Why isn't anything being done with the fraud and war profiteering of Halliburton?

Question

1) Halliburton billed taxpayers $1.4 billion in questionable and undocumented charges under its contract to supply troops in Iraq, as documented by the Pentagon’s own auditors.

2) Parsons billed taxpayers over $200 million under a contract to build 142 health clinics, yet completed fewer than 20. According to Iraqi officials, the rest were “imaginary clinics.”

3) Custer Battles stole forklifts from Iraq’s national airline, repainted them, then leased the forklifts back to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) through a Cayman Islands shell company — charging an extra fee along the way.

4) Halliburton double-charged taxpayers for $617,000 worth of soda.

5) Halliburton tripled the cost of hand towels, at taxpayer expense, by insisting on having its own embroidered logo on each towel.

6) Halliburton charged taxpayers for services that it never provided and tens of thousands of meals that it never served.

7) Halliburton employees dumped 50,000 pounds of nails in the desert because they ordered the wrong size, all at taxpayer expense

8 )Halliburton served the troops food that had spoiled or passed its expiration date. Halliburton managers ordered employees to remove bullets from food in trucks that had come under attack, then saved the bullets as souvenirs while giving the food to unwitting soldiers and Marines.

9) Halliburton employees burned new trucks on the side of the road because they didn’t have the right wrench to change a tire — and knew that the trucks could be replaced on a profitable “cost-plus” basis, at taxpayer expense.

10) Halliburton employees threw themselves a lavish Super Bowl Party, but passed the cost on to taxpayers by claiming they had purchased supplies for the troops.

Thats not even half of it.

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Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

Because Cheney is Vice President of the USA and former CEO of Halliburton. Also, unbeknownst to most Americans, the Bush Family helped found the company (Drexler, I think it was called) which eventually merged with another company to create Halliburton.

In time, some of those Halliburton big-wigs *might* be brought before Congress to explain themselves but it is HIGHLY unlikely anyone will see any jail time over it.

Answer 4

This is on the dems list but there are so many Bush administration scandals its almost overwhelming even for Congress with its dozen of committees. Until mid-January when the dems took control it would have been up to the attorney general to investigate but we all know he is one of the criminals in on it so that is why nothing has been done. I predict a lot of government officials going to prison in the next 5 years.

Answer 5

Because Bush is friends with Dick Cheney, former CEO and dominate share holder of Halliburton and KBR. It's good to have friends in high places I guess.

Answer 6

Yeah, hopefully when Easter is over the committees will look into that.

I am going to write my state representatives and see if they will look into that matter.

Some people stole A LOT of money and need to pay for their crimes.

Answer 7

Good question. Remember how they went after the non-existent White Water scandal? And persecuted Hilary about her law firm? But they are getting away with pure thievery.

Answer 8

hard to do when the vice president of the country is on the board of directors

Answer 9

Because John Soros would be upset if his stock loses money.

Answer 10

Because Dick "I'M A WAR PROFITEER " Cheney still has enough power to block HIS and HALIBURTONs war profiteering.