Defense contractor's house of cards

SOURCE: Dean Calbreath and Jerry Kammer // Copley News Service

28 May 2006 // Swirling with liquor, cigar smoke, bawdy jokes and spirited hands of poker, the gatherings were like an all-American night out with the boys.

But the parties – held for more than a decade in posh suites at the luxurious Watergate and Grand Westin hotels in Washington, D.C. – were anything but small-town Americana.

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