Interview with Pentagon whistle blower A. Ernest Fitzgerald (1980) (reason.com) 4 points by nier 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] nier 2y ago ↗ There’s also a 1989 video interview with A. Ernest Fitzgerald available on C-SPAN.https://www.c-span.org/video/?7175-1/pentagon-spendingFast forward to 7 minutes and 5 seconds to see what seems to be a piece of clear plastic that was originally (around 1968) priced at $642.35 as a piece of toilet equipment for a C-5 military transport plane. Inflation adjusted for 2023: $5,679.09
[–] sillywalk 2y ago ↗ His books on the subject are both on Archive.orgThe high priests of waste (1972)https://archive.org/details/highpriestsofwas00fitz/page/n3/m...And The Pentagonists : an insider's view of waste, mismanagement, and fraud in defense spending (1989)https://archive.org/details/pentagonistsinsi00fitzrich/page/...
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Fast forward to 7 minutes and 5 seconds to see what seems to be a piece of clear plastic that was originally (around 1968) priced at $642.35 as a piece of toilet equipment for a C-5 military transport plane. Inflation adjusted for 2023: $5,679.09
The high priests of waste (1972)
https://archive.org/details/highpriestsofwas00fitz/page/n3/m...
And The Pentagonists : an insider's view of waste, mismanagement, and fraud in defense spending (1989)
https://archive.org/details/pentagonistsinsi00fitzrich/page/...