Is the Pentagon Hiding Halliburton War Profiteering?

When it appeared that Kellog-Brown-Root, once part of Halliburton (and still may be), could not adequately explain over a billion dollars in billings, Mr. Charles Smith, a Pentagon contract manager, confronted the company. Without receiving an adequate answer to his queries, he then threatened to levy penalties of 15 percent on future work payments and to block future performance bonuses.

But Smith must have upset the Pentagon because he was suddenly fired. And instead of assigning a different contract manager to the case, the Pentagon hired an outside contractot to review the situation. Well, you can imagine the rest of the story. Not only was KBR exonerated and received all of its billings, but got bonuses on top of that. And guess what? KBR has been awarded a new 10-year $150 billion contract.

In the video below, it was anticipated that if the Democrats won the 2004 election, Henry Waxman's committee would deal sternly with war profiteers. But when the Democrats won, apparently nothing changed.
For more see: Dina Rasor and NYTimes

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