Democratic Underground - KBR to Get No-Bid Army Work as U.S. Alleges Kickbacks

KBR to Get No-Bid Army Work as U.S. Alleges Kickbacks [View All]

RainMickey

(150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat May-08-10 08:03 PM
Original message

KBR to Get No-Bid Army Work as U.S. Alleges Kickbacks

Advertisements [?]

Source: Bloomberg

KBR Inc. was selected for a no-bid contract worth as much as $568 million through 2011 for military support services in Iraq, the Army said.

The Army announced its decision yesterday only hours after the Justice Department said it will pursue a lawsuit accusing the Houston-based company of taking kickbacks from two subcontractors on Iraq-related work. The Army also awarded the work to KBR over objections from members of Congress, who have pushed the Pentagon to seek bids for further logistics contracts.

Read more: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-06/kbr-to-get-no-bid-army-work-as-u-s-alleges-kickbacks-update1-.html

What the fuck? I thought we were done with this kind of rip-off. Dick Cheney lives, the evil bastard.

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

KBR to Get No-Bid Army Work as U.S. Alleges Kickbacks [View All]