FBI probes T-Birds video flap
We reported back in March that the Pentagon is
investigating complains that USAF Chief of Staff steered a $49 million publicity project for the Thunderbirds air show to a Pennsylvania company. The FBI has now joined the investigations.
Strategic Message Solutions won the contract through a public bidding process, although its bid was $25 million higher than a competing proposal.
The USAF canceled the contract in February, after two losing bidders complained that the company had an unfair advantage, including having retired Gen. Hal M. Hornburg as partner.
Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne then directed the Pentagon's inspector general to review the contract award. The inspector general referred the matter to the FBI to look into possible violations of federal contracting laws.
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