Chinese Parts in F-35?

US laws ban the use of parts produced outside the United States for use on U.S. weapons. But Lockheed Martin has been having some problems finding parts to build the $392 billion F-35 fighter, the U.S. military's next generation fighter, so they asked The Pentagon to waive the law so they could stick some parts made in China in it so the production line could keep running.

Apparently they didn't want any more people than necessary knowing about the deal, it was supposed to be pretty hush-hush, but it seems Reuters came across some notes about it the other day and spilled the beans. The Government Accountability Office, that's the investigative arm of Congress, is examining the case.

Donno who's going to get the shaft on this one, but you'll probably be hearing more about it in the next several weeks. Or maybe not?