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JoFerret Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-04 06:57 PM
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Pentagon finds Iraq deals riddled with problems
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-04 07:05 PM
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1. Thanks!
Don't forget to rate it!
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-04 07:07 PM
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2. Here's some quotes

According to the report on the inspector general's Web site, procurement rules were not followed in 22 of 24 deals awarded by the military on behalf of the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad and its now-defunct Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA).

(snip)

In one example, a contractor was paid even though he was on vacation. In another, vehicles were airlifted into Iraq at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars without proper approval. And in a third, a media contractor was used to organize garbage removal.

(snip)

"In each phase the ORHA/CPA and DCC-W (Defense Contracting Command-Washington) cut corners from generating the initial requirements to surveillance of the contractor," said the March 18 report on the Web site (www.dodig.osd.mil).

(snip)

The Iraq contracting process is under investigation by several government departments amid widespread allegations of overcharging and cronyism.


Stop! Thief!
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-04 07:08 PM
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3. The PIGS feed at the PUBLIC TROUGH
From the same article

San Diego-based Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a private company, had eight contracts valued at up to $108.2 million that were criticized.


Its contract to rebuild Iraq's media has since been competitively bid and awarded to Florida-based communications equipment maker Harris Corp. .


SAIC's media program manager requested the purchase of an H2 Hummer and a Ford C350 pickup truck and then chartered a DC-10 cargo jet to fly them to Iraq, the report said.


When the military contractor refused to allow these items to be added to the contract, SAIC went to a different DOD office and gained approval, the report said.

sounds like all the "Businesses" use Halliburton methods
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-04 07:11 PM
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5. Hi Saigon68
looks like we see through the same glasses

:toast:
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-04 07:17 PM
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6. Appears so
Edited on Wed Mar-24-04 07:19 PM by saigon68
The houses this would have built, the schools that could have been remodeled, prescription drugs provided to seniors, jobs reconstructing our country, day care for children, job training for the unskilled, teachers,doctors and nurses trained ---all wasted.

These Boars are wallowing in the pen thanks to the AWOL CHIMPANZE, President Cheney's clueless sock-puppet.



Edit: Changed cluelass to clueless
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-04 07:09 PM
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4. look who has raised its ugly head
San Diego-based Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a private company, had eight contracts valued at up to $108.2 million that were criticized.

Its contract to rebuild Iraq's media has since been competitively bid and awarded to Florida-based communications equipment maker Harris Corp. .

SAIC's media program manager requested the purchase of an H2 Hummer and a Ford C350 pickup truck and then chartered a DC-10 cargo jet to fly them to Iraq, the report said.

When the military contractor refused to allow these items to be added to the contract, SAIC went to a different DOD office and gained approval, the report said.


thanks for the post.
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-04 07:23 PM
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7. Will anyone be punished?
It recommended "appropriate administrative action" be taken against officers who did not follow the rules

They did "follow the rules." They followed directions from Cheney on down.
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-04 07:34 PM
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8. Wasn't SAIC also involved with the Diebold audit
Contracts seem only to be awarded to companies who are proven frauds and cheats. Honest companies need not apply.
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enough Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-04 09:45 PM
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9. Amazing article
if there weren't so much else going on right now, this would be a big story.

Another outrageous scandal right before our eyes.
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Beaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-04 10:41 PM
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10. If we lose this election-
we're hopeless.
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