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The whole sordid -- now stalled -- Boeing aircraft tanker deal with the Pentagon evidently includes a Richard Perle angle. Seems Boeing placed $20 million with Perle's Trireme Partners venture capital fund. Later, Perle told the world what a great thing the $18 billion deal truly was in a WSJ op-ed.

Perle maintains the relationships between Boeing, Trireme, and the tanker deal are hermetically sealed, one from the other.

Washington, where our business is giving you the business.

Comments

[Kevin Carson]

Careful--Perle could still sue you in England.

[Tryandemailme]

I think it is important to mention that both sides are involved...Senator Daschle's wife was the lobbyist for Boeing on the deal.

[infamouse]

Seems Donald Rumsfeld was concerned about improprieties.

"Earlier in the year, Dr. Sambur also forwarded to top Boeing executives, including James Albaugh, president of a Boeing division, copies of internal Pentagon communications outlining the Defense Department's negotiating strategy for price, terms and conditions of the contract, the e-mail messages show. The messages were sent to Boeing in April and May, at a time when the company and the Pentagon had yet to reach an agreement."

I hope heads roll at the Air Force.

[joe]

Take it easy on Perle. I don't think a single mistake should cancel out an entire career of providing crappy, biased intelligence analysis.

[larrymerchant]

Perle seems to have Mrs Clinton's problem: public service just doesn't pay enough