Talk:Randy "Duke" Cunningham
I reverted AI's editing back to the last version by Dananderson. It seems he has a point. See this posting from Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/005884.php
Marshall writes:
- Yesterday, I picked up a clip from the LA Times which identified Douglas Powanda, a former executive vice president at Peregrine Systems and current corporate fraud indictee, as the guy Duke bought the new house from. The Times also pointed out that Peregrine Systems was Duke's third largest corporate contributor.
- Only that last point isn't true. Duke's third largest contributor is actually Peregrine Semiconductor, an unrelated company and one that to the best of our knowledge has bucked the trend and not made any personal cash payments to Duke.
It seems that there are two companies named Peregrine, and Cunningham had dealings with both of them. Peregrine SEMICONDUCTOR was Cunningham's third largest contributor. An executive at Peregrine SYSTEMS was indicted for fraud and sold Cunningham a house. However, they are separate companies and should not be confused.
--Sheldon Rampton 04:15, 31 Mar 2006 (EST)
Article has been revised accordingly and separate articles created for each "Peregrine" with appropriate notes added. Artificial Intelligence 09:02, 31 Mar 2006 (EST)
