White House Pressures General to Change Testimony

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...e-pressure-general-shelton-to-help-donor.html

White House Pressure for a Donor?
Sep 15, 2011 12:24 AM EDT

The Pentagon has worried for months that a project backed by a prominent Democratic donor might interfere with military GPS. Now Congress wants to know if the White House pressured a general to change his testimony.

The four-star Air Force general who oversees Air Force Space Command walked into a highly secured room on Capitol Hill a week ago to give a classified briefing to lawmakers and staff, and dropped a surprise. Pressed by members, Gen. William Shelton said the White House tried to pressure him to change his testimony to make it more favorable to a company tied to a large Democratic donor.

 

Posting a link to a thread that had no responses looks an awful lot like a simple plea for attention.

It's just a news story. No need to feel so...left out. Perhaps a different title may have helped. Yours gave no hint of what was within.

 

The criminal activities of the Obama administration are piling up. This is just one of many.

 

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...s-rejects-white-house-testimony-guidance.html

White House’s Testimony ‘Guidance’
Sep 19, 2011 11:44 PM EDT



A second government official has come forward saying the White House tried to influence his testimony concerning a wireless broadband project backed by a Democratic donor that military officials fear might impair sensitive satellite navigation systems.