Psstanybody wanna buy a destroyer?
When it comes to buying, the Pentagon can be an easy mark, as demonstrated by the payment of $435 for an ordinary claw hammer that Navy auditors discovered last year. But it was revealed last week that the fleecing of defense is not limited to the buy side: the opportunity to make dubious deals also extends to the sale of military "surplus."
Since 1974, Air Force computers have automatically put many spare parts, ranging from bolts to airplane doors, on a disposal list if no request for the item has been received for twelve months. After checking...
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