Wow... Nmsys is right! It is fun just to comb the website and copy-and-paste outrage-of-the-day stories!! (And there are so many to choose from!)
FLASHBACK: Halliburton's Long Record Of Cronyism And Corruption
People who get in Halliburton's way get mysteriously crushed. For instance, in 2005, as the New York Times reported, a top Army contracting official who criticized a large, noncompetitive contract to Halliburton was demoted. And time and again, Halliburton (and its now spun-off subsidiary, KBR) get away with it all.
A 2004 GAO investigation into Halliburton's contract to provide essential services to the troops in Iraq "found significant problems in almost every area, including ineffective planning, inadequate cost control, insufficient training of contract management officials, and a pattern of recurring problems with controlling costs, meeting schedules, documenting purchases, and overseeing subcontractors."
Just last month, the Justice Department brought a civil fraud suit against KBR, alleging that it charged the government for unauthorized security services in Iraq. "In 2007 and 2008, the Defense Department disapproved $103.4 million paid to KBR under LOGCAP III for unauthorized security services," Reuters reported.
"Separately, the Justice Department said on Wednesday it had joined a lawsuit against KBR that alleges employees of two freight forwarders provided unlawful kickbacks to KBR transportation department employees."
You know Halliburton hires both ex-Dems & ex-Republicans when they leave office?
And KBR had a no-bid contract for Clinton's extended Bosnia campaign? Simple, good, non-partisan corruption.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
