Dick Cheney and the trail of the $140,000 contract

[FourScore]

An update of the Cheney/Wade/Cunnigham story...

http://www.davidcorn.com/archives/2007/03/cunningham_scan.php

"...And there's more: this contract was Wade's first prime contract with the federal government. The firm had been incorporated in 1993 but had pulled in no revenue through 2001..."

SNIP

"...The modest contract reportedly covered supplying computers and office furniture to Vice President Dick Cheney's office. By the time it was signed, MZM, which had become an approved federal contractor only two months earlier, was already bribing Cunningham, a member of the influential defense appropriations subcommittee. Two months later, in September 2002, MZM hit it big, scoring a $250 million, five-year contract with the General Services Administration. Look at the timeline, one congressional investigator notes: May, MZM was listed as a federal supplier; July, it won a White House contract for $140,000; September, it obtained a $250 million contract. A not-too-suspicious mind could wonder if something--or someone--was juicing the process...."

[Old and In the Way]

1. helluva sales curve.......

Not too many firms go from so to $250MM in a few months.

[Marie26]

2. Waxman is on the trail! Requests info on Cheney/MZM contract.

Monday, March 26, 2007
Administration Oversight

Chairman Waxman Requests Information on White House Contract with MZM

"As part of the Committee’s ongoing investigation into waste, fraud, and abuse in federal contracting, the Committee has requested information on a $140,000 contract awarded by the Executive Office of the President to MZM, Inc. in July 2002.

The contract with the White House appears to have been MZM’s first prime contract with the federal government. Subsequent investigations of other MZM contracts had uncovered serious irregularities. To date, there has been no examination of the circumstances surrounding the company’s initial contract and the role that White House officials played in the award and execution."

http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1227

The wheels are coming off, big time.