{"id":125567,"date":"2022-05-06T14:10:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T18:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=125567"},"modified":"2022-05-06T14:10:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T18:10:59","slug":"liberty-call-with-fat-leonard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=125567","title":{"rendered":"Liberty Call with Fat Leonard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSeventh Fleet’s Command Ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19)<\/em><\/p>\n

Dozens of U.S. Navy officials have admitted to being bought off by the rotund Malaysian defense contractor known as \u201cFat Leonard\u201d who plied them with prostitutes, Cuban cigars and free stays at hotels, among other things.<\/p>\n

The case has centered around Leonard Glenn Francis, who admitted in 2015 to offering the bribes to Navy officers. In exchange, the officers passed him classified information and even went so far as redirecting military vessels to ports that were lucrative for his Singapore-based ship servicing company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia, or GDMA.<\/p>\n

Twenty-nine people, mostly Navy officials, have pleaded guilty to helping Francis in providing classified ship schedules in exchange for the extravagant outings with prostitutes and meal tabs totaling thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n

Sadly, all bad things must end. Mick sends.<\/p>\n

From Port to Port, Testimony Details ‘Fat Leonard’s’ Alcohol- and Sex-Fueled Parties<\/h3>\n

The San Diego Union-Tribune | By Kristina Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a lieutenant commander in 2008, Stephen Shedd never considered reporting the gifts and favors that he said some of the senior staff of the Navy’s Seventh Fleet exchanged with the military contractor known as ” Fat Leonard.”<\/p>\n

For starters, Shedd himself was engaged in much of the same alleged behavior \u2014 accepting hotel rooms, meals and the services of prostitutes from Leonard Glenn Francis, the gregarious contractor nicknamed for his girth.<\/p>\n

Besides, even if Shedd had wanted to report misconduct by his superiors, he had no confidence it would go anywhere.<\/p>\n

“We had an understanding of mutually assured destruction,” Shedd testified Thursday to a jury. “We’d all go down in flames or we’d all be protected.”<\/p>\n

The hammer eventually fell, in 2017, when Shedd and eight other former naval officers were together indicted on bribery and conspiracy allegations, as part of Francis’ ongoing scheme to corrupt strategically placed military members. Francis owned a Singapore-based husbanding company, which serviced visiting Navy ships in ports across Asia, and he counted on the influence and intelligence of naval officials to help him compete for contracts worth millions of dollars.<\/p>\n

Shedd and three other co-defendants pleaded guilty before trial. This week, Shedd took the witness stand, testifying against the rest of his past colleagues: Former Rear Adm. Bruce Loveless; former Capts. David Newland, James Dolan and David Lausman; and former Cmdr. Mario Herrera.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Military.com<\/a><\/p>\n

What were they serving in Blue Ridge’s<\/em> wardroom? The Defense will take over after 10 weeks of testimony. That shouldn’t take as long.<\/p>\n

Thanks, Mick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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