Halliburton Faces More Scrutiny

[Zomby Woof]

(CBS/AP) Pentagon auditors found a Halliburton Co. subsidiary gave faulty cost estimates on a $2.7 billion contract to serve American troops in Iraq and Kuwait, and company officials acknowledged making mistakes, Defense Department documents show.

The estimate problems included a failure to tell contract managers that Halliburton had terminated two subcontracts for feeding troops, which affected costs on $1 billion worth of that work, the Defense Contract Audit Agency found. Halliburton also did not tell contract managers it had already awarded subcontracts worth $141.5 million for work it said would cost $208.8 million, the auditors found.

Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/05/national/main598135.shtml

[XanaDUer]

1. You're on a roll today , ZW!

:)

[Zomby Woof]

2. The Crook Chronicles!

Keeping tabs on these venal pieces of rat diarrhea is almost fun if it weren't so enraging. :hurts: :hi:

[donco6]

3. Can we say WAR PROFITEERING?

Must've learned it from the Bushes - after all, that's how they made their dough.

[snoochie]

4. Has anyone in congress submitted a bill dealing with profiteering?

I know this has been done in previous administrations during times of war. I wrote Congressman Kucinich as well as several other Democratic legislators asking for this last year.

So how outraged will people be THIS time? Will the 'oops we did it again' routine work?

[snoochie]

5. Kick

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