The Twisted Part of the Dutch JSF Saga

Basically, the Dutch government is disputing the amount of kickbacks that are supposed to accrue to it over JSF production.

This is not illegal, or necessarily corrupt, the money is going back to the taxpayer, not an individual politician, but as part of the industrial arrangement, the Dutch government gets profit sharing, hence my earlier comment about their being paid to buy the fighter, and they are now saying that the concerns manufacturing JSF components owe them about €300 million, so they are taking them to court.

In a real way, it's yet another indicator of how screwed defense procurement has become. It's like dope dealers fighting over their percentages.