The nephew of anti-Iraq-War Democrat congressman John Murtha received US $4 million last year from the Pentagon in the form of no-bid contracts.
John Murtha made a name for himself during the Bush years as a viciously-partisan opponent of the Iraq War, and infamously comparing American soldiers to Nazi troops.
Murtha’s nephew, 49-year-old Robert C. Murtha, Jr., runs Murtech, a shadowy enterprise that “provide necessary logistical support” to Pentagon 
testing programs that focus on detecting chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats. Murtha refused to tell reporters any more information on his company’s dealings, fearing the information may get into the hands of terrorists.
Murtech has gotten the majority of its no-bid contracts from the Army Space and Missile Defense Command in Huntsville, Ala., which has been very generous to Murtha’s district over the years and shares the congressman’s interest in breast cancer research. The first contract paid US $1.4 million to Murtech to store materials for the military’s Critical Reagents Program. The program produces lab materials that can be used in handheld devices and sensors to detect the presence of biological toxins.
Both the Pentagon and the Army deny Congressman Murtha had any role in influence-peddling to secure the contract.
The Pentagon has also paid Murtech US $2 million to provide “logistics and engineering” for tests of devices that detect biological or chemical agents.
Murtech also was awarded a large piece of military business in September 2008, as part of a contract for detection equipment awarded to ICX Technologies, a client of the lobbying firm PMA Group. PMA founder Paul Magliocchetti is a close friend of John Murtha’s, and his firm’s clients were highly successful in securing hundreds of millions of dollars in defense earmarks from Murtha. PMA is under federal investigation for its campaign donations to Murtha and other lawmakers.
Robert C. Murtha is not the only family member to benefit from family ties. John Murtha’s brother, Robert C. “Kit” Murtha, built a longtime lobbying practice around clients seeking defense funds through the Appropriations Committee and became one of the top members of KSA, a lobbying firm whose contractor clients often received multimillion-dollar earmarks directed through the committee chairman.
Despite his anti-Iraq-War stance, John Murtha has proudly taken credit for using his Appropriations Committee seat to steer hundreds of millions of dollars in Pentagon work to companies in his district, many of them fledgling enterprises run by campaign contributors. His influence also may be seen in the military improvements at the Johnstown airport that bears his name. The little-used commuter airport doubles as a wartime preparedness facility for the Pentagon after $30 million in improvements.
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These John and Frank guys sound like major-league assholes.
I'm glad they got their asses kicked—and kicked good—last November.
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