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But I do have an addendum to an earlier post about Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Paul A. Brinkley who is being accused by the Pentagon of public drunkenness and sexual harassment.

The charges come after a disagreement between Mr. Brinkley and the Pentagon. Mr. Brinkley thought it would be a good idea to put some money into state run factories to get Iraqis back to work and up to speed to compete in the world of trade. The Pentagon, however, deemed that idea to be too socialist. They want to open the factories to the god of capitalism, privatization.

It's an argument I'm not willing to enter into, but the accusations against Mr. Brinkley's character caught my attention. At first this seemed to be just another case of some government official caught in the act. After seeing another article on the story, though, I did a double-take. It reminded me of other Pentagon charges against someone they disagreed with. The same charges. I remember blogging the story, and it involved someone high up in the military command as I recall, but I can't find it now. Does anyone recall such a scenario?

I Haven't Got a Title for This One

A Bush political appointee and former Silicon Valley executive who has faced opposition in his bid to bail out Iraq's struggling factories is under investigation by the Defense Department on mismanagement allegations.

Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Paul A. Brinkley, who heads an economic task force in Baghdad, is accused of mismanaging government money and engaging in public drunkenness and sexual harassment, a Defense Department spokesman said last week.

  LA Times

You know, I just don't even want to comment on that aspect. I'm really getting tired of the same old story. I'm moving on to something more interesting.

Brinkley is asking U.S. department stores to create "Buy Iraqi" sections in the holiday season to market leather coats and handbags from Baghdad, hand-woven carpets from Kirkuk and clothing with hip-hop motifs from Mosul.

JC Penney and Wal-Mart aren't buying.

I wonder if those rugs will sell five for five bucks.