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Zen9 wrote:

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From my dimly reccaled memory it's gone something like this.

US AirForce needed new tankers.
Orriginaly they chose a deal with Boeing for I seem to reccal new build airliners leased from Boeing.
This caused some ruckus as it turned out there was no real competition for the tendering, the deal smacked of subsidy for Boeing which was loosing sales to Airbus at the time. I seem to reccal that a number of Pentagon officials where less than forthright in their dealings, and this was exposed.
The US Senate I think it was, forced the whole business back into contention.

So a new tendering was done, and Boeing lost. It now seems the criteria of that second competition was'nt properly processed and as surely as before Boeing had been overly favoured so now it was their rivals who where favoured deliberately. Perhaps to punish Boeing.
Boeing I understand took this to court, is that not so?
Court means lawyers and that means money...lots of money for this sort of case at this level.

And the whole thing is supposedly riddled with Pork Barrel politics.

....and the US government employee who negotiated the whole deal got quite a plum job with Boeing shortly thereafter.