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Where there's smoke, there's crime. The Pentagon doesn't want us to see where Darleen Druyun's misdeals might lead (Renae Merle in WaPo):

The Pentagon has refused to release documents to the Senate Commerce Committee investigating a Defense Department contract to lease, then buy, Boeing Co. refueling tankers.

The committee requested documents from Chicago-based Boeing and the Pentagon in an effort to gain insight into the decision making on the contract and to determine how much influence Boeing had on the debate, congressional aides said.

The Pentagon's delay has angered key senators and raised the prospect that the committee will seek a subpoena for the documents.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), chairman of the commerce committee, has accused the Air Force of acting as an advocate for Boeing instead of taxpayers in the negotiations on the program. "It's very important, given the swirl of allegations and appearances of impropriety, that we get the complete story," McCain said. "We can only do that by getting these documents."

Dragon Lady Darleen Druyun and her mentor Boeing CFO Michael Sears, both mentioned later in the above article, have been a particular subject of focus here in Skimbleland for the reasons articulated by Sen. McCain's accusations.

Here's the most recent Dragon Lady post and a whole bunch of others.

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