Ex-Halliburton workers decry waste

[Judi Lynn]

June 15, 2004, 12:58AM

Ex-Halliburton workers decry waste
Flat tire blamed for $85,000 truck being abandoned
By DAVID IVANOVICH
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Former Halliburton Co. workers are raising new allegations about company waste and mismanagement in Iraq, including abandoning an $85,000 truck because of a flat tire, paying $45 for a case of soda and providing laundry service for a cost equivalent to $100 per 15-pound bag.

The Halliburton whistle-blowers accused the company of ruining expensive equipment by failing to provide basic maintenance, turning a blind eye to theft and retaliating against workers who tried to control costs.
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Wilson and Warren were fired after failing to report an incident in which an Iraqi family was run off the road. Wilson contends that both company and military officials "made clear to everyone that this is what we were supposed to do."

"They would say, 'We can't tell you to do this, but just remember that if you get captured, you will be raped, beaten, raped again, and beaten again. So if you need to put vehicles off the road, that's what you need to do,' " Wilson said.
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[Ganja Ninja]

1. Treason pure and simple.

When you steal so much in time of war there comes a point when you cross a line from fraud and theft into treason. We ought to hang the ring leader.

[I thought so.]

4. Look up treason.

Your emotions have over run reality. See the next post from me. I would not complain if Cheney was hung but but that is not the law.

This country was founded on law and nothing else. When we forget that we are in trouble.
The coming election is just that. The current regime believes in otherwise.

We need to work hard to change it. Are you with me?
I surely hope so.

[Ganja Ninja]

13. If the war is lost because of the exterme profiteering ...

by Cheney & Halliburton would that fit the definition of treason?

[I thought so.]

2. Great post!

This is the next scandal. Graft and corruption. It will be hard to deny the truth. And then there is the Cheney connection.
I have stories of Haliburton billing empty trucks in conveys. They are hauling "sailboat" fuel.

Its nothing new,you understand. During the Civil War,Dupont billed the government .90/per pound for gun powder. Their cost was .30/pound.
Such a deal.

The Duponts made so much money during WWI that they bought General Motors.

Some things never change.

[gatlingforme]

3. What does Halliburton care- They will get the money anyway

the contract is signed, sealed and delivered. Thanks to Cheney - who will likely get some money out of this himself somehow.

[bushisanidiot]

5. Why Do you Think Cheney Got Such a Cushy Retirement Pkg?

he owns stock in the company that he is helping to rape the american tax payer. Of course he's getting rich(er) through Halliburton's war profitteering..

[gatlingforme]

8. I understand that. I like your pics. LOL

[I thought so.]

7. Our new president JFK.

He will sign Executive orders that will end the contracts and create a commission to investigate the corruption.

When Clinton was President he signed an executive order that any Corp. convicted of frauds or crimes would be barred from any government contracts. Bush countermanded it with a new executive order. Can you guess why?
You really are behind the curve.

[gatlingforme]

9. I hope I can learn as much as you know. Thanks for the insult.

[I thought so.]

11. Google is your friend.

No insult was implied. Use it and get smart.

[el_gato]

12. Don't count on it

It's not like Clinton went after the shitbags in the Bush I and Reagan administrations over Iran-Contra or any of the human rights abuses they supported in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.

It'll all be pushed out of the spotlight and the beneficiaries of these horrible policies will walk away to count their gains.

Meanwhile, people will think some kind of justice was served
simply because bush lost an election. In 10 more years the
same maggots will be back at it again. This is all assuming
Kerry even wins the election.

[lebkuchen]

6. This is exactly why the Bushies want to close bases in Germany

and reopen new ones in the eastern bloc. Their gluttonous greed is destroying our country.

[I thought so.]

10. Haliburton was smacked in CA.

They swindled the closing of FT. ORD. They were fined. They were forbidden for more contracts by Clinton by executive order. Bush canceled it.