Piss off the Pentagon's pets - prepare for an endless series of silly investigations

[Coexist]

Pentagon investigates manufacturer of body armor

WASHINGTON - A California manufacturer of body armor is under criminal investigation for possibly making false claims, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, but lawmakers are pressing for an independent test to determine whether the company's protective vests are better than the ones that American troops in Iraq are wearing.

Air Force investigators said they'd been probing Pinnacle Armor Inc. of Fresno, Calif., for a year, looking into allegations that the company lied about having its vests certified as safe. Pinnacle made the claim nine months before it received the federal certification, officials said.

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"Interceptor performs well, but Dragon Skin is better," testified Philip Coyle III, formerly the Pentagon's chief adviser on testing and evaluation.

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Thomas further revealed that the Air Force is preparing a "debarment package" that could block Pinnacle from receiving future military contracts as early as Friday.

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So - they are taking down a company with better protection for our soldiers, because they didn't like their ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN.

Lovely. Fuck the soldiers - protect the status quo.

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1. One of the networks did an investigation on dragon skin vs typical body armor

that probably didn't help them either. So lets have new testing and determine which is better once and for all. What I saw of the report, dragon skin pretty much spoke for itself and is superior to what our kids use now.