Who is Bunnatine Greehouse, and why will she be testifying in the Senate Friday?

[babylonsister]

Repost because this should be good!


Ms. Greenhouse is the infamous Halliburton whistleblower who got demoted for her efforts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunnatine_Greenhouse

Bunnatine (Bunny) H. Greenhouse is a former chief contracting officer (Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting (PARC)) of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. On June 27, 2005, she testified to a Democratic Party public committee, alleging specific instances of waste, fraud, and other abuses and irregularities by Halliburton with regard to its operations in Iraq since the Iraq War. She described one of the Halliburton contracts (secret, no-bid contracts awarded to Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR)—a subsidiary of Halliburton) as "the most blatant and improper contract abuse I have witnessed during the course of my professional career."

A long-time government employee, Greenhouse was hired by Lieutenant General Joe Ballard in 1997 to oversee contracts at the Army Corps of Engineers. After Ballard retired in 2000, Greenhouse's performance reviews, which had been exemplary throughout her public career, suddenly soured. Greenhouse filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint alleging race and gender discrimination, which her attorney states has never been investigated. In August 2005, she was demoted in what her lawyer called an "obvious reprisal" for her revelations about the Halliburton contracts.

Ms. Greenhouse is a featured speaker on the National Whistleblower Center's Speakers Bureau.

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http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0917-18.htm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 17, 2007
3:32 PM


CONTACT: National Whistleblowers Center
Stephen Kohn [phone]
Marshall Chriswell [phone]

Senate Democrats To Hold Friday Hearing On Iraq Contractor Abuses
Former Top U.S. Contracting Official among Witnesses


WASHINGTON - September 17 - The Senate Democratic Policy Committee has announced that it will hear testimony this Friday regarding abuses by government contractors during the Iraq War. The hearing, entitled “The Mistreatment of Iraq Contracting Whistleblowers,” will focus on the experiences of the employee-whistleblowers who report contractor misconduct, and will include significant information about Iraqi contracting abuses. The hearing will be held in the Dirksen Senate Building, room 226.

Among those scheduled to testify is Bunnatine Greenhouse, who served as the top civilian contracting officer for the Army Corps of Engineers until she was demoted in retaliation for her opposition to “casual and clubby” contracting practices in the run-up to the War. Ms. Greenhouse has described a controversial five year, no-bid, multi-billion dollar contract awarded to Halliburton/KBR in 2003 as “the most blatant and improper contracting abuse I have witnessed during the course of my professional career.”

Also testifying will be Stephen M. Kohn, President of the National Whistleblower Center and co-counsel for Ms. Greenhouse.

Links:

Official Hearing Advisory

Established in 1988, The National Whistleblower Center is a public interest organization dedicated to supporting employee whistleblowers. The Center non-profit and non-partisan, and does not endorse candidates for public office.

For more information, please visit www.whistleblowers.org.

[porphyrian]

1. I'll kick that. - n/t

[TwilightGardener]

2. That is an unfortunate name.

[NewJeffCT]

3. I know - I'm sure in grade school

she was teased about it relentlessly.

[ellenfl]

4. he? eom

[TheDebbieDee]

5. She's a woman...... and I'm assuming Greenhouse

is her married name.

She was one of the first, if not the first, to start letting America know about the no-bid contracts that the * admin handed out to contractors to provide services for our military in Iraq.

I'm glad she's finally getting her chance to be heard!

[rhiannon55]

7. He's a she

But she was probably still teased

[NewJeffCT]

8. I'm getting old

I thought it was a woman, but I could have sworn I read "he" and not "she"

[libnnc]

12. Out of all the important info in that OP...

that's the response you come up with?

Pssst...this is important stuff and she's kinda sorta important herself...:eyes:

[TwilightGardener]

13. Yep--no accounting for where my mind goes--I give it free rein.

[Bluebear]

18. Her nickname is Bunny, I think it's cute!

[BornagainDUer]

22. What about "wienerdoggie"??...

Just kidding. I cringe at it too, but it doesn't matter since she has more than proven she is a true hero. She took the basteeds on all by her lonesome and made them sweat. Hopefully she will make them sweat some more.

[nikto]

27. BUNNATINE GREENHOUSE...

...is the epitome of Patriotism and heroism.

She could have kept her mouth shut and "gone along" and likely
secured herself some very sweet compen$ation for her complicity.

That she chose NOT to go that way and TELL THE TRUTH instead,
is a testament to her integrity.

She sounds exactly like the kind of person I would like to
have in our government.

GREENHOUSE FOR CONGRESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[immoderate]

29. I like how you think.

And welcome to DU :hi:

--IMM

[BornagainDUer]

31. You said it! Welcome to DU. She was all alone, she was up against some

very nasty powermongering fascist sleaze and she fought em'. Keep this topic kicked!

[TahitiNut]

32. Well, it apparently helped build her character.

Such things often do. :shrug:

[ellenfl]

6. yippee! go bunnatine! it's about time. eom

[Karenina]

15. It IS INDEED about damn time!!!

[EFerrari]

9. This is one tough lady. She bearded the criminals right in their den.

Huge :kick: for Ms. Greenhouse!

[AuntPatsy]

10. Kicking

:kick:

[PDJane]

11. Go, Go, Go............

Such good news. I am glad she's going to be able to testify.....

[AtomicKitten]

14. Testify!

[immoderate]

16. Bunny Greenhouse is a great American.

She is a whistleblower and her career has been destroyed by the Bush admin. She will be a great witness. :bounce:

--IMM

[flyarm]

26. You bet she will be..she has waited a long time for this and so have we!! eom

[nikto]

28. This...

...is what PATRIOTISM is all about.

Anyone who doesn't wipe a tear away from their eye when thinking of her heroism,
perhaps does not fully understand the gravity of what she has taken on
with her honesty and courage.

I'm sure there are those within the administration who would love to see
her silenced, any way possible.

hint: Think PAUL WELLSTONE.

[flyarm]

33. no kidding..i hope she stays safe!! criminals get into witness protection but honest people

are left out to dry...and we have lists of them!

fly

[EFerrari]

17. kick

[Bluebear]

19. THANK YOU for revisiting Bunny's story!

I posted extensively about her plight here as it was going on. I am thrilled that at last she will have a voice.

[ThomWV]

20. Hold on a minute. Is this a Committee Hearing or something some outside group is doing?

There is a night and day difference between the two you know.

[babylonsister]

21. In the OP it says

The Senate Democratic Policy Committee.

[BornagainDUer]

23. We need to build a monument to salute this woman's courage. She took

that Bush boys on and never quit. I wish I could kick this topic a dozen times. K&R

[bbgrunt]

24. It's about time her story got another hearing.

[progressoid]

25. So this is going nowhere.

It's not an actual Senate investigation or anything. Just some Democrats listening at this point right?

[Lugnut]

30. It's about time.

Ms. Greenhouse is one of the true heroes who was muzzled by this administration. The shame is that it took so long to hear her testimony.

[flyarm]

34. kick!!

[Quantess]

35. She's amazing!

:applause:

[cui bono]

36. kickety kick

[goodhue]

37. kick for Bunny