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Sydney Morning Herald (Oz)...Montgomery's former lawyer, Michael Flynn — who now describes Montgomery as a "con man" — says he believes that the administration has been shutting off scrutiny of Montgomery's business for fear of revealing that the government has been duped.
"The Justice Department is trying to cover this up," Flynn said. "If this unravels, all of the evidence, all of the phony terror alerts and all the embarrassment comes up publicly, too. The government knew this technology was bogus, but these guys got paid millions for it." ...
...French officials, upset that their planes were being grounded, commissioned a secret study concluding that the technology was a fabrication. Presented with the findings soon after the 2003 episode, Bush administration officials began to suspect that "we got played", a former counterterrorism official said.
The CIA never did an assessment to determine how a ruse had turned into a full-blown international incident, officials said, nor was anyone held accountable. In fact, agency officials who oversaw the technology directorate — including Donald Kerr, who helped persuade George J. Tenet, then the director of central intelligence, that the software was credible — were promoted, former officials said. "Nobody was blamed," a former CIA official
said. "They acted like it never happened." ...
Read more:
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/geek-cons-us-out-of-20m-with-bogus-software-to-stop-alqaeda-20110222-1b2x2.html
The dangers of secrecy and lack of accountability.
And: Why is it not being put right now?
The guy is being charged with trying to pass 1.8M worth of bad checks in Las Vegas - but not with any crime in relation to the government contracts. No attempt has even been made by "our" government to get any of the millions he conned back.
Once again Bu$h swaggers away laughing, and Obama covers his ass for him.
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