LAT: Halliburton Contracts Bypassed Objections(new, undisclosed documents)

[DeepModem Mom]

THE WORLD
Halliburton Contracts Bypassed Objections

By T. Christian Miller, Times Staff Writer


WASHINGTON — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanders awarded a lucrative contract extension to Halliburton Co. this month by circumventing the organization's top contracting officer, who had objected to the proposal, according to documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times.

Bunnatine Greenhouse, the Corps of Engineers' chief contracting officer, questioned a decision by commanders to award a contract extension to Halliburton, the oil services company run by Dick Cheney until he became vice president, without the competitive bidding designed to protect U.S. taxpayers....

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The Times has obtained previously undisclosed documents describing the nature of her objections to the Halliburton contract and e-mail discussions among Army Corps officials.

Despite Greenhouse's objections, the Army Corps on Oct. 8 awarded Halliburton the $165-million extension allowing Halliburton's subsidiary KBR to continue providing logistics services to troops stationed in the Balkans....

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....the previously undisclosed documents are part of a growing body of evidence indicating unusual treatment was given to government contracts won by the Houston-based firm.

Career civil servants repeatedly raised objections to contracting decisions that benefited Halliburton, only to be overruled by higher-ups....


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-na-halliburton29oct29,0,7146099.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[izzie]

1. Every thing is as Bush wants since he got in.

It will take years to find the money this group took from us tax payers.

[maddezmom]

2. and DOJ delined to investigate...thank god for the FBI

did I just say that? :crazy:

[maddezmom]

3. WP article: FBI Widens Probe of Halliburton

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7606-2004Oct28.html

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. "Career civil servants?"

You mean we still have them?

[banana republican]

5. IT IS ILLEGAL TO AWARD A CONTRACT

WITHIN 90 DAYS OF AN ELECTION. (PER FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS)

[emad]

6. FBI 'studying Halliburton deals': BBC

FBI 'studying Halliburton deals'


Halliburton's Iraq contracts have become an election issue in the US
The controversial award of a key Iraqi oil contract to US giant Halliburton is now being investigated by the FBI, it has been claimed.

A lawyer for a US army official has said the FBI has asked to speak to his client about how the army gave the firm a key deal to restore Iraqi oil.

The FBI claims come as a US government inquiry continues to look at why the deal was not put open to competition.

Halliburton, once run by vice president Dick Cheney, dismissed the FBI claim.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3963967.stm