so we're presented with YET ANOTHER story about a halliburton company (or 'former' halliburton' company) screwed us. and what will we do? most likely we'll HIRE THEM AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. ask big dick. he knows..
(of course certain 'sources' are denying kbr overcharged. 22.5 BILLION and you tell me they didn't overcharge)
Audit of KBR Iraq Contract Faults Records For Fuel, Food
U.S. Says It Will Increase Monitoring in Baghdad
By Dana Hedgpeth Washington Post Staff Writer
KBR, the government contracting firm formerly under Halliburton, did not keep accurate records of gasoline distribution, put its employees in living spaces that may be larger than warranted and served meals that appeared to cost $4.5 million more than necessary under a contract to perform work in Iraq, according to an audit by a government oversight agency.
The report, to be released today by the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, addresses a sliver of a $22.5 billion contract that KBR won to provide services for the U.S. military. The inspector general's office focused on four services that KBR was paid to provide in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone: supplying gasoline, food services, and housing and various morale and recreation services.........
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Where is the outrage? Back in the 90's Hillary made some money on cattle or pork futures (or something else, I can't remember.) and the right-wingnuts busted a collective gut over something less than $200,000. Billions swirling down a drain and the best we get is slight yawn in the mainstream media.
And that Cheney ran the parent company before he became Creepy Veepy is almost enough to have me looking up conspiracy theories.
i wonder how long we WILL have to wait for that outrage?
F O R E V E R i'm guessing
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