The Onion: Report: Military Contractor Overcharged Pentagon For Torturing Iraqi Citizens

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This is another article from The Onion that could easily be true;

Pentagon officials expressed outrage when an independent audit revealed Tuesday that defense contractor KBR Inc. had charged them up to five times more than market price for the service of torturing Iraqi citizens. "At a time when our government is facing budget cuts across the board, it is reprehensible that someone would charge $150,000 to grab an innocent civilian off the street, fly him to a prison in an undisclosed location, and deprive him of sleep while forcing him to maintain an excruciatingly painful stress position for 40 hours," said Douglas B. Wilson, assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, adding that the service should have cost "$40,000, tops." "Sure, they got this particular individual to talk, but is that any reason to tack on $250 dollars per nipple-clamp used to electrocute him?"

[brewens]

1. This would be one where they're joking but may accidently be

right in the ballpark of what actaully went on.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Off the mark -- "Pentagon officials expressed outrage" -- yeah, right.

When have Pentagon officials expressed outrage about anything the MIC does? Oh, OK, maybe they're outraged because they didn't get their "cut" ...

[Solly Mack]

3. Probably is true.

The Onion often hits the mark in its own biting way.