Army lied about how it chose Halliburton for Iraq contract

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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Halliburton-Contract.html?pagewanted=print&position=

February 10, 2004
Army Changes Explanation on Halliburton
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 2:29 a.m. ET

<T>he Corps now acknowledges what the public site never mentioned: The other agencies had no role in choosing Halliburton for oil restoration work worth up to $1.2 billion. Rather, the experts provided technical advice on the contract process.

The Corps said it considered the past performance of Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, but shrouded its decision-making in secrecy.


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The site also advised readers not to bother filing Freedom of Information requests to get the information, saying it won't be publicly released under the law used to obtain government documents.

Two of the evaluation team members, the Air Force and the Small Business Administration, said they were not even part of the evaluation group and shouldn't have been listed at all....

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1. A little clarification

WASHINGTON (AP) -- After stating that a multi-agency team of government experts evaluated Halliburton Co.'s new Iraq contract, the Army Corps of Engineers now says it alone picked the company despite allegations that it overcharged U.S. taxpayers.

``The one person that made the selection was the source selection authority'' -- an official in the Corps of Engineers -- the Army unit told The Associated Press.

The AP had sought further information about assertions, on the Corps Internet site, that a contract evaluation team was assembled and included experts from five other federal entities.

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2. kick

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3. Sick.

Smells of rotten fish.