tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249858307559481775.post7266054841374074271..comments2024-01-03T04:30:53.036-05:00Comments on FCPA Professor: FBI Awards BAE $40 Million ContractMike Koehlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15749973007274251992noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249858307559481775.post-54002844086588952232010-09-28T07:11:24.190-04:002010-09-28T07:11:24.190-04:00Mike,
This is an important issue which needs to b...Mike,<br /><br />This is an important issue which needs to be emphasized and discussed so greater transparency can lead to more informed civil political discourse. Your particular primary complaint however is more accurately that you are dissatisfied with the way in which the prosecutorial authorities exercise their discretion; maybe even to the fact that they have such a degree of unreviewable discretion, which is inherent in our system of plea-bargaining and charge-bargaining. The legislation itself, viewed within this context, is not problematic if one has confidence in the administration of justice in the US.<br />Similarly, you must also wonder why, even in the absence of debarment legislation, U.S. government officials vested with responsibiity in matters of national security and defense seem almost compelled to do business with a company that has committed serious and well-publicized criminal offenses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com