Hunter Aided Duke’s Errant EarmarkingRep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), whose Armed Services panel recently found Cunningham clean as a whistle, has a history of helping out the Duke in times of trouble.
In 1998, the Pentagon picked several companies to digitize its documents. Cunningham’s buddy, Brent Wilkes — who’s alleged to have bribed Cunningham and procured him prostitutes — owned a company, ADCS, which wasn’t chosen. Hunter helped Cunningham bring the full weight of their committee to bear on the matter, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported:
. . . [A]s a Defense Department inspector general’s report later noted, the Pentagon reversed [its] decision and pushed $9.77 million into the ADCS program “after receiving inquiries from two members of Congress.”
Those two lawmakers were Cunningham and Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-El Cajon, now chairman of the Armed Services Committee, according to the contractors and procurement officers directly involved.
