Congressman Wants Investigation of Former Army Official Richardson
Congressman Wants Investigation of Former Army Official Richardson by Ken Dilanian, Associated Press
A member of the House Armed Services Committee is calling for an investigation of a former Army official who played a key role in the service's struggling intelligence program-and made millions of dollars in the process-while allowing people to believe he earned a Ph.D. that he did does not hold.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., a critic of the Army's troubled Distributed Common Ground System, urged Army Secretary John McHugh in a letter to investigate Russell Richardson, who was both a contractor and an employee of the Army's Intelligence and Security Command. Hunter said the probe should determine "whether he misrepresented his academic credentials and benefited from the misrepresentation in any way."
Hunter also wants the Army to examine Richardson's "influence over the contracting process, and whether his relationship with the Army at any time presented a conflict of interest — which I believe to be the case." The letter was obtained by The Associated Press…
