"Meeting today on price was very good. Darleen (Druyun, then
still an Air Force official) spent most of the time bringing the
USAF price up to our number. ... It was a good day. She may be
running her own covert operation on this one, so we probably don't
want to discuss openly."
Source: Boeing's man in charge of the tanker deal,
Bob Gower, in an email during the five months when Boeing was
reportedly allowed by the USAF to rewrite proposal requirements on
100 new air-to-air tankers. Druyun was a negotiator for the Air
Force in the tanker talks. Shortly after Boeing won the contract,
she went to work for the aerospace giant. But a few months later,
she and Boeing CFO Mike Sears were fired and CEO Phil Condit
resigned, all under intense scrutiny after allegations t
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