Ex-Employees Faulted Halliburton Role in Iraq

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Others besides Bunnatine Greenhouse have testified that Halliburton, the biggest holder of American rebuilding contracts in Iraq, has deceived the government and cheated taxpayers. The company denies the claims. Rory Mayberry, who worked for Halliburton subsidiary KBR from February through April 2004, testified from Iraq, via videotape, to the Democratic Policy Committee in June.

As a food manager at a U.S. military camp, Mayberry said he witnessed KBR employees serving spoiled food to American troops, including items whose expiration date was more than a year old, and food from trucks that had been bombed and shot at. "We were told to go into the trucks and remove the food items and use them after removing the bullets and any shrapnel," Mayberry said.

Halliburton also charged the U.S. government for hundreds of specialty meals prepared for foreign workers from Turkey and the Philippines, Mayberry said. The foreign workers were actually given leftovers from troop meals, Mayberry said.
KBR managers told employees not to speak with government auditors who arrived at the camp, Mayberry said, saying he ignored those orders. As punishment, he said, he was sent to Fallujah for three weeks, where there was heavy fighting. "The employees that talked to the auditors were moved to other bases that were under fire," Mayberry told the committee. Its members expressed outrage.

"There obviously is no honor by a company that would serve outdated food to American troops in Iraq, serving their country," said Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D. "The more I learn, the more I shake my head and wonder. Who on Earth is minding the store here?" Halliburton spokeswoman Melissa Norcross said the claims were a "gross mischaracterization." KBR does not interfere with government auditors, she said. Food service is monitored by employees and invoices are not padded. "The only thing that has been inflated is the political rhetoric," Norcross said.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB5SAS42CE.html

[VegasWolf]

1. A Cheney-Bush Company would cheat taxpayers. I find that hard

to believe! :spank:

[ScamUSA.Com]

2. GRIN, thanks for the chuckle

:)

[babylonsister]

3. Where the hell is any accountability, RE: Halliburton/KBR?

And what kind of kickbacks are the auditors getting? The mind reels...

[Peace Patriot]

4. So where did all our money go (billions and billions and billions and...

billions...), and when do we get it bacK?

The answer is election reform at the state/local level. Kick the rightwing Bushite corporate predators, Diebold, ES&S and Sequoia--with their "trade secret," proprietary vote tabulation software--out of our election system! Nothing's gonna change until we do. See the DU Forum "2004 Election Results and Discussion" for information and action ideas:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=203

For a look at the corruption of our election officials in the big business of electronic voting, check out the hogfest at the Beverly Hilton this week--sponsored by Diebold, ES&S and Sequoia. It'll burn your eyeballs!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x380340

Houston, we've got a problem!

[evermind]

5. If the company was shut down and independently audited top to bottom

I wonder what else would turn up?

[havocmom]

6. Support the troops: Make Halliburtton stop feeding them spoiled food!

:kick:

[Judi Lynn]

7. Ex-employees faulted Halliburton role in Iraq

Ex-employees faulted Halliburton role in Iraq

08/06/2005

By DEBORAH HASTINGS / Associated Press


Others besides Bunnatine Greenhouse have testified that Halliburton, the biggest holder of American rebuilding contracts in Iraq, has deceived the government and cheated taxpayers.
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Rory Mayberry, who worked for Halliburton subsidiary KBR from February through April 2004, testified from Iraq, via videotape, to the Democratic Policy Committee in June.

As a food manager at a U.S. military camp, Mayberry said he witnessed KBR employees serving spoiled food to American troops, including items whose expiration date was more than a year old, and food from trucks that had been bombed and shot at. "We were told to go into the trucks and remove the food items and use them after removing the bullets and any shrapnel," Mayberry said.

Halliburton also charged the U.S. government for hundreds of specialty meals prepared for foreign workers from Turkey and the Philippines, Mayberry said. The foreign workers were actually given leftovers from troop meals, Mayberry said.

KBR managers told employees not to speak with government auditors who arrived at the camp, Mayberry said, saying he ignored those orders. As punishment, he said, he was sent to Fallujah for three weeks, where there was heavy fighting. "The employees that talked to the auditors were moved to other bases that were under fire," Mayberry told the committee.
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http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8BQF6DG1.html
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[dArKeR]

8. Amazing story! How could aWol even have a 30% approval rating?

I didn't have to register or I did and forgot and the cookie is still there.

[gratuitous]

9. And since Cheney's still on their payroll

You would think that some reporter would like to make a name for himself or herself by pointing out this blatant corruption. But apparently, the media are not quite the liberal bastion that Rush and Sean and Bill and Ann and Michael and George and Tim and Greta and Anderson and all the rest would have us believe. Shocking!