THE STUFF SCANDALS ARE MADE OF – This is a startling story that may only hint at the level of corruption that we're beginning to see in the Obama administration.  When you ask a sworn witness to change testimony, that is extraordinarily serious.  When it's a military officer, it becomes more serious because human lives might be involved.  When it's done to protect a donor, that is revolting.  From Fox:

Gen. William Shelton, head of the Air Force Space Command, told House members in a classified briefing earlier this month that he was pressured to change prepared congressional testimony in a way that would favor a large company funded by Philip Falcone, a major Democratic donor, congressional sources told Fox News.

Republicans have raised questions about whether the project pursued by the company, LightSquared, is being unduly expedited by the Obama administration, which has pushed for national wireless network upgrades.

The Virginia-based satellite and broadband communications company has plans to build a nationwide, next-generation, 4G phone network that many, including Shelton, think would seriously hinder the effectiveness of high-precision GPS receiver systems, a product used most commonly by the United States military.

A source familiar with the technology told Fox News that the LightSquared spectrum would be 5 billion times stronger than the military's GPS system, rendering the military's system almost useless.

"Imagine trying to have a telephone conversation while your neighbors are hosting a rock concert," the source told Fox News. "That’s the situation the military is facing."

Shelton, in testimony Thursday before a House Armed Services subcommittee, refused to suggest that interference problems could be mitigated, as he allegedly was being pressured to say.

COMMENT:  This should be pursued, and pursued relentlessly.  There could be criminality here, if a witness was tampered with.  Let's see if the Republicans have the talent and will to make this into a major story, which it certainly is.

September 16, 2011