Hillary, can we have our 6 Billion Back? I'm sure we could use it to fund schools, veterans, etc

[jillan]

State Dept. misplaced $6B under Hillary Clinton: IG report

Ready on Day 1? oopsy...

The State Department misplaced and lost some $6 billion due to the improper filing of contracts during the past six years, mainly during the tenure of former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, according to a newly released Inspector General report.

The State Department misplaced and lost some $6 billion due to the improper filing of contracts during the past six years, mainly during the tenure of former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, according to a newly released Inspector General report.

“The failure to maintain contract files adequately creates significant financial risk and demonstrates a lack of internal control over the Department’s contract actions,” the alert states.

The situation “creates conditions conducive to fraud, as corrupt individuals may attempt to conceal evidence of illicit behavior by omitting key documents from the contract file,” the report concluded.

more at link
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/4/state-dept-misplaced-6b-under-hillary-clinton-ig-r/#.Vv8SjI33ors.twitter OR
if you prefer - at this link:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/state-department-inspector-general-issues-alert-over-6-billion-in-contracting-money/2014/04/03/8ebf465c-bb73-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html

[TM99]

2. Sweet Jesus.

The corruption is just disgusting.

Aides in multiple job roles in and out of State. A privately run email server designed to avoid any transparency through official SD channels. Pay to play connections between the Clinton Foundation and the SD under her tenure that amount to practical money laundering. And now six billion dollars unaccounted for which “creates conditions conducive to fraud, as corrupt individuals may attempt to conceal evidence of illicit behavior by omitting key documents from the contract file,” the report concluded.

Nixon in a pant suit.

[CentralCoaster]

3. Confirmed by this Washington Post linked OP. (Washington Times is a sketchy source)

Hat tip to KoKo and jakeXT:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024789250
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024781091

Pvt. Chelsea Manning Credited! This is a shocking report on State Dept. ABUSE OF FUNDS and More:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/state-department-inspector-general-issues-alert-over-6-billion-in-contracting-money/2014/04/03/8ebf465c-bb73-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html

Linick initiated the alert format to report on problems that remain unaddressed despite repeatedly being identified in IG audits and investigations. The first alert, released in January in partly classified form, cited “significant and recurring weaknesses in the Department of State Information System Security Program.”

Issued three years after the public release of hundreds of thousands of department cables, which then-Army Pvt. Bradley Manning had turned over to WikiLeaks, the first alert found that efforts to find and fix the problems had been insufficient.

The new alert addressed a similarly sensitive issue: the government’s inability to keep track of the growing number of outside contractors who have taken the place of government workers. A series of special government and congressional investigations has identified widespread contracting fraud in both the State and Defense departments, especially in overseas expenditures.

A succession of IG audits, investigations and inspections, the report said, found “repeated examples of poor contract file administration.” Among the examples it cited was a recent audit of the “closeout process for contracts supporting the U.S. mission in Iraq.” When auditors asked for a sample of 115 contract files, officials were unable to provide 33 of them, totaling $2.1 billion. Of the remaining 82, the report said, 48 contained insufficient documents required by federal law.
During an ongoing audit of State’s Bureau of African Affairs, the report said, officials did not provide complete files for any of the eight contracts reviewed, with a value of $34.8 million.

Yay, Chelsea Manning!

[jillan]

5. Thanks - I added the link to WaPo. And YES, yay Chelsea Manning!

[rurallib]

4. just a reaction - I have little faith in the moonie times

[nc4bo]

6. Wow.

War is profitable in more ways than one but my goodness, she could have been a hero if she'd done a little work.

Ugh.

[Scuba]

7. Everything she touches turns to scandal.