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That is what the FBI wants to determine. Two weeks ago, agents armed with search warrants showed up at the offices of Hazeltine, Parkin, Lackner and Berlin to pore through their papers. A search warrant directed them to look for "bank accounts of Berlin in which payments from Lackner may have been deposited in connection with his criminal activities pertaining to Government contracts...
...money for secret information, it will be a classic example of the most spectacular part of the Ill Wind mess. One clue to the kind of information often sought: FBI agents searched the Washington office of William Tallia, vice president of Pratt & Whitney, on the authority of a search warrant alleging that the company had copies of sensitive documents filed with the Pentagon by archcompetitor General Electric. Both companies were selling engines for the Air Force F-18 fighter and the Navy's V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft...
Most of the FBI affidavits explaining the search warrants remained under seal, pending indictments. But one revealing warrant in St. Louis provided a glimpse of the type of cases the investigators are developing. The target was Paisley, a veteran Boeing Co. official hired by Lehman in 1981 as his top procurement aide. Paisley was a tough administrator who laudably joined his boss in trying to shake up the Navy's cozy relationship with contractors. He quit in April 1987, just before a new law went into effect barring Defense procurement officials from having business relationships with the department...
...warrant contends that Paisley passed "classified and/or confidential" information to Thomas Gunn, vice president for marketing at McDonnell Aircraft Corp. in St. Louis. That information helped McDonnell Douglas formulate its plans to sell updated F-18 fighter aircraft to Switzerland and Korea. Paisley allegedly also passed along details of a competing proposal by General Dynamics to sell its F-16 fighters to the same potential buyers. He was said to have acquired a secret study on the helicopter needs of the Marine Corps and its advanced chopper, dubbed Killer Egg, to give McDonnell Douglas an edge in future sales...
...Louis warrant, the FBI indicated that its inquiry was aimed at finding evidence of bribery of public officials, conflict of interest, theft of government property, mail fraud, wire fraud, false statements and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Whether any of those crimes can be proved against anyone remains to be seen. As rumors of impending indictments swept the beleaguered Pentagon, Carlucci took a calm view. He advised, "Let's not jump off the cliff before we find out what we're talking about here." That may take a while, but the timing could be awkward. If the Justice Department sticks...