Article: Former U.S. Army Contracting Official Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Accepting Bribes.

A former U.S. Army contracting official was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for accepting more than $80,000 in bribes in exchange for corruptly providing contract work to two Afghan trucking companies, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia.

James Paul Clifton, 35, of Newport News, Va., was also ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Liam O'Grady to serve three years of supervised release following the prison term. Clifton pleaded guilty to one count of bribery on Aug. 7, 2009, in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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