Federal prison inmates used makeshift hatchets and a screw shoved through a piece of wood among other rudimentary tools to manufacture thousands of faulty Kevlar combat helmets designed to protect the lives of U.S. soldiers on the battlefield, according to a highly critical watchdog report that offered new details about the government boondoggle.More than 126,000 helmets manufactured at a Texas prison under a government contract were recalled after inspectors found major defects, including serious ballistic failures, in 2010, according to a report issued Wednesday by the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General. Even though the government and taxpayers lost $19 million on the defective helmets, ArmorSource, the company responsible for the helmets, was awarded more government contracts even as the Justice IG probe was being conducted.
| I suggest that the prisoners, their supervisors, and the Armor Source people be required to wear the helmets. Each must suffer two whacks in the head with a baseball bat wielded by an E6 or above who has served in Iraq or Afghanistan. If they survive the two whacks, no charges will be pressed. Yes, this is adapted from Casino. |