Security people need to be comfortable, darn it!

["Alex Eckelberry" <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>]

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/washingtonpostinvestigations/2008/07/the_
air_forces_use_of.html

The Air Force's use of more than $16 million in counter-terrorism funds
for "comfort capsules" on military planes has prompted an internal
debate
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR20080
71703161.html?hpid=topnews>  over whether taxpayer money should be used
for luxury Defense items.

Air Force officials say the government needs the new "capsules," which
will be installed aboard Air Force aircraft, to ensure that leaders can
talk, work and rest comfortably in the air. But the top brass's
preoccupation with creating new high-flying luxury in wartime has
alienated lower-ranking Air Force officers familiar with the effort, as
well as congressional staff and a nonprofit group that calls the program
a waste of money, The Post's R. Jeffrey Smith reports.

Internal Air Force e-mails documenting the decision making for the
planes were provided to The Post by the Project on Government Oversight
<http://www.pogo.org/index.shtml> , a nonprofit Washington group, and
independently authenticated. They show that the mobile pallets feature
plush, swiveling leather chairs, beds, a couch, a table, a 37-inch
flat-screen monitor with stereo speakers and a full-length mirror.

The Project on Government Oversight sent a complaint letter
<http://www.pogo.org/p/defense/dl-080717-gates.html>  regarding the
spending to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates.

 

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