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Ex Halliburton Exec Pleads Guilty to
$180M Bribery

Cheney man 'won' $6B Nigerian contracts

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Sep 4, 08 4:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - A fired Halliburton exec has pleaded guilty to bribing Nigerian government officials, the Wall Street Journal reports. Albert Stanley, CEO of KBR when it was a Halliburton subsidiary, faces up to 7 years in jail and a restitution payment of nearly $11 million. Stanley was appointed by Vice President Dick Cheney, and many of the bribes occurred when Cheney still ran Halliburton.  More »

More about:  Dick Cheney • Nigeria • bribery • oil companies • bribe • KBR • Halliburton

US Contractor Bills in Iraq
to Hit $100B

Workers outnumber troops, account for
20% of war spending

New York Times New York Times Aug 12, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - By the end of the year, the US will have spent $100 billion on private defense contractors in Iraq, a congressional report finds, showing more private-sector reliance than any previous wartime. Some 20% of funds spent on the war have gone to contractors, whose numbers are now greater than the US military, the New York Times reports. More »

OPINION

Clinton: Nothing Immune From Bush's 'Waste, Fraud, Abuse'

Cronyism flourishes under Iraq, Katrina

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Aug 6, 08 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush White House has wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on corrupt deals and unaccountable contractors, Hillary Clinton writes in the Wall Street Journal . If America is going to regain fiscal stability, it must "increase transparency" and put an end to practices like "rewarding companies that exploit tax shelters" and "giving bonuses to contractors for work never performed." More »

Army 'Warned on Wiring' Before Soldier's Electrocution

Sergeant filed work order after being shocked in the shower

CNN CNN Jul 31, 08 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A sergeant warned Army administrators about faulty wiring months before a soldier was electrocuted in a shower at the same quarters, CNN reports. "Pipes have voltage, get shocked in the shower," he wrote in a work order. A House committee probing the electrocution deaths in Iraq had previously heard there was no evidence the Pentagon or contractor KBR knew of electrical problems at the facility. More »

More about:  Iraq • US military • KBR • electrocution

Shoddy Electrical Work Killing US Troops in Iraq

Hazard from substandard work worse than Pentagon has acknowledged

New York Times New York Times Jul 18, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shoddy electrical work by private contractors is making Iraq an even deadlier place for US troops, reports the New York Times . At least 13 troops have died from electrocution and many more have been injured. Others have perished in electrical fires. The problem is worse than the Pentagon has acknowledged, with 283 fires sparked at military installations in a 6-month period, according to Army documents. More »

Army Overseer Ousted After Rejecting Bogus Iraq Bills

Says he was replaced after vowing not to pay dubious bills

New York Times New York Times Jun 17, 08 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Did a top Army official lose his job for trying to save the Army money? Charles Smith was ousted from his job after refusing to pay then-Halliburton subsidiary KBR more than $1 billion in charges deemed bogus by Army auditors. “They had a gigantic amount of costs they couldn’t justify,” Smith tells the New York Times . “The money that was going to KBR was money being taken away from the troops, and I wasn’t going to do that.” Smith’s successor coughed up the money. More »

More about:  Iraq • Iraq contractors • KBR • defense spending • Halliburton

Iraqis Charge Sex Abuse at British Embassy

Three say KBR contractors routinely harass, grope workers

Times (UK) Times (UK) May 8, 08 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three staff at the British embassy in Baghdad are sexually harassed, bullied, and abused, say three Iraqi ex-employees. A female cleaner and two male cooks detail a brutal work culture overseen by American contractors, according to testimony taken by the embassy and obtained by the Times of London. The cleaner attested that she lost her job after refusing to sleep with her boss. More »

More about:  Baghdad • abuse • sexual harassment • bullying • KBR • embassy • subcontractor

Women Report Sex Assaults by Contractors in Iraq

Victims say assaults are common and complaints ignored in legal limbo

New York Times New York Times Feb 13, 08 11:03 AM CST
(Newser) - American women who report being sexually assaulted while working for contractors in Iraq are finding themselves stuck in a legal limbo, reports the New York Times . They are not covered by military laws, and the reach of American laws over US contractors abroad is still unclear. Contractors like KBR require workers to sign pacts saying disputes will be settled by private arbitration, leaving sexual assault victims unable to get justice. More »

More about:  Iraq • Iraq contractors • sexual assault • KBR

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