Reversal of fortune watch (from the SD Union-Tribune) …
In the Vietnam war, Randy âDukeâ Cunningham piloted Navy F-4 Phantom jet fighters to fight the enemy.
While a congressman, he lounged aboard private jets hired by contractors who bribed him for government contracts.
On Thursday, he flew in shackles alongside other criminals on âCon Air,â the nickname for the government airline used to transport prisoners around the country.
The flight from San Diego to Oklahoma City was his first â but surely not his last â aboard an airplane operated by the U.S. Marshals Service.
After a layover of a week or less, the former congressman will board another plane bound for North Carolina, where doctors at a federal prison hospital will evaluate his physical and mental health.
Passed on without comment.
(ed.note: Thanks to TPM Reader PP for the tip.)
