Saturday, February 21, 2009
Now they worry about it
Our faithful defenders at the Pentagon, with the blessing of the political side of DC, have long had a habit of giving surplus weaponry to lesser governments around the world. All of a sudden, they are worried about the degree of control these governments have over what they are given.
Between October 2001 and March 2006, the Department of Defense either gave or sold surplus items with an original acquisition value of $2 billion to 57 different foreign governments. In most cases, no control weaknesses were found. However, 7373 items with an acquisition value of $296 million came under question in the study.Wasn't someone supposed to think about this before shipping?
According to the report, these deficiencies "increased the risk of providing foreign governments unauthorized property that could be used to threaten our national security."
The majority of the questionable items -- which included M-16 rifles, M-60 machine guns, and armored personnel carriers -- "were not properly tracked, safeguarded, accounted for, or reconciled."
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