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November 22, 2013

Navy Suspends Top Officers in Alleged Bribery Case 
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The U.S. Navy has suspended a deputy commander as part of a widening
corruption probe involving top officers and a longtime Pentagon
contractor. Captain David Haas of Coastal Riverine Group 1 is the sixth
senior officer to be linked to wrongdoing by the firm Glenn Defense
Marine Asia. The company's executive, Leonard Glenn Francis, is accused
of bribing Navy officials with money, gifts and sex workers to win
government contracts. Glenn Defense Marine Asia has won hundreds of
millions of dollars in contracts to oversee port visits and security
during Navy stops at foreign harbors.

 

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