But Let's Not Question Anyone's Patriotism

No, can't have that.

But I'll say this: It would be nice if the the scum-sucking maggots who did this were discovered by the men in the plant.

Investigators have concluded that two military helicopters were vandalized on the production line at a Boeing factory near Philadelphia, the Defense Department said Thursday as it offered a reward in the case.

Federal officials were handing out fliers to workers at the Boeing Rotorcraft Systems plant listing a $5,000 reward for information leading to the identity of the person or persons who vandalized the H-47 Chinook helicopters.

"We have determined that this was a deliberate act and not an accident," said Ken Maupin, resident agent in charge of the Philadelphia area office of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, at a news conference outside the plant.

A production line at the plant has not been fully functional since Tuesday when two workers found what the company called irregularities in the transport helicopters.

U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak has said he was told that broken or severed wires were found in one helicopter and that a suspicious washer was found in a second. Maupin described the washer as being in a place it shouldn't.

Maupin said 10 agents were investigating the case, but he would not comment on specifics of the investigation or what led to the determination it was vandalism.

"You have a large number of workers here at this point and one or more that was the problem," Maupin said. "The majority of the people here are hardworking, loyal Americans, and many of them are veterans. They want to find (those responsible) as much as we do."

We can only hope.

Maupin said the military had not grounded any helicopters that are now in use.

U.S. Attorney Patrick Meehan said that he was comfortable with the conclusion the damage was done deliberately and that a prosecutor had been assigned to the case.

"There are federal statutes that would implicate anybody who intentionally interfered with a mechanism like this that is being introduced into a theater of war," Meehan said.

Execution would be fine by me.

Via Ace.