Pentagon auditors seek inspector general probe into Halliburton contract

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040115/pl_afp/iraq_us_halliburton&cid=1521&ncid=1480

Pentagon auditors seek inspector general probe into Halliburton contract: officials

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Auditors have asked the Pentagon (news - web sites)'s inspector general to investigate information they received about suspected irregularities in a Halliburton contract to restore Iraqi oil and make fuel purchases, Pentagon officials.

It was unclear what information triggered the referral by the Defense Contracts Auditing Agency but a draft audit disclosed last month concluded that US government had been overcharged by some 61 million dollars for oil purchased through a Halliburton subcontractor in Kuwait.

"A referral made on January 13, 2004 by the Defense Contract Audit Agency basically resulting from information that they received is believed to warrant an investigation by the DoD (Department of Defense (news - web sites)) inspector general," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Another official said the referral was related to "suspected irregularities related to restore Iraqi oil fuel purchases."

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[young_at_heart]

1. Is this the no-bid contract they are referring to?

If so, then a lesson for the Republicans.......granting favors isn't The American Way....or at least the America I used to know.

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2. Another whitewash.

:kick:

[farmbo]

3. Bush knew he was attacking Iraq in Feb 2001...why not bid the contracts?

The whole facade of "insufficient time to bid" the Halliburton, Brown & Root and Bechtel contracts has now been stripped away.

Bush Cheney and Rumsfield appear to have criminally conspired to award those contracts on a no-bid basis. (And yes, there are already well established procedures for administering the bid process confidentially for military contractors)

Ask your local reporters: If a local county commissioner pulled this stunt and awarded no-bid contracts to a company which is still paying him/her $1 million in compensation, how would that politician fare?

This is Crony capitalism in its most audacious aspect.

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4. Nepotism is alive and well in The United States of America

..and... and has found a home in our Democracy in the United States of America. Winning the Lottery is the 'American Dream' -
what else do we have that I hate?