Defense Logistics Agency Innocent

Yesterday I posted about the Pentagon's investigating itself and finding nothing wrong. Today it's the Defense Logistics Agency. Well, they did find mistakes had been made, but only in the area previously identified by Knight Ridder.

The Defense Logistics Agency, completing an internal review of its $7 billion “prime vendor” purchasing system, has declared the program sound, although it overpaid millions for common kitchen items.

Congress ordered the review after a Knight Ridder investigation last year found that the Pentagon had paid $20 apiece for plastic ice cube trays that previously had cost 89 cents, and $81 each for coffee makers it had bought for years for $29.

So why wasn't Abramoff allowed to investigate himself. Seems only fair.

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