Reply #1: Interesting enough, the news does NOT name Richard Perle [View All]

Perle Article Didn't Disclose Boeing Tie
Pentagon Adviser Lauded Plan to Lease Air Tankers
By David S. Hilzenrath
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 5, 2003; Page E01


Pentagon adviser Richard N. Perle coauthored an opinion piece this summer praising a Pentagon plan to lease tanker aircraft -- which had the potential to steer billions of dollars to Boeing Co. -- 16 months after Boeing committed to invest $20 million with a venture capital firm where Perle was a principal.

"It takes a special government green-eyeshade mentality to miss the urgency of the tanker requirement," Perle and a coauthor wrote in the Aug. 14 article in the Wall Street Journal. The piece did not mention Boeing by name or Perle's firm -- Trireme Partners -- and its business relationship with the giant defense contractor.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37059-2003Dec4.html