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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (16899)	12/3/1998 9:59:00 AM
From: Les H	Respond to of 67261

Swift Justice Entitled to Bubba, Part II Admiral Found Guilty of Adultery By KALPANA SRINIVASAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A Navy admiral was found guilty Wednesday of adultery, obstructing justice and improperly steering defense contracts to a woman with whom he was having an affair. At a hearing in Norfolk, Va., Rear Adm. John T. Scudi agreed to a forced retirement at a lower rank with a reduced pension. The admiral, who will be placed under 30-day arrest in his quarters, must also forfeit one half of his pay for the next two months and will receive a punitive letter of reprimand for his actions. Scudi ''basically received the maximum punishment possible'' for the type of hearing he faced, said Lt. Cmdr. Mark McDonald. At the Wednesday hearing at the Navy Surface Forces Command, Scudi was found guilty of seven violations of three different articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Those included violations of the Defense Department's ethics regulations in his awarding of Navy contracts. Scudi was accused of improperly steering $150,000 in military training contracts to a woman with whom he was having an affair. She was not identified by Navy officials. Scudi, who is married, also was found guilty of adultery. He was accused of having an affair with a senior Navy civilian employee in addition to the defense contractor. He also violated portions of the code by giving false official statements, obtaining government services under false pretense and obstructing justice, McDonald said. Vice Adm. Henry C. Giffin III, commander of the Naval Surface Forces for the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, presided over the hearing and decided the punishment. The date of Scudi's retirement still has to be determined by Navy Secretary Richard Danzig, McDonald said. Scudi's pension will be cut by $17,700 a year, amounting to more than half a million dollars in losses over a 20-year-period, McDonald said. Scudi had directed the Navy office of outsourcing and privatization at the Pentagon, an office that handles millions of dollars in defense contracting each year. In August, he was relieved of those Washington duties and was transferred to the Navy Surface Forces Command at Norfolk, Va. The 54-year-old Scudi had requested retirement after serving 32 years. In an interview last week, Navy Secretary Danzig suggested he was most disturbed by allegations about irregular defense spending. ''I'm struck by how this case involves questions about impropriety with contractors, and that means we need to pay special attention to it,'' Danzig said.