By DAVID BARSTOWPublished: November 29, 2008
In the spring of 2007 a tiny military contractor with a slender track record went shopping for a precious Beltway commodity.
The company, Defense Solutions, sought the services of a retired general with national stature, someone who could open doors at the highest levels of government and help it win a huge prize: the right to supply Iraq with thousands of armored vehicles.
Access like this does not come cheap, but it was an opportunity potentially worth billions in sales, and Defense Solutions soon found its man. The company signed Barry R. McCaffrey, a retired four-star Army general and military analyst for NBC News, to a consulting contract starting June 15, 2007.
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Peacenik thinks if Obama can change anything in the U.S. it would be nice if he could remind the media about little things like ethics and truth. The failure of the U.S. media in the last 20 years has as much as anything contributed to the multiple disasters the U.S. faces. Time for some serious regulation of the media. Bring back the fairness doctrine. Stop the concentration of corporate media. It would be a start.
