Upping the ante…..

They just can't let a good deal alone-so much for that receiving agent job in Utapao. 🙁   

True strory. GDMA had a guy employed to take care of cargo and pax deliveries at Utapao. Guy worked from his cell phone, was a retired Marine, who made sure aircrews got the things they needed like food, fuel, and lodging. ( Hookers were not on the menu-you had to buy those on your own. 😉   ) By all accounts he had a really good time and life.

But not any more. As I predicted and as reported here by JR Random, there are more than two sacrificial lambs involved here:

Two flag officers have been added to the growing list of Navy officials allegedly connected to a large-scale bribery scheme in Asia.

The Navy announced late Friday that Vice Adm. Ted “Twig” Branch, director of Naval Intelligence, and Rear Adm. Bruce Loveless, director of Intelligence Operations, are under investigation for “inappropriate conduct” stemming from their relationships with Singapore-based Glenn Defense Marine Asia Ltd. and its CEO Leonard Francis, a larger-than-life character well known in Navy circles and nicknamed “Fat Leonard.” These are the highest-ranking officials to have been linked in the ongoing investigation. More fallout is expected.

“The allegations against Admirals Branch and Loveless involve inappropriate conduct prior to their current assignments and flag officer rank,” said Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Navy’s chief of information, in an emailed statement. “There is no indication, nor do the allegations suggest, that in either case there was any breach of classified information.” In light of the investigation, however, the Navy has suspended the flag officers’ access to classified materials.

Holy cow. This can't be good-especially since Ted Branch was a CVN CO at one time-and worked in Operations at CPF.  I think this thing is going to continue to grow at an exponential rate………..