tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post8927424965125093154..comments2024-01-03T05:23:36.046-08:00Comments on The Citizens: Back to Square One.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-80212941289874442772008-09-11T23:08:00.000-07:002008-09-11T23:08:00.000-07:00Alas, GAO did not do this on its own. After the b...Alas, GAO did not do this on its own. After the bid was awarded to NG, Boeing got hopping mad and sent its Senators and representatives doing everything they could to overturn the decision. They applied all sorts of pressure everywhere. And the GAO's report was as impartial as Bush v. Gore.Dr. Strangelovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14407042105777411150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-68551035459130578932008-09-11T18:20:00.000-07:002008-09-11T18:20:00.000-07:00As someone who (very) briefly worked for the GAO, ...As someone who (very) briefly worked for the GAO, I am not sure you are correct about all that. I once sat in on a meeting where people discussed abolishing the Marines to save money. We quietly walked out. They tend to treasure their independence. I would wager the GAO was *not* taking into account political realities when it threw a grenade down a gopher hole.The Law Talking Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886791396468512490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-31735004269818207282008-09-11T06:57:00.000-07:002008-09-11T06:57:00.000-07:00The Northrup Grumman decision was not overturned b...The Northrup Grumman decision was not overturned by a court. The GAO was the technical actor, but they most surely did not do it on their own.Dr. Strangelovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14407042105777411150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-52070231000710787432008-09-10T15:29:00.000-07:002008-09-10T15:29:00.000-07:00I believe that the Northrup Grumman decision was o...I believe that the Northrup Grumman decision was overturned by a court, not the DOD.The Law Talking Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886791396468512490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-12119811023843413402008-09-10T14:50:00.000-07:002008-09-10T14:50:00.000-07:00Whenever American regulators complain about EU sub...Whenever American regulators complain about EU subsidies to Airbus, European point to the seemingly endless stream of sweetheart defense contracts that Boeing gets.Raised By Republicanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461006522141969925noreply@blogger.com