Reply #67: I Smell PNAC/Republican Stink all Over This

[HFishbine]

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Signators to the PNAC manifesto "Rebuilding America's Defnses."
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(http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf)

David Kay (you know, the CIA man digging up those WMDs in Iraq): Former senior VP of SAIC.
(xymphora.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_xymphora_archive.html)

Phil Meilinger Deputy director of the Air and Space Center at Science Applications International Corporation.

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Other SAIC People of Interest
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Duane P. Andrews: Member, Rumsfeld Commission II; Chairman, Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC)

William Owens: Sits on US Defense Policy Advisory Committee. Previously president, chief operating officer and vice chair of Science Applications International Corporation.
(http://anginsuara.blogspot.com/2003_03_23_anginsuara_archive.html)

Ryan Henry: Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and currently the Corporate Vice President for Strategic Assessment and Development at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).
(http://www.transnational.org/pressinf/2003/pf183_AmericansInIraqPart3.html)

Steven Hatfill: (The antrax suspect) also worked for SAIC.

Michael S Lancaster: Assistant Director Strategic Assessment Center, SAIC and author of "FBI Assessment of Cyber Protest with upcoming events in US and Australia, others" (Watch out DUers)
(http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0008/msg00032.html)

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Considering the BILLIONS in defense contracts awarded to SAIC by the Bush administration;

considering that SAIC benefits from a war-hungry administration;

considering that SAIC provides computer services to the republican national committee;

considering their paid involvement in devloping the largely republican Star Wars fantasy;

considering that the SAIC political action committee has given $84,500 in campaign contribution to republican candidates this year alone (twice as much as to dems);

considering that SAIC spent $580,000 lobbying congress last year;

is it appropriate that they should be investigating this issue? Can't they find someone with a little less vested interest?