Reply #51: I was high enough up in the food chain to hear the shit hitting the fan!

[MADem]

There was a lot of crabbing about that--talk about wet hens! In restrospect, it was somewhat amusing, the anger, the drama, the outrage...but at the time, it was Duck and Cover, Katy Bar the Door. Life was unpleasant. There were some pissed off people stomping around the Pentagon and the Hill, angered that they were expected to know/comment/be able to correct this mess. The concern, though, at the end of the day, was more for the "bad press" than the search for all that missing cash. There was a half-hearted effort at reconciliation, there were a few more instructions and notices written to wag fingers, but I don't think they're substantially better off now than they were a decade ago.

Of course, I've been out the door for a bit, now, so I've no idea what they're up to these days--I don't think about it too much, but every now and again, a synapse gets fired off!