Guest Harry Hope Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 From USA Today, 7/17/07: http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20070717/1a_lede17.art.htm Pentagon approves disputed Iraq costs Almost two-thirds of contracts questioned by auditors allowed By Matt Kelley USA TODAY The Pentagon approves disputed costs on Iraq contracts at a much higher rate than on military contracts as a whole, Defense Department records show. Through last October, almost two-thirds of costs challenged by Pentagon auditors as inflated, erroneous or otherwise improper Quote
Guest Ben Turner Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Harry Hope wrote: > > From USA Today, 7/17/07: > http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20070717/1a_lede17.art.htm > > Pentagon approves disputed Iraq costs > > Almost two-thirds of contracts questioned by auditors allowed > > By Matt Kelley > USA TODAY > > The Pentagon approves disputed costs on Iraq contracts at a much > higher rate than on military contracts as a whole, Defense Department > records show. > Can we really feign surprise? Our representatives have still not bothered to find out where the pentagon's missing 2.3 trillion dollars went. Would any legitimate government in history just quietly write off 2.3 trillion missing dollars? Quote
Guest trippy Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 In article <jI8ni.8586$Od7.3687@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>, Ben Turner took the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"... > Harry Hope wrote: > > > > > From USA Today, 7/17/07: > > http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20070717/1a_lede17.art.htm > > > > Pentagon approves disputed Iraq costs > > > > Almost two-thirds of contracts questioned by auditors allowed > > > > By Matt Kelley > > USA TODAY > > > > The Pentagon approves disputed costs on Iraq contracts at a much > > higher rate than on military contracts as a whole, Defense Department > > records show. > > > > > > Can we really feign surprise? Not after 5 years of this shit. > > Our representatives have still not bothered to find out where the > pentagon's missing 2.3 trillion dollars went. Would any legitimate > government in history just quietly write off 2.3 trillion missing > dollars? > > > > > > > > -- trippy mhm31x9 Smeeter#29 WSD#30 sTaRShInE_mOOnBeAm aT HoTmAil dOt CoM http://www.myspace.com/starshine_moonbeam NP: "Goldeneye" -- Tina Turner "What did I tell the kid. It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. It's about how much you can take, and keep moving forward. Get up." -- Sylvester Stallone "Rocky Balboa" Quote
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