U.S. Sees Evidence of Overcharging in Iraq Contract
A Pentagon investigation has found evidence that a subsidiary of the politically connected Halliburton Company overcharged the government by as much as $61 million for fuel delivered to Iraq under huge no-bid reconstruction contracts, senior military officials said Thursday.
The subsidiary, Kellogg, Brown & Root, also submitted a proposal for cafeteria services that seemed to be inflated by $67 million, the officials said. The Pentagon rejected that proposal, they said.
So CheneyBurton can't just be content to get a no bid contract worth billions, they have to allegedly cheat too? Hubris...does that word fit anywhere in here? Or maybe just simple greed?
Of course being politically "well connected" at the V-POTUS level has it's advantages...ol Classify'em Dick might just decide this is all Top Secret stuff and our great-great grandchildren will all get to read all about it. If they care.
posted by Jo Fish on 12.12.03 at 12:53 AM
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Halliburton loves America, obviously you don't.
posted by: BudMan on 12.12.03 at 11:32 AM [permalink]
This is but a minor infraction.
The much, much more interesting story is the disparity of pay for mercs and contract jerks versus the pay of U.S. servicemen that used to do the same things, before "privitization" became everyone's favorite buzzword. Of course, the exorbitant rates of pay can hardly be considered "private" if U.S. taxpayers are still footing the bill, but there I go splitting hairs again...
