Profiteering in Iraq

I watched a hearing (conducted only by Democrats) on C-SPAN addressing the ways in which Halliburton and its subsidiaries are bilking the American taxpayer, while abusing service members. Really almost too vile to believe: one former foodworker said freshness-date expired, and even scrapnal-tainted food was fed to the soldiers.

Halliburton’s Iraq deals described as contract abuse – Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. Army procurement official said on Monday Halliburton’s deals in Iraq were the worst example of contract abuse she had seen as Pentagon auditors flagged over $1 billion of potential overcharges by the Texas-based firm.