Posted on 09/16/2011 7:14:42 AM PDT by george76
With the White House already reeling over the Solyndra collapse, a new scandal may have erupted today that could make the disappearance of $535 million in taxpayer funds look like a paperwork glitch. Eli Lake starts off his new gig at The Daily Beast with a huge bombshell — an accusation made to members of Congress from a four-star Air Force general that claimed the White House pressured him to change his testimony to boost a big donor to the Democratic Party:
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Rep. Mike Turner told Eli that this was definitely an attempt to influence Shelton, bias his testimony, and essentially mislead Congress. And that has a watchdog organization drawing parallels between Shelton’s accusation and the Solyndra collapse...
If the White House has been leaning on the military to mislead Congress in order to benefit Democratic donors, that indicates a whole new level of corruption, one that could seriously damage the non-partisan nature of civilian control of the military.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
They picked the wrong guy to try to pressure. I worked for Shelton at AFSPACE, and he’s a straight shooter and scary smart.
Colonel, USAFR
Sorry, but by definition bombshells only occur when a Republican is accused.
Eric Holder does not pursue cases against Eric Holder’s people.
FoxNews is reporting on this now.
Hope their are major repercussions here.
Beyond this being disclosed; what is happening - any consequences unfolding here?
Pfffft... Pravda will ignore, the sheeple won’t have any idea, and things will continue as usual.
The Daily Beast with a huge bombshell >>>>>>>>
NY libs run that website. Tina Brown? what’s her name. Anyways, the liberal worms are turning against the jug eared Muzzlim stooge. Inept solar green jobs moron
What does he mean by PRESSURE?
How did they pressure him?
What did they DO if anything to pressure him?
What did they SAY to pressure him?
He needs to explain EXACTLY what and how they pressured him.
We need to know!!!!
“According to officials familiar with the situation, Shelton’s prepared testimony was leaked in advance to the company. And the White House asked the general to alter the testimony “
Names, please.
The “White House” is a building
It does not call or email subordinates and
arm-twist them.
Follow the money.
Is there no end to “reparations” with these twisted people???
Unbelievable but not surprising...Gangster Administration
Holy moly. If this proves out, I think we mark this week as the pivital week in END of the Obama presidency. The economic numbers, the NY election, the Solyndra developments, the cracks in the left media machine against Obama.
his guy and left have proven out to be nothing but two-bit political hacks. I think most of us knew it all along, but now it becoming clear to all.
Drip, drip, drip. I think Soros is engineering political death by a thousand cuts.
Nothing’s going to happen. zer0 will lay down the half black card, and go golfing.
It’s just happened so many times before why would it be any different this time.
We have real deaths, phony birth certificates on the White House web site, gun running, money laundering, selective law enforcement and on and on.
nothing happens, ever.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2525802/posts is a related thread that reports how much the military depends on GPS.
“They picked the wrong guy to try to pressure.”
No, they didn’t. They pressured him and got what they wanted. If he was really as strong as you say they would not have gotten what they wanted.
Not very much heard from the star boys during this winter of discontent, is there...
A lot of current GPS equipment is not designed to properly filter out adjacent frequencies, but it should be, and can be.
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