Via http://warisboring.com/articles/the-pentagons-pricey-culture-of-mediocrity/ http://warisboring.com/articles/the-pentagons-pricey-culture... : "The root of

Via http://warisboring.com/articles/the-pentagons-pricey-culture-of-mediocrity/ http://warisboring.com/articles/the-pentagons-pricey-culture... : "The root of the problem is the revolving door between the Pentagon and private military contractors. Remember the big white blimp that broke free from its mooring in Maryland last year and floated across rural Pennsylvania? That’s a good example of an underperforming and expensive military program the government should have canceled years ago. In fact, the Army did try to cut the program, officially called JLENS, in 2010 — only to have then-vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. James Cartwright, rescue it. Shortly after his retirement from the Marine Corps in 2011, Cartwright joined the board of directors of Raytheon, the prime contractor for — you guessed it — the JLENS.