$6 Billion In Iraq Contracts Under Criminal Investigation

[babylonsister]

$6 Billion in Contracts Reviewed, Pentagon Says

By ERIC SCHMITT and GINGER THOMPSON
Published: September 21, 2007

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 — Military officials said Thursday that contracts worth $6 billion to provide essential supplies to American troops in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan — including food, water and shelter — were under review by criminal investigators, double the amount the Pentagon had previously disclosed.

In addition, $88 billion in contracts and programs, including those for body armor for American soldiers and matériel for Iraqi and Afghan security forces, are being audited for financial irregularities, the officials said.

Taken together, the figures, provided by the Pentagon in a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, represent the fullest public accounting of the magnitude of a widening government investigation into bid-rigging, bribery and kickbacks by members of the military and civilians linked to the Pentagon’s purchasing system.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/washington/21contract.html?ei=5088&en=6ff5d60f1fe4df5e&ex=1348027200&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1190373966-DVIVwiUxgxzI6TLS5Z9w0w

[Solly Mack]

1. ...

K/R

[Faux pas]

4. Big R! Tired of our coffers being plundered by corrupt a-holes. n/t

[groovedaddy]

2. This really needs to be hammered on in '08

This is what you get with g.o.p. rule - the rob us blind!

[babylonsister]

3. It needs to be hammered on now! This makes me furious! nt

[budibudinski]

5. Been going on since B was appointed pResident.

How much will ever be recovered of those stolen billions?

They will walk away with it all. Just like Grampa Prescott.

Interesting link I read today..I see Prescotts method of building wealth similar to this Bush family today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1312540,00.html

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Dont recall who posted this, but thanks for this informative link.
Bush & corps. of today are repeating what Prescott & pals did in their day.

---THey will take every dime from every person that is required to give it ..without conscience.

[budibudinski]

6. will someone please k&r for me..I haven't enough posts yet..

soon I hope..

[babylonsister]

8. :o) You kick a thread by

responding, so you're halfway there. You can't recommend yet? HAve you tried? I wish more people were pissed off at this.

[budibudinski]

9. can't rec yet.. or start my own post..I need to find out how many

posts I need to respond to so I am legitimate DUer.

Ya I am really p. off about this..
Its so obvious I can't believe how many Americans miss it ..We need a change in Media as distraction.

I caught the end of Biden's speech to Senate this morn.

I appreciated his words and thought he gave his colleagues a very forceful and matter-of-fact talking to.

[babylonsister]

10. I wish I could help you with what the number is, but I don't know. I

would have guessed lower than the amount of posts you have. :shrug:

[budibudinski]

11. tks babysis. I just have to forge ahead and keep posting..

maybe its 100..

[Booster]

7. Nobody's interested - no blow job involved. Ho hum.

(in case it's needed):sarcasm:

[Robbien]

12. In my opinion all $300 billion should be investigated

I really don't expect even one dollar was spent without several dollars being added on to pay corrupt individuals.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

13. Wasn't an independent audit attempted and thwarted because of the accounting set up,...

,...by various branches of the executive?

I'm looking for that article.

Okay, here's the GAO report: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06100.pdf
Bottom line: about 78% of the DoD's spending cannot be accounted for allowing lots of fraud and abuse.
Go figure!

Hell, that missing $9 BILLION or so was never found. I don't even like to imagine where and for what purpose that "missing" big bucks went.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

14. Recommended. n/t

[OneBlueSky]

15. $6 billion = a token . . . a drop in the bucket . . . n/t

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