A federal judge sentenced former Orange County sheriff Michael Carona to five and a half years in prison for attempting to obstruct a grand jury investigation. Carona was convicted in January for asking an assistant Sheriff to lie to a grand jury investigating Carona for using his office to attract cash and gifts for his wife and mistress. In a half-hour lecture during the sentencing, Judge Andrew Guilford told Corona that “lying will not be tolerated in this courtroom, especially by the county’s highest-ranking law enforcement officer.” Carona was once named “America’s Sheriff” by CNN’s Larry King for spearheading the investigation into the murder of a five year old girl. (LA Times)The Pentagon inspector general will review whether a private security contractor stationed in Iraq was fired for revealing training and equipment deficiencies provided to Ugandan guards. The AP reports that Triple Canopy, the State Department’s primary contractor in Iraq, suddenly fired John Wayne Nash after he met with the Commission on Wartime Contracting, a government-run body that monitors contractors in Iraq, which has already found that U.S. officers at Base Hammer felt inadequately qualified after a 40-hour training course on security operations. Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) said it would be “unacceptable” if contractors were fired for cooperating with the commission. (AP)
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