars to allegedly dismantle > > > the planes and to ensure that the parts are destroyed and not sold to > > > countries that are considered hostile to the United Stated by the Bush > > > administration. > > > > > > This type of duplicitous policy is a standard operating procedure on > > > the stage of international politics, where drama, fear, and wars are > > > choreographed by the the financial masters of the world. > > > > > > Meanwhile, everyone awaits the occurrence of an artificial trigger > > > operation that will terrify the public and will justify the invasion > > > of Iran , which in turn will secure the complete control of the > > > straits of Hormuz, and with it, the oil supplies of the world. > > > > > > That in turn would force the west-dependent Chinese and Russians into > > > compliance with the new world order guidelines. That would also deter > > > the Chinese from dumping more dollars, which in turn would delay the > > > death of the greenbacks that will eventually vanish with the North > > > American Union when the time is right, and as Mexico 's internal > > > conflicts worsen. Then, the dollar will be replaced with another > > > spurious fiat currency as the new reserve currency of the world. > > > > > > Creating pseudo-monsters and destroying them is an essential element > > > for profiteers, because conflict makes profits and promotes population > > > control. Conflict and wars are a necessary angel that the elites have > > > employed for centuries to advance their political agenda, and to gain > > > full control of the world. When you can't conquer financially, you > > > subjugate militarily. > > > > > > The neocons' allegedly creative destruction strategy is a key > > > ingredient to devise and mold this new world order, in which they > > > render the planet into a jail where everyone is microchipped, and as a > > > reward they would run it by proxy for the invisible financial > > > Oligarchy. Unfortunately, if the plans go awry these neocons will > > > become the neo-sacrificial lambs. > > > > > > Humans are desperately compulsive and do not learn from history. They > > > will continue their erroneous march by repeating the same > > > self-destructive patterns of behavior, until they eventually succeed > > > in eradicating themselves and their planet." > > > > > > http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=24415 > > > > > > Some neat conspiracy theories included in the piece as well ^_^ > > > hee hee hee > > > .... > > > or are they? > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248002 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
