A Halliburton subsidiary that has been subjected to numerous investigations for billions of dollars in contracts it received for work in Iraq has systematically misused federal rules to withhold basic information on its practices from American officials, a federal oversight agency said yesterday.
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Henry A. Waxman, the California Democrat who is the ranking minority member of the House Committee on Government Reform and was one of the earliest critics of KBR's use of the proprietary label, said the new memo showed how the company had tried to conceal "corporate profiteering during wartime."
CheneyBurton alleged to be hiding data from the government? Gosh, color me surprised!! There's gambling at Rick's!!
Yeah, you go Henry. On November 8th, it's all you!
posted by Jo Fish on 10.28.06 at 06:03 PM
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Yet one more reason we *must* have a Democratic majority in both houses of Congress come January. It is time this crap ends, but I am pretty sure that if the pubbies keep the majority, we won't hear word one about it.
(And now Corker's on my TV, telling me he's proud of the campaign he's run; what a douche.)
I wonder how much Cheney has personally profited from this war? Word on the street is that he and W have already hired an attorney for the upcoming trials. I guess trial lawyers aren't the scum of the earth after all.
posted by: RSB on 10.29.06 at 02:10 PM [permalink]
