You have to love this country sometimes, especially the crooks running the show...no, really. When a retired Air Force Officer, who needs a paycheck while waiting to be confirmed as an assistant secretary for acquisition gets one from a defense contractor for doing absolutely nothing, you gotta wonder.
While waiting to be confirmed by the White House for a top civilian post at the Air Force last year, Charles D. Riechers was out of work and wanted a paycheck. So the Air Force helped arrange a job through an intelligence contractor that required him to do no work for the company, according to documents and interviews.
For two months, Riechers held the title of senior technical adviser and received about $13,400 a month at Commonwealth Research Institute, or CRI, a nonprofit firm in Johnstown, Pa., according to his resume. But during that time he actually worked for Sue C. Payton, assistant Air Force secretary for acquisition, on projects that had nothing to do with CRI, he said.
Riechers said in an interview that his interactions with Commonwealth Research were limited largely to a Christmas party, where he said he met company officials for the first time.
"I really didn't do anything for CRI," said Riechers, now principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition. "I got a paycheck from them." my emphasis
Yeeeeeah, I spent a good part of the last two years unemployed, and here's a guy who gets a job overseeing Air Force acquistions who's "on the pad" with a contractor whom he might be well, overseeing or awarding contracts to.
Does anyone else see the problem here, or is it just me? And does anyone want to bet that Mr. Riechers probably truly believes in the Reagan Welfare Queen and her Cadillac?
