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Boeing’s Close Ties With the Defense Policy Board Revealed

HeadlineDec 08, 2003

The Financial Times reports that defense contractor Boeing had developed ties with at least six members of an influential civilian Pentagon advisory board as it attempted to win support for an $18 billion contact with the Air Force. Boeing gave millions to separate investment funds run by former assistant secretary of defense Richard Perle and former CIA head James Woolsey. Perle is also coming under criticism for writing an editorial in the Wall Street Journal in support of the Boeing deal without disclosing his ties to the project. We’ll have more on this story later in the show. [ More From Today’s Democracy Now!__]

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