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Darlene Druyun, the former Air Force Official who wangled a job with Boeing while representing the US in negotiations for the air refueling tanker contract, was sentenced today. After flunking lie detector tests that were part of her plea agreement, she admitted giving Boeing an illegal advantage in the awarding of government contracts.<br />This is an important verdict for the industry overall, and contractors need to take note. This administration will not tolerate these shenanigans.<br /><br />http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/041001/boeing_tankers_6.html <br /><br />"After failing government polygraph tests, however, she conceded that her conflict produced substantive benefits for Boeing in that she altered journals provided to the government to cover up her story."<br /><br />"he was ordered to spend nine months in prison and seven months in a halfway house. Prosecutors had sought 16 months in prison."<br /><br />"The $23 billion tanker deal is currently under review by the Defense Department."<br /><br /><br /><br />"In court documents, Druyun admitted providing assistance to Boeing on other contracts as well. Among them were a $4 billion contract to provide upgrades to the Air Force's C-130 fleet. She admitted that Boeing gained an advantage because they were helping her daughter's boyfriend get a job, and that Boeing might not have received the contract on a level playing field."<br /><br />"She also said she helped Boeing obtain an inflated deal on a $100 million NATO AWACS contract in 2002, at the same time she successfully intervened to keep Boeing from firing her daughter, who worked for the company, for poor performance."<br /><br />"Druyun offered a tearful apology "to my nation, to my Air Force" at Friday's sentencing."<br /><br />Wonder who else at Boeing she turned in?<br /><br />