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Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. [message #204596]

Tue, 20 June 2006 12:55

SuperFlyingEngi
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/20/washington/20cnd-cong.html ?ex=1308456000&en=09b84bc82f790b49&ei=5090&partn er=rssuserland&emc=rss

The New York Times

Earlier today, Republicans defeated a Democratic proposal for an investigation into waste and fraud in military contracts. The proposal, made by Senator Byron L. Dorgan of North Dakota, called for a panel like the one led by Harry Truman when he was a Senator, which uncovered many abuses in military spending during World War II. It failed by a 52-to-44 vote.

Republicans try hard to avoid accountability. It's almost like they've been profiting through the War In Iraq...

Various Scandals (Courtesy of Salon.com, through http://www.ecolivingcenter.com/board/politics/messages/73.ht ml)

Halliburton: Pumping Up Prices

The scandal: In 2003, Halliburton overcharged the army for fuel in Iraq. Specifically, Halliburton's subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root hired a Kuwaiti company, Altanmia, to supply fuel at about twice the going rate, then added a markup, for an overcharge of at least $61 million, according to a December 2003 Pentagon audit.

The problem: That's not the government's $61 million, it's our $61 million.

The outcome: The FBI is investigating.

Halliburton's Vanishing Iraq Money

The scandal: In mid-2004, Pentagon auditors determined that $1.8 billion of Halliburton's charges to the government, about 40 percent of the total, had not been adequately documented.

The problem: That's not the government's $1.8 billion, it's our $1.8 billion.

The outcome: The Defense Contract Audit Agency has "strongly" asked the Army to withhold about $60 million a month from its Halliburton payments until the documentation is provided.

Money Order: Afghanistan's Missing $700 Million Turns Up in Iraq

The scandal: According to Bob Woodward's "Plan of Attack," the Bush administration diverted $700 million in funds from the war in Afghanistan, among other places, to prepare for the Iraq invasion.

The problem: Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the U.S. Constitution specifically gives Congress the power "to raise and support armies." And the emergency spending bill passed after Sept. 11, 2001, requires the administration to notify Congress before changing war spending plans. That did not happen.

The outcome: Congress declined to investigate. The administration's main justification for its decision has been to claim the funds were still used for, one might say, Middle East anti-tyrant-related program activities.

Iraq: More Loose Change

The scandal: The inspector general of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq released a series of reports in July 2004 finding that a significant portion of CPA assets had gone missing -- 34 percent of the materiel controlled by Kellogg, Brown & Root -- and that the CPA's method of disbursing $600 million in Iraq reconstruction funds "did not establish effective controls and left accountability open to fraud, waste and abuse."

The problem: As much as $50 million of that money was disbursed without proper receipts.

The outcome: The CPA has disbanded, but individual government investigations into the handling of Iraq's reconstruction continue.

Iraq: The Case for War

The scandal: Bush and many officials in his administration made false statements about Iraq's military capabilities, in the months before the United States' March 2003 invasion of the country.

The problem: For one thing, it is a crime to lie to Congress, although Bush backers claim the president did not knowingly make false assertions.

The outcome: A war spun out of control with unknowable long-term consequences. The Iraq Survey Group has stopped looking for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt (1918)

"The danger to political dissent is acute where the Government attempts to act under so vague a concept as the power to protect "domestic security." Given the difficulty of defining the domestic security interest, the danger of abuse in acting to protect that interest becomes apparent. --U.S. Supreme Court decision (407 U.S. 297 (1972)

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		Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: SuperFlyingEngi on Tue, 20 June 2006 12:55
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: Aircraftkiller on Tue, 20 June 2006 13:15
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: Goztow on Tue, 20 June 2006 23:51
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: Aircraftkiller on Wed, 21 June 2006 10:50
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: Aircraftkiller on Thu, 22 June 2006 11:49
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: OWA on Thu, 22 June 2006 12:18
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: icedog90 on Fri, 23 June 2006 14:30
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: DarkDemin on Wed, 21 June 2006 05:52
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 21 June 2006 09:50
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: IronWarrior on Wed, 21 June 2006 11:34
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 21 June 2006 11:49
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: OWA on Wed, 21 June 2006 14:34
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: PlastoJoe on Wed, 21 June 2006 15:14
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: DarkDemin on Wed, 21 June 2006 14:36
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 21 June 2006 15:44
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: DarkDemin on Wed, 21 June 2006 15:54
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 21 June 2006 17:25
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: DarkDemin on Thu, 22 June 2006 04:55
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: SuperFlyingEngi on Thu, 22 June 2006 08:32
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: DarkDemin on Thu, 22 June 2006 09:21
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: SuperFlyingEngi on Thu, 22 June 2006 10:49
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: DarkDemin on Thu, 22 June 2006 10:59
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: SuperFlyingEngi on Thu, 22 June 2006 11:02
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		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: DarkDemin on Thu, 22 June 2006 19:03
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		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: Aprime on Fri, 23 June 2006 17:32
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: Sniper_De7 on Sat, 24 June 2006 07:24
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		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: DarkDemin on Sat, 24 June 2006 09:56
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		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: SuperFlyingEngi on Mon, 26 June 2006 09:23
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		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: MadDave on Sat, 24 June 2006 18:52
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		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: MadDave on Sun, 25 June 2006 17:18
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		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: MadDave on Mon, 26 June 2006 00:07
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: OWA on Mon, 26 June 2006 05:43
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: msgtpain on Mon, 26 June 2006 17:51
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: Doitle on Mon, 26 June 2006 17:35
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: icedog90 on Mon, 26 June 2006 18:54
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: SuperFlyingEngi on Tue, 27 June 2006 09:20
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: msgtpain on Tue, 27 June 2006 17:46
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: DarkDemin on Tue, 27 June 2006 19:10
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: Doitle on Tue, 27 June 2006 23:40
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: DarkDemin on Wed, 28 June 2006 07:50
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 28 June 2006 09:43
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: msgtpain on Wed, 28 June 2006 16:39
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: Aircraftkiller on Wed, 28 June 2006 11:53
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 28 June 2006 19:00
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: msgtpain on Wed, 28 June 2006 20:16
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: Fabian on Thu, 29 June 2006 10:55
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: icedog90 on Thu, 29 June 2006 22:15
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: cheesesoda on Thu, 29 June 2006 13:16
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: Fabian on Fri, 30 June 2006 06:16
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: Berkut on Fri, 30 June 2006 08:53
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: icedog90 on Fri, 30 June 2006 23:45
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: Fabian on Sat, 01 July 2006 08:50
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: icedog90 on Sat, 01 July 2006 09:46
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: agent_CDE on Fri, 07 July 2006 12:10
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: Berkut on Sat, 01 July 2006 09:23
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: Aircraftkiller on Fri, 07 July 2006 14:25
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: agent_CDE on Mon, 10 July 2006 12:27
		Re: Fraud In Iraq? Impossible. By: Aircraftkiller on Mon, 10 July 2006 13:20
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