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[Critical Docs] Iraq for Sale (2006) « Critical Docs: Interviews with employees and former employees of such companies as Halliburton, CACI, and KBR suggest that government cronyism is behind apparent “sweetheart” deals that give such contractors enormous freedom to profit from supplying support and material to American troops while providing little oversight.

[OB Rag Blog] The 25 Most Vicious Iraq War Profiteers: With a presence of 250 employees in Iraq, ControlRisks has provided security for the disastrous Parsons Usaid buildings (prior to the revelation of the embarassing shoddy work scandal) and has also been tasked with protecting Iraq’s active duty UK forces. While Iraq has recently begun to cool down in terms of insurgent violence and infighting, the region should provide opportunities for companies like ControlRisks to profit for years or even decades to come.

[Business Pundit] The 25 Most Vicious Iraq War Profiteers | Business Pundit: (Though I would suggest that businesses who are investing in Iraq with their own money with the intent of rebuilding the economy should be congratulated, as they are taking on a huge risk, as opposed to those who are there on the taxpayer’s dime and will leave as soon as their contract is up.)

[Kettering University News] A global viewpoint - News Article - Kettering University: Portraying the actions of U.S. corporate contractors in the U.S.-Iraq war, this documentary includes interviews with employees and former employees of such companies as Halliburton, CACI, and KBR, that suggest government cronyism gives contractors enormous freedom to profit from supplying support and material to American troops while providing little oversight.

[ScienceBlogs Select] Pharyngula: Hummelgate? The right has sunk lower than I imagined: Like an entire cast of Keystone Kops, some of the loudest voices on the right-wing side of the blogosphere stumbled all over themselves to crow triumphantly over this 'victory'…and then the U.S. Embassy in Iraq cheerfully revealed that the memo was authentic. It would be embarrassing for them if they had any shame.

[Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines] Truthdig - A/V Booth - ”˜Legal Stealing’: The corruption exposed by Robert Greenwald’s documentary is the direct result of a privatization scheme began by Dick Cheney when he was secretary of defense—one in which Cheney’s Pentagon paid KBR $9 million to conduct a study to determine whether the military support function should be privatized. The KBR study said it was a great idea, so the Pentagon handed it the first LOGCAP contract. 

[www.johnkerry.com blog] Where's the Armor? Where's the Money?: Nearly four years into this war, many of the men and women of our military are in Iraq without up-armored vehicles, without proper equipment, without sufficient radios or other supplies that they need to protect themselves.

[USATODAY.com - On Deadline] A bounce back for Bush? - On Deadline - USATODAY.com: Also - following...no, if I am correct, we all have the same access with the same privilege to read and post. I have been reading the posts on this blog since it came up on the 16th, I just didn't reply to posts until I saw yours....

[ProgressiveDem] ProgressiveDem: KBR, Blackwater, MPRI: Phony Self-Proclaimed ...: "But a Globe investigation found that MPRI, which L-3 acquired in 2000, hires roughly 400 American workers through its Bermuda shell company, called MPRI International Services. Some workers are classified as employees of the Bermuda company, allowing both the workers and MPRI to avoid paying payroll taxes, resulting in a net loss to Social Security and Medicare funds."

[Dandelion Salad] The Nearly Unfathomable Depths Of Pentagon Corruption Part I ...: There is some concern that Bush granted clemency to people rather like he appointed them, due to personal ties, cronyism, or to do favors for friends. Certainly there was no merit in the case of Lucas involved in the decision to grant him clemency;

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