Murderous Asshole War Profiteer Who Manufactured Defective Body Armor For Iraq Troops Spends $10 Million On Daughters’ Party

[DHB Industries made the defective body army that soldiers and Marines were issued in Iraq. But hey, when you can make millions from killing U.S. troops, who gives a shit, right? This miserable thieving scumbag deserves nothing less than an all expenses paid trip from the USA to Ramadi, in shackles and wearing a nice orange jump suit.. Then, suitably equipped in one of his useless, worthless body armor vests, let him be staked out in the center of town, all by himself. That is, if the Marines let him get that far. Oh yeah, did we mention, he tried to destroy the union that represented the workers at his Florida plant and blew the whistle on the crap he was selling?]

01/12/2005 By Harry Mount in New York, Telegraph Group Limited

A New York body armour tycoon has spent £6 million [$10 million] on his 12-year-old daughter's coming-of-age party, flying in Tom Petty, Aerosmith and the rapper 50 Cent for the evening.

David Brooks, 50, booked the Rainbow Room, the restaurant on the 65th floor of Manhattan's Rockefeller Centre, for the evening last weekend.

Elizabeth Brooks, who was celebrating her bat mitzvah, the Jewish ceremony that takes place on a girl's 12th birthday, might have been slightly bemused by some of the entertainment.

Many acts on the bill appeared to cater more for Mr Brooks's 150 adult guests, rather than his daughter's 150 friends.

Members of the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac and the saxophonist Kenny G played until 3am. At one point, Mr Brooks, dressed in a black-leather, metal-studded suit, joined Aerosmith on stage.

The rock group allowed Mr Brooks's teenage nephew to accompany them on drums in return for their £1.2million fee for a 45-minute set.

Miss Brooks might have been more familiar with 50 Cent, currently starring in the new film, Get Rich or Die Tryin'.

As part of his £300,000 deal, the rapper customised one of his songs, singing, Go shorty, it's your bat mitzvah, we gonna party like it's your bat mitzvah.

Any disappointment the children might have felt at failing to recognise the wrinklier acts was tempered by their £600 goody bags, stuffed with digital cameras and video iPods.

The 1934 art deco restaurant, run by the Cipriani family, owners of Harry's Bar in Venice, was equipped with a stage, concert equipment and Jumbotron screens to accommodate the rock stars. They were flown to New York on Mr Brooks's company jet.

The bill for the party is small change for Mr Brooks, the chief executive officer of DHB Industries, a bullet-proof vest manufacturer which takes its name from his initials. Last year, Mr Brooks made £44 million [$74 million] in salary and company stock options.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT THE FIRST TIME:

BE ADVISED:

BODY ARMOR DEFECTIVE!

(GI Special 2#47 reported that the corporation with the monopoly contract to supply body armor was run by a self-admitted securities fraud crook and union buster.

(Now we learn this corporation, DBH Industries, has been caught supplying defective body armor to the New York City Police Department!)

(Not only have the soldier-killers who run the U.S. government failed to supply all U.S. troops in Iraq with body armor by November 15, 2003 as they promised, because they gave only one corporation the contract----now we find that the one defense contractor supplies worthless shit.)

Prison Legal News, March 2004

DBH Industries subsidiary Point Blank Body Armor Co. has settled a dispute with the New York Police Department

The dispute started when a NYPD officer noticed weakening of his vest at the folds.Teststhen showed penetration of some of the vests by .357 Magnum rounds. Initially, l,000 vests were believed defective.

Later figures were as high as 5,000 defective vests.

Former Point Blank employees have also alleged that they were ordered to place updated labels on out-of-datebody armor, vest sizes were mislabeled, and vestshells were mismatched with their ballistic liners. Each of these defects could compromise its effectiveness.

Sources DBH Industries news release; Law Enforcement News

MORE: FROM

GI SPECIAL 3B35
5.20.05

How Many Died?

Pentagon Knowingly Issued Defective Body Armor To Marines In Combat

[Thanks to PB who sent this in.]

Faced with the imminent publication of this story, the result of an eight-month investigation by Marine Corps Times, the Marine Corps on May 4 issued a Corpswide message recalling 5,277 Interceptor vests from 11 lots that failed government ballistic performance tests — slightly more than half the total vests issued to Marines from questionable lots.

May 09, 2005 By Christian Lowe, Army Times staff writer

The Marine Corps issued to nearly 10,000 troops body armor that government experts urged the Corps to reject after tests revealed critical, life-threatening flaws in the vests.

In all, the Marine Corps accepted about 19,000 Interceptor outer tactical vests from Point Blank Body Armor Inc. [part of DBH] that failed government tests due to “multiple complete penetrations” of 9mm pistol rounds, failing scores on other ballistic or quality-assurance tests, or a combination of the two.

“Since these are lifesaving pieces of equipment and are being used in support of the Iraq war, I urge immediate action since this technical office has little confidence in the performance of the items to provide the contracted levels of protection as defined in the performance specification,” wrote ballistics expert James MacKiewicz in a memorandum rejecting two lots of vests on July 19, 2004.

source:
http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2005/1205/GI%20Special%203D33-%20War%20Reports_221105.htm