Friday, March 1, 2013

FBI 'Counterterrorism' Jets Used For Personal And Business Travel

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FBI Jets For War On Terror Used For Top Officials' Personal, Business Travel -- Washington Examiner

Holder, Mueller, Mukasey used FBI's Gulfstream jets for business, personal travel even though Congress approved them for counterterrorism.

Two corporate-style jets that the FBI persuaded Congress to lease for fighting global terrorism have instead been used the majority of the time to ferry Attorney General Eric Holder, his predecessor in the Bush administration and FBI Director Robert Mueller on business and personal trips at an expense of millions of dollars to taxpayers, an investigation has found.

The bureau's state-the-art, sleek Gulfstream V jets logged 60 percent of their hours between 2007 and 2011 on "non-mission flights" that cost taxpayers $11.4 million, according to an investigation by the Government Accountability Office obtained by the Washington Guardian.

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My Comment:
Unbelievable. But what is even more unbelievable is that everyone in the main stream media is ignoring this story.

Update:
Attorney General and FBI chief spend $11MILLION flying in luxury jets bought for counter-terrorism missions between 2007 and 2011 -- Daily Mail

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