That meant the Pentagon could not receive any of the proceeds. Regulations prohibit it from sharing in gains on land sales. Harkin says Lockheed Martin considered the buildings worthless. That expense will be charged to its defense contracts, he says. Lockheed Martin maintains that the buildings had no value.
Officials say various buyers wanted only the land and have torn down the buildings or plan to do so.
The buyers are putting up new office facilities on the sites, Lockheed Martin says. Harkin worries that the case is not unique, that other contractors may be attempting to use the same scheme. This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.