KBR gets 150 billion for Iraq....with really bad accounting.

KBR gets 150 billion for Iraq....with really bad accounting.

www.nytimes.com

WASHINGTON — The Army official who managed the Pentagon’s largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than $1 billion in questionable charges to KBR, the Houston-based company that has provided food, housing and other services to American troops.

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\"Cheney was chairman and chief executive officer of Halliburton from 1995 to 2000. He has been accused of providing work to KBR under contingency contracts to financially benefit himself and his business associates.\"

It look like everyone who has been wronged by the current administration is coming out of the wood-work and speaking out about the ways these guys do business.

Will they ever be prosecuted for their business ethics....or are they going to get away with it???

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Frankly, they already got away with it. The point is that the corporate interests within our administration and legislature are hard at work ensuring the 'gravy train' continues unabated.

At the end of the day we will find nearly every aspect of this war has been 'optimized' for profit.

lol
sorry - beat you to it here and with the real headline

[edit on 17/6/2008 by budski]

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You must live on the east coast.....West Side!