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Despite moratorium, Lungren staff met with firm seeking earmark
By Lindsay Young Mar 30, 2011 10:02 a.m.Six months after Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Calif., joined a House Republican voluntary moratorium on requesting earmarks, his staff met with executives from a cyber security company that requested an earmark to explain their appropriations process, according to internal company emails from the firm released by a group of hackers known as Anonymous.
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