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Global Recon
December 11, 2004
Pentagon Ousts Official Under FBI Investigation
The Los Angeles Times reports that John A. "Jack" Shaw, the Pentagon's deputy undersecretary for international technology security, was ordered to leave after he refused to sign a letter of resignation:
"He was asked to discontinue his service," a senior Pentagon official said.
Shaw was under investigation by the FBI on allegations that he tried to steer Iraqi reconstruction contracts toward friends:
Shaw allegedly tried to steer two contracts, one involving telecommunications and a second involving dredging at an Iraqi port, to companies linked to longtime friends or clients of longtime friends.

Shaw made news late in the presidential campaign, when he said that missing 380 tons of explosives had removed by Russian commandos before the March 2003 invasion.

From California Yankee.

Posted by Dan Spencer at December 11, 2004 08:29 AM | TrackBack
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