Pentagon auditor: HALLIBURTON abuse "worst contract abuse ever seen"

[Bluebear]

Reuters - Mon Jun 27, 6:43 PM ET

A KBR (Kellogg, Brown and Root) sign adorns the Halliburton corporate headquarters near downtown Houston after the company removed the Halliburton name from the building and renamed it KBR amid controversy surrounding the company's White House links and overbilling allegations for military contracts in Iraq. A top U.S. Army procurement official said on June 27 2005 that Halliburton's deals in Iraq were the worst example of contract abuse she had seen as Pentagon auditors flagged over $1 billion of potential overcharges by the Texas-based firm. (Reuters/Tim Johnson)

"I can unequivocally state that the abuse related to contracts awarded to KBR (Kellogg Brown and Root) represents the most blatant and improper contract abuse I have witnessed during the course of my professional career," said Greenhouse, a procurement veteran of more than 20 years.

Her blistering criticism came as the Democrats released a new report including Pentagon audits that identified more than $1.03 billion in "questioned" costs and $422 million in "unsupported" costs for Halliburton's work in Iraq.

Halliburton's subsidiary KBR is the U.S. military's biggest contractor in Iraq and has been accused by Democrats of getting lucrative work there because of its ties to Vice President Dick Cheney who headed the company from 1995-2000.

Pressed by lawmakers whether she thought the Defense Secretary's office was involved in the handout and running of contracts to KBR, Greenhouse replied: "That is true."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050627/pl_nm/iraq_halliburton_dc_3

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[cynatnite]

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[Bluebear]

3. yo

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[cynatnite]

6. Thanks...here's a related article

"I can unequivocally state that the abuse related to contracts awarded to KBR (Kellogg Brown and Root) represents the most blatant and improper contract abuse I have witnessed during the course of my professional career," said Greenhouse, a procurement veteran of more than 20 years.

Her blistering criticism came as the Democrats released a new report including Pentagon audits that identified more than $1.03 billion in "questioned" costs and $422 million in "unsupported" costs for Halliburton's work in Iraq.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050627/pl_nm/iraq_halliburton_dc_3

[Bluebear]

7. Thank YOU!

You are now thread co-sponsor, I amplified the picture with the article reference. :hi:

[snacker]

2. Gee, what a surprise.... n/t

[politicaholic]

4. Only 1 billion? She must have only been looking at luncheon receipts...

KBR showed a $27 million loss last quarter, how can that be?

[Cocoa]

5. worst profiteering ever

[Old and In the Way]

9. No, best war profiteering, ever.

They'd have been in bankruptcy a long time ago if they had to make it on their own without government no bid contracts.

[EFerrari]

19. They've been hanging on until Cheney can get the Supreme

Court to lose all those inconvenient asbestos claims. Has that happened yet?

[Supersedeas]

28. War Profiteering is hard werk....

[Richard Steele]

8. She is so FIRED! Then it's business as usual the day after...

[Viva_La_Revolution]

23. They tried to fire her...

She's still doing her job, but she only kept it with the help of a Lawyer. :o

[Richard Steele]

30. I wish that was surprising, but it's SOP for these Evil Asshats!

They are weeding out all the HONEST and DECENT people
everywhere that their tentacles reach; and they
won't stop until our entire system is completely CORRUPT from the top down.

It will take a GENERATION to undo the damage they have done
to the inner workings of our nation.

[lala_rawraw]

10. I am shocked... going to faint...

Really, is this surprising to anyone?

[Bluebear]

11. I have to say the 1 BILLION figure kind of stunned me

Job well done, Mr. Vice President. (Oh yeah, I know, he "severed ties" with them :rofl:)

[jazzjunkysue]

12. Couldn't be true. Those nice people on those commercials wouldn't do

anything bad. They all have nice smiles.
:spank:

[EFerrari]

17. Yeah. They wouldn't leave their competitors stuck on the open

road after coming under "insurgent" fire either.

No, they wouldn't do that.

They wouldn't threaten any employee who talked to auditors with being transferred to a camp under fire either.

Nah, they wouldn't do that.

[in_cog_ni_to]

25. When I heard the Lloyd & Owen CEO tell that story about being attacked,

I KNEW Halliburton had set them up! Halliburton knew there had been attacks on that very road in previous days and didn't bother to tell the Lloyd/Owen people about them. Halliburton was trying to get rid of their competition. IMCPO

[EFerrari]

26. Yep. Attempted homocide seems to be one of their

favorite business practices.

[The Flaming Red Head]

13. Yes, but Natalie is still missing in Aruba and the run-away bride wrote a

book. And there are celebrities fucking everywhere (puke) You're missing the whole point of our meaningless existence

[Bluebear]

21. I'll be sure to work on it.

:hi:

[oasis]

14. kick

[me b zola]

15. Private Warriors

For anyone who hasn't seen it yet, I highly recomend this PBS, Frontline documentary that looks at the privatization of chimp's war.
All of those "overcharges", better known as fraud, seems to be the reason why 'Camp KBR' exists. This is what our men & women are dying for. :grr: :cry: :grr:


Here is the link to the transcript:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/warriors/etc/script.html



:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[EFerrari]

16. Please rate the story up, people. It's only at 2.5 right now. n/t

[burrowowl]

18. And!

What else is NEW!?!?
Saw some of Greenhouse's testamony. Cheny and Co. are getting RICHER and RICHER with blood on their hands, unless the American People take to th steets, strike, offer civil disobediance, etc. Haliburton, Cheney et al will continue to get even RICHER! abd impoverish the People1

[EFerrari]

20. kick

[w8liftinglady]

22. The report...

with the claimed abuses-including overcharging and double charging the soldiers' SOFT DRINKS(to the tune of over $600,000)...still no mention on ABC,NBC,CBS,CNN
http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/20050627140010-82879.pdf

[in_cog_ni_to]

24. The Halliburton Hearing has been repeating on C-SPAN.

Catch it if you can! It will piss you off, beyond belief. Ms. Greenhouse is one hell of a witness. She has worked in the government for 20 years and takes her job VERY seriously. When you hear her testimony, you have NO DOUBT she is telling the truth.

The Halliburton FRAUD is OBSCENE!

[Flavin]

27. Cheney's worse contract abuse.....

While we are on the subject of Halburton. Is it true that Cheney has not divested himself of his Halburton interests?

I vaguely remember something being said way back in the election cycle that instead of divesting, his intersts we placed in a sort of holding account, so he'd not recieve the payments etc. till he leaves the position of VP.

Did I remember this correctly? If so, where can I find a link to a story etc.
If not correct, when did he divest, etc.

Details, people, I have to cross swords w/ a freeper friend...

Thanks folk,
Chris

[w8liftinglady]

31. one link for you

http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/about_hal/ethics.html

[oasis]

29. kick