Crawford Charged with Lying to FDA

Former Food and Drug Administration administrator Lester Crawford, who for a time was the Bush administration's pick to permanently lead the agency, was charged today with lying about stock he held in firms regulated by the agency. Here's the relevant paragraph from the Bloomberg account:

Crawford, who was acting or deputy FDA commissioner for more than three years, also served as chairman of the FDA's Obesity Working Group in 2003 and 2004 while owning shares of Sysco, a distributor of snack foods, and Pepsico Inc., the world's No. 2 soft drink maker, according to court papers. The panel was formed to study the link between weight and health in the U.S.

You couldn't make this stuff up.