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...Monday when Martin Marietta disclosed plans to buy Grumman at $55 a share, the Securities and Exchange Commission began looking into allegations that some individuals, yet unknown, profited illegally from the trade of Grumman stock options prior to the announcement. Far more upset than the SEC, though, were David Spinney and Stephen Taylor...
...former point has been driven home most forcefully by Pentagon "whistle blower" Franklin C. Spinney, who in 1983 told Congressmen that the Defense Department consistently under budgets its weapons programs and takes on more programs than it can reasonably expect to efficiently complete. This tendency seems borne of the same mentality that sees a monolithic, unbeatable Soviet army read to pounce on the West, while disregarding the poor caliber and internal rifts of that army which make such an invasion unlikely...
Pentagon Whistle Blower Franklin Spinney...
...Muzzling Spinney...
...hell. By denying Franklin Spinney access to data on weapons costs [Oct. 31], the Pentagon is deliberately thwarting the will of Congress and showing that the military is willing to deceive the people. Spinney deserves a medal and a raise...