Pentagon misstates sniper data in $1.4B request

[sabra]

Source: USAToday

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has asked Congress for $1.4 billion in emergency spending to combat a growing threat of sniper attacks in Iraq based on an overstated assessment of the extent of the attacks, its records show.

In last week's spending request, the Pentagon said sniper attacks have quadrupled in the past year and, if unchecked, the attacks could eclipse roadside bombs as the top killer of U.S. troops. However, the rate of sniper attacks has dropped slightly in 2007 and fallen dramatically in the past four months, according to military records given to USA TODAY.

Pentagon officials acknowledged the mistake Monday after questions about the data were raised by USA TODAY.

"The term quadrupled will be removed from the justification because it is simply incorrect," said Dave Patterson, deputy undersecretary of Defense.



Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-10-29-Sniper_N.htm

[lonestarnot]

1. $1.4 Billion dollar Snipe hunt! Woooot

:rofl:

[JBoy]

2. What a bunch of fucking liars!

There's a big difference between the rate of something "quadrupling" and actually reducing. Someone just made that shit up!

Let me guess, some defense company out there has a "system" that will address this problem, and it needs, oh, about $1.4billion in funding.