Another McDermott subsidiary, BWXT is the sole supplier of nuclear fuel for the U.S. Navy and for research and test reactor fuel for DOE’s national laboratories. It also processes enriched uranium. In partnership with Bechtel National, Inc. it manages the DOE’s Oak Ridge uranium enrichment operation. Another joint venture of McDermott International (DynMcDermott) with DynCorp has for the last nine years, and will for the next five years, manage the DOE’s U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
In 1999, during O’Keefe and Tetrault’s tenure at J. Ray McDermott, former vice-president Littleton Edwards Walker pled guilty to one felony count of bid rigging. On May 16, 2000, the former president of the company, Michael Harless Lam, was indicted on one count of conspiracy in bid rigging and two counts of mail fraud. As far as this writer can determine, the above is the first mention in the media of the guilty plea and indictment in relation to O’Keefe and Tetrault’s involvement with NASA or the Columbia investigation. But you can bet it won’t be the last.
Jim Rarey
February 20, 2003
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The author is a freelance writer based in Romulus, Michigan. He is a former newspaper editor and investigative reporter, a retired customs administrator and accountant and a student of history and the U.S. Constitution.
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Please also read his earlier analysis,
9/11 COMMISSION – FORGEDDA BOUDIT, by Jim Rarey
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=613&blz=1
Please also see:
Columbia Shuttle Updates
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=667&blz=1
NASA Columbia Shuttle Tragedy – Expert Opinions
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=666&blz=1
In 1999, during O’Keefe and Tetrault’s tenure at J. Ray McDermott, former vice-president Littleton Edwards Walker pled guilty to one felony count of bid rigging. On May 16, 2000, the former president of the company, Michael Harless Lam, was indicted on one count of conspiracy in bid rigging and two counts of mail fraud. As far as this writer can determine, the above is the first mention in the media of the guilty plea and indictment in relation to O’Keefe and Tetrault’s involvement with NASA or the Columbia investigation. But you can bet it won’t be the last.
Jim Rarey
February 20, 2003
Permission is granted to reproduce this article in its entirety.
The author is a freelance writer based in Romulus, Michigan. He is a former newspaper editor and investigative reporter, a retired customs administrator and accountant and a student of history and the U.S. Constitution.
If you would like to receive Medium Rare articles directly, please contact the author at jimrarey@comcast.net.
Please also read his earlier analysis,
9/11 COMMISSION – FORGEDDA BOUDIT, by Jim Rarey
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=613&blz=1
Please also see:
Columbia Shuttle Updates
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=667&blz=1
NASA Columbia Shuttle Tragedy – Expert Opinions
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=666&blz=1