Tanker Inquiry Finds Rumsfeld’s Attention Was Elsewhere:
The topic was the largest defense procurement scandal in recent decades, and the two investigators for the Pentagon’s inspector general in Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld’s office on April 1, 2005, asked the secretary to raise his hand and swear to tell the truth.
Rumsfeld agreed but complained. “I find it strange,” he said to the investigators, on the grounds that as a government official “the laws apply to me” anyway.
So much for government of, for, and by the people. The rest of the article is interesting for its portrayal of how little value the civilian leadership places on accountability and measurable execution of goals. And yet we constantly hear the refrain, if we had business people in government, things would be run more effectively. As if business doesn’t have it’s share of incompetent blockheads.
Hmm, more here — with pictures. Great minds, if I may flatter myself.