More than two years after it began, the Justice Department's investigation into the Pentagon bribery scandal, code-named Ill Wind, may finally be poised to blow in some major indictments. Charles Gardner, a former top executive of Unisys Corp., pleaded guilty last week to bribing former Assistant Secretary of the Navy Melvyn Paisley in return for Paisley's help in winning at least $194 million in contracts on the Aegis electronic-warfare system.
Gardner says he arranged for the purchase at an inflated price of a vacation condominium that Paisley owned in Sun Valley, Idaho. Prosecutors say the payment -- about $149,000 for a...
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