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It’s Hard Out There For a Pimp

It’s Hard Out There For a Pimp

War was good business for David H. Brooks, founder and former chief of body armor manufacturer DHB. But now he’s on trial for fraud after it was discovered that he was using all that Pentagon cash to buy porn for his son, plastic surgery for his wife, a stable of racehorses and prostitutes for company employees to raise their morale.

I forgot to mention that $100,000 gold and ruby-encrusted belt buckle.

Josh Marshall

Josh Marshall is editor and publisher of TalkingPointsMemo.com.

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