Is this ethical in any way at all? Gen. Myers, ret. - Northrup Grumman

[Mnemosyne]

Nice work if you can get it.


I've posted the entire news release. Mods please edit if necessary, thanks!

I read it first on this blog linked on informationclearinghouse.com.
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/03/former_top_us_g.html

I couldn't find the article on the Chicago Tribune website so I went to the source, Northrup Grumman:



http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/pages/news_releases.mhtml?d=95691


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Richard B. Myers, Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joins Northrop Grumman Board of Directors

LOS ANGELES, March 15, 2006 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) today announced that retired U.S. Air Force General Richard B. Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been elected to the company's board of directors.

Northrop Grumman's board now totals 12 members, 11 of whom are non-employee directors.

"Dick Myers brings to our board outstanding leadership credentials and a deep understanding of the national security challenges facing our country today," said Ronald D. Sugar, chairman, chief executive officer and president of Northrop Grumman Corporation. "He will be an excellent addition to our board and we look forward to benefiting from his contributions."

Myers retired from his position as the fifteenth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in September, 2005 after serving for four years. In that capacity, he was the principal military advisor to the president, the secretary of defense and the National Security Council.

Before becoming chairman, he was vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff where he served as the chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, vice chairman of the Defense Acquisition Board, and as a member of the National Security Council Deputies Committee and the Nuclear Weapons Council.

Previously, Myers was commander in chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Space Command; commander of the Air Force Space Command; and Department of Defense manager of Space Transportation System Contingency Support. Earlier, he was commander of the Pacific Air Forces; assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and commander of U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force. His career includes operational command and leadership positions in a variety of Air Force and Joint assignments. A command pilot, he has flown more than 4,100 hours in the T-33, C-37, C-21, F-4, F-15 and F-16 aircraft, including 600 combat hours in the F-4.

Myers earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University and a masters degree in business administration from Auburn University. He attended the Air Command and Staff College, the U.S. Army War College, and the program for senior executives in national and international security at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global defense company headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif. Northrop Grumman provides technologically advanced, innovative products, services and solutions in systems integration, defense electronics, information technology, advanced aircraft, shipbuilding and space technology. With approximately 125,000 employees and operations in all 50 states and 25 countries, Northrop Grumman serves U.S. and international military, government and commercial customers.

CONTACT: Dan McClain
Northrop Grumman Corporation
[phone]
[e-mail]
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Can it get anymore disgusting? Wait, don't answer, I know it can and will. War whore profiteering pigs!:nuke: How much will ever be enough for them? Dumb question. It will never be enough.

And $200,000 a year is chicken feed compared to the true profits this war whore will make with his new position. How does this man sleep at night?:grr:

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Here's a bit about Northrup Grumman.

http://www.northropgrumman.com/about_us/noc_faqs.html

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global defense company headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif. Northrop Grumman provides a broad array of technologically advanced, innovative products, services and solutions in systems integration, defense electronics, information technology, advanced aircraft, shipbuilding, and space technology. The company has more than 125,000 employees and operates in all 50 states and 25 countries and serves U.S. and international military, government and commercial customers.
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Quite involved with DHS.
http://www.northropgrumman.com/capabilities/homeland.html
Northrop Grumman and Homeland Security

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading provider of technology services and solutions relevant to the major Homeland Security (HLS) critical areas of detection, prevention, preparation, response, and recovery.

Below are specific areas within Northrop Grumman that address the critical mission areas of Homeland Security:

Intelligence and Warning
Detection, Surveillance and Intelligence

Border and Transportation Security
Domestic Transportation Security
Key Asset, Border, Water, Airspace Security

Domestic Counterterrorism
Law Enforcement and Investigation

Protecting Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets
Plans, Training, Exercises and Evaluation
Research and Development

Defending Against Catastrophic Threats
WMD and Consequence Management

Emergency Preparedness and Response
Medical and Public Health Preparedness
Domestic Threat and Incident Response
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Very attentive and involved in protecting our homeland wouldn't you say? For a price of course.

And how are the finances looking at Northrup Grumman you ask?

4Q05_Earnings and Year End Results
http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/11/112/112386/items/180476/4Q05_Earnings.pdf

Q42005 Sales of $7.9 Billion

2005 Sales Increase 3 Percent to RECORD $30.7 Billion

Business has sure gotten better and better each year since * took office. What a coincidence!

1999 8.9 billion net sales

2000 7.6 billion nets sales

2001 13.5 billion net sales

2002 17.2 billion net sales

2003 26.3 billion net sales

2004 29.8 billion net sales
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When did Myers retire again?

Pg. 9 lists some of their recent 4Q 2005 contracts. I wonder how many were no bid?

US Navy
US Air Force
US Social Security Administration
US Postal Service

And it makes great laser beams too!!
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I went googling for old comments from Myers re: Iraq.

I wouldn't want anyone that was this incompetent in handling a pre-emptive war being a director at MY company.


Press conference with Rummy.

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 1:36 p.m. EST

http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/t03212003_t0321sd1.html

Scroll down:

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First rule of pre-emptive attack on an innocent country with vast oil reserves:

1. Protect the oil!

On the ground, as you know, the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, along with our coalition partners, crossed into Iraq, and they have now secured the port city of Umm Qasar and the al-Faw peninsula. They have also secured the main oil manifolds along the al-Faw waterways, and have moved through the southern Iraqi oil fields. These fields, if we're successful, should be secured sometime later today, and they will be a great resource for the Iraqi people as they build a free society.


Second rule:

2. Spread propaganda as early as possible.

"We have dropped millions of leaflets over Iraq telling the Iraqi people our intentions and asking the Iraqi military to lay down their arms. In fact, some Iraqi soldiers are surrendering and abandoning their positions in the south and also in the north. Clearly, many Iraqi military are heeding our message that it is better to fight for the future of Iraq than to fight for Saddam Hussein."

Third rule:

3. Lie like hell to your soldiers about anything and everything. Give lip service to compassion.

"The second message, to the men and women of our armed forces, and to our allies and our coalition partners and to all their families, I salute you for your sacrifice, your courage and your professionalism. Be confident that you are well prepared, well trained and well supported in the mission that lies ahead. Take pride in the legitimacy and the necessity of your mission. Show compassion for the lives that this war will forever change, but rest assured, the outcome is not in doubt. We will disarm the Iraqi regime and ensure their weapons of mass destruction will not fall into the hands of terrorists."

I did a search and didn't find this anywhere. Hope it's not a dupe.

Mad world.


In hope of peace,
Still,
v

I've got to get some sleep. Just thought someone might find this interesting. Will check back in the a.m. :hi: Good Night!

[Erika]

1. America is lost. Corporate globalists rule

even our military. But that's why W was (s)elected and re-elected by Diebold.

Money and corporate profit matters. Countries and their workers don't.

[Mnemosyne]

7. In America, it is all about the money now. How

the founding fathers must roll in their graves.

[merh]

16. Everything that Ike warned would happen and did his best

to prevent, has happened.

Where are the true Republicans, why have they closed their eyes to the obvious?

And don't even get me started on the democratic leadership. :grr:

The USofA is not for sale, unless of course the price is right :cry:


I want my nation back.

[babylonsister]

2. Yes, it's legal. I just couldn't visit all those sites, but

you are a digger, ain't ya? Great thread!

Right off the bat, I bet he's remaining aboveboard, because he knows he'll be under the microscope.
And I trust his relative(daughter, niece) is in there also?

[Mnemosyne]

8. Legal sure has nothing to do with ethical does it Sister?!

I didn't know Myers' has a female relative that needs employment. I'd bet she's working there somewhere. Nepotism is alive and well among the *elite*.

I am sure Myers stays aboveboard as long as Ridge did at his job when he left DHS. What *honorable* men. :puke:

I also noticed that one of the directors is the CEO of AMGEN, a major biotech corporation. Argh!!

[northofdenali]

3. "Ethical" and "Republican" can't be used in the same sentence.

Legal? Sure. If it wasn't, though, the repukes in Congress would pass a retroactive law to make it so.

[Mnemosyne]

9. We can call that retroactive law the

GWB Act. It renders any inconvenient laws useless if they interfere in the profits, ethics or hiring practices of any government corporation.

Slimey :puke:

[Journeyman]

4. Been happening for decades. . .

a constant sore point for those who battle for transparency in the self-perpetuating military-industrial incestuousness, and demand -- at a minimum -- the appearance of ethics among our representatives and employees.

[Mnemosyne]

11. Eisenhower would be so proud.

:sarcasm:

And he tried so hard to warn us about the MI! :patriot:

I won't settle for faux ethics, it's bad enough we are being fed faux news.

Where's Mighty Mouse when you need him? :shrug:

[DrDebug]

5. It happens all the time. Remember Carlyle

The best example is Colin Powells who became a member of Carlyle during the Clinton administration and then returned to the army like it was irrelevant. I wonder how many contracts in the Iraq war were related to companies which he represented during his Carlyle period.

Remember the Crusader for whom Bush sr lobbied and which was sneaked into the budget. And when Cynthia McKinney made a comment about it, they succesfully managed to out her from Congress.

http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/CAM041302.html

[Mnemosyne]

13. Cynthia McKinney is one of my heroes! I love how she managed

to come back and continue her fight. :patriot: I'm surprised she hasn't been *Wellstoned*, being such an uppity black woman!

I wouldn't be surprised if someone dug deep enough they would find the Carlyle Group's fingers somewhere deep in Northrup Grumman pockets also or holding the strings.

I guess it is never-ending profit for a never-ending "long war". Evil old men. PNAC.

Thanks for the link DrDebug. I was ill in that time period and missed so much. This helps me catch up some more.

[tabasco]

6. Generals are corrupted by the lure of big money after retirement.

A grave problem for our country and our military. Generals retire to big dollar jobs on war profiteering corporations. Republicans give massive pork projects to these corporations. The generals tell the public to support republicans because of the money, not because of national defense. Massive corruption in the upper ranks has existed for a long time, but the money is so much more now. It should be made illegal for senior officeers to retire to corporations that do a large amount of business with the government. There is just too much corruption.

Dwight Eisenhower:

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together."

[Mnemosyne]

14. I was always under the impression that it was illegal for

any government employee to take employment in any corporation related to their field for at least a few years. I can't remember where I got that dumb idea. Maybe it was just ridiculous ethical thinking on my part.

Where's Ike when we need him? Or anyone with the power and courage to stand up and do what is necessary to put an end to this corruption? We do have some that raise their voices, but without the power to actually stop the war whores, they are impotent at best.

It is up to We The People, and not enough are willing to speak out and raise hell, take it to the streets.

Let's rename the country - The United States of Apathy.

[tabasco]

18. You know, I think there is a law. They have to wait a year IIRC.

It seems like Myers has been retired about a year. I'm sure he's had nothing to do with Northrup since he retired (haha). Totally ineffective law. There should be a complete prohibition on retired generals going to work for profiteering industries. Just too much potential for corruption, undue influence, and politicization of the military.

Who is it going to hurt? Generals who already have a nice retirement package from the military. They can find other places to work other than war profiteers.

[Mnemosyne]

19. Pure and simple greed seems to be what this country stands for now.

I used to believe America meant caring for those that were in need, reaching out rather than shoving down and out of the way. Now all you seem to see is greed. I got mine, me, me, me! It's all about meeeee! It's pushed to the hilt in the media. Argh!!:puke:

Thank goodness there are still many good folks left here. Hopefully there are enough to counter-balance the horrid selfishness that has overtaken this country and too many/most of our so-called "leaders".

There should be a law forbidding any employment/relationship between ex-military or government and war profiteering corporations ever, but there never will be. Money is power and power is money. War whores, one and all! :nuke:

And has there been a single law yet that * and co. felt applies to them? He does have his signing statements!:grr:

[The2ndWheel]

10. Doesn't matter if it's ethical or not

It makes sense.

[Mnemosyne]

15. It makes sense. For Myers? For the country?

Please clarify your statement NoMoreMyths.

Thanks!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. The brass have been getting payoffs from "defense" industry for decades.

[Mnemosyne]

17. Tradition doesn't make it right. War whores. n/t