KBR (Halliburton) spent GOVERNMENT MONEY on OWN Super Bowl party

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This is just sick.

Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root charged millions to the government for recreational services never provided to U.S. troops in Iraq , including giant tubs of chicken wings and tacos, a widescreen TV, and cheese sticks meant for a military Super Bowl party, according to a federal whistle-blower suit unsealed Friday.

Filed last year in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., by former KBR employee Julie McBride, the lawsuit claims the giant defense contractor billed the government for thousands of meals it never served, inflated the number of soldiers using its fitness and Internet centers, and regularly siphoned off great quantities of supplies destined for American soldiers.

Halliburton denied McBride‘s allegations.

The Super Bowl incident occurred in January 2005, the suit said. "McBride witnessed a large amount of food that was ordered specifically for a Super Bowl party for the military" taken instead to the company‘s lodgings. "About 10 large metal tubs full of tacos, chicken wings, (and) cheese sticks were taken from the military party site to a KBR camp for a KBR Super Bowl Party for KBR employees," according to the complaint. A widescreen TV was also removed.

http://www.localnewsleader.com/elytimes/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=5495

So, this is how Cheney's company 'supports the troops'.

:grr:

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1. Kick and Rec.

Kick and Rec it. Kick and Rec it. Kick and Rec it.

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2. This is an outrage!

Kicked and recomended. It would be nice to try and get someone in the corporate media to report on this. Maybe Olbermann?

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3. Government won't join lawsuit

The Justice Department declined to join a whistle-blower suit against Halliburton Co. that accuses the Houston-based company of overcharging the government in contracts to operate recreation facilities for soldiers in Iraq.

Julie McBride, a morale, welfare and recreation coordinator employed by a Halliburton unit in Iraq, alleged in an April 26 complaint unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington that the company sought to artificially inflate revenue by overestimating the number of soldiers using its facilities.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4173983.html

More:

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-halliburton9sep09,1,2916236.story?coll=la-news-a_section

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1155AP_Contractor_Fraud_Claim.html

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