What Happened To Good Ole Culligan Men?
Cognitive learning deals with perception, reasoning, and judgment. Memorization is a key element to surviving, socializing, and parenting. It is a skill pounded into young brains. Children suffer through multiplication tables, categorizing U. S. Presidents, and reciting States. Eventually value is recognized for committing information to memory so as not to compromise it.
Brain power is complimented by personality, temperament, intellect and education. A balanced formula is preferable but often is off. Having a lot of brains with poor reasoning can reek havoc. On the other hand, a strong intellect accented by random good judgment and a charming personality can also have dreadful results.
It could be judgment or personality that drives a person to keep detailed records rather than committing information to memory. Or, it could be a requirement imposed by an unindicted business partner.
The United States of America indicted Army Major John Cochran, his wife Melissa, and Carol Blake for bribery, conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and money laundering.
Last week the Judge entered a gag order, which prohibits access to information, because there is an on-going investigation that may produce additional criminal charges against these defendants, other persons, or both.
The charges originate from Major Cochran awarding contracts to supply bottled water to U.S. troops in Iraq and Kuwait. The Major and his wife, who married in 1986, are now in their early forties and parents of three children who need parenting for at least the next sixteen years. They called San Antonio home for the last four years.
The Major is number fifteen of seventeen children and was reared in Louisiana. He earned a Master degree in business procurement from Webster University. Melissa Cochran holds a Master degree from Central Michigan University. She was honorably discharged from the Army in 1999; is currently unemployed but receives disability income for a service-related injury.
A few days ago, both the Major and his wife were denied release from jail pending trial. The Magistrate found that it was more likely than not that no conditions of bond will reasonably assure their appearance at trial. The bottom line was the Major and his wife are both seen as flight risks because of their past world-wide travel and the possibility that they could finance a permanent absence from the United States. Trial is scheduled to begin October 22nd.
Blake is the Major's sister. Her profession used to be school teaching. The Magistrate put her on a short leash to her home near Fort Worth pending trial and in the meantime instructed her not to communicate with the Major, his wife, Kuwait contractors, and others. Likely, the sibling bond is a bit stressed at this point anyway and she won't miss the family camaraderie.
In December 2006, a search was made of the Cochran home which turned up support to gain a federal indictment. The indictment asserts while in Texas, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates the daring trio defrauded the United States. If the Government proves the case, it will show the Major maintained a rigged bidding system which guaranteed a contract would be awarded to a contractor who first shared monetary blessings with him.
According to the government, while hubby was busy making deals, wife fulfilled her chosen duties by traveling abroad establishing safe deposit boxes and bank accounts, then dropping large sums of doe-re-mi into them.
An Army Special Investigator described that around 2005 the Major began a treasure map of sorts by logging his good fortune in detail, including who, what, when and where. It might be family tradition, genetics, memory fatigue or the reflection of a common plan but Sis began her own style of logging which employed code language that itemized her activities and financial collections.
The charges claim the trio engaged in a cover up after the December search when the Major directed his crew to destroy remaining documents, lie about money sources, and create documentation. Sis took him at his word, say the feds, and tried to peddle her sudden financial gain as generous donations for her ministry work. It wouldn't be surprising to learn prayers are on the rise.
Along with some bar time, the feds are hoping to recover about $9,600,000 from the Major and have a sneaky suspicion that part of it was invested in San Antonio real estate. There is also an assertion the Major was looking forward to receiving $5,400,000 more. A recovered ledger is said to illustrate how Melissa Cochran received over two million dollars cash.
© Coninc., TheDownsideUp.Com 2007
Brain power is complimented by personality, temperament, intellect and education. A balanced formula is preferable but often is off. Having a lot of brains with poor reasoning can reek havoc. On the other hand, a strong intellect accented by random good judgment and a charming personality can also have dreadful results.
It could be judgment or personality that drives a person to keep detailed records rather than committing information to memory. Or, it could be a requirement imposed by an unindicted business partner.
The United States of America indicted Army Major John Cochran, his wife Melissa, and Carol Blake for bribery, conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and money laundering.
Last week the Judge entered a gag order, which prohibits access to information, because there is an on-going investigation that may produce additional criminal charges against these defendants, other persons, or both.
The charges originate from Major Cochran awarding contracts to supply bottled water to U.S. troops in Iraq and Kuwait. The Major and his wife, who married in 1986, are now in their early forties and parents of three children who need parenting for at least the next sixteen years. They called San Antonio home for the last four years.
The Major is number fifteen of seventeen children and was reared in Louisiana. He earned a Master degree in business procurement from Webster University. Melissa Cochran holds a Master degree from Central Michigan University. She was honorably discharged from the Army in 1999; is currently unemployed but receives disability income for a service-related injury.
A few days ago, both the Major and his wife were denied release from jail pending trial. The Magistrate found that it was more likely than not that no conditions of bond will reasonably assure their appearance at trial. The bottom line was the Major and his wife are both seen as flight risks because of their past world-wide travel and the possibility that they could finance a permanent absence from the United States. Trial is scheduled to begin October 22nd.
Blake is the Major's sister. Her profession used to be school teaching. The Magistrate put her on a short leash to her home near Fort Worth pending trial and in the meantime instructed her not to communicate with the Major, his wife, Kuwait contractors, and others. Likely, the sibling bond is a bit stressed at this point anyway and she won't miss the family camaraderie.
In December 2006, a search was made of the Cochran home which turned up support to gain a federal indictment. The indictment asserts while in Texas, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates the daring trio defrauded the United States. If the Government proves the case, it will show the Major maintained a rigged bidding system which guaranteed a contract would be awarded to a contractor who first shared monetary blessings with him.
According to the government, while hubby was busy making deals, wife fulfilled her chosen duties by traveling abroad establishing safe deposit boxes and bank accounts, then dropping large sums of doe-re-mi into them.
An Army Special Investigator described that around 2005 the Major began a treasure map of sorts by logging his good fortune in detail, including who, what, when and where. It might be family tradition, genetics, memory fatigue or the reflection of a common plan but Sis began her own style of logging which employed code language that itemized her activities and financial collections.
The charges claim the trio engaged in a cover up after the December search when the Major directed his crew to destroy remaining documents, lie about money sources, and create documentation. Sis took him at his word, say the feds, and tried to peddle her sudden financial gain as generous donations for her ministry work. It wouldn't be surprising to learn prayers are on the rise.
Along with some bar time, the feds are hoping to recover about $9,600,000 from the Major and have a sneaky suspicion that part of it was invested in San Antonio real estate. There is also an assertion the Major was looking forward to receiving $5,400,000 more. A recovered ledger is said to illustrate how Melissa Cochran received over two million dollars cash.
© Coninc., TheDownsideUp.Com 2007
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