Iraq contract whistle-blower to sue after demotion

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former top U.S. Army procurement official who raised concerns about Halliburton Co.'s contracts in Iraq plans to sue the Army after being demoted, her lawyer said on Monday.
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"This is pure retaliation for having exposed contract abuse dealing with Halliburton and stemming back even before that," said Kohn, noting that he planned to file a federal lawsuit next month against the Army and Army Secretary Francis Harvey, alleging racial, sexual and whistle-blower discrimination.

He said a similar claim filed against the Army had stalled since February, after he raised conflict-of-interest questions about the involvement of an Army lawyer in that investigation who had played a role in taking action against Greenhouse.

Two Democratic senators and one congressman on Monday urged Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to conduct an investigation into the Army's action against Greenhouse, saying her sudden dismissal appeared "highly suspect" since the Pentagon inspector general was still investigating her allegations.

http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/08/29/iraq_contract_whistle_blower_to_sue_after_demotion/

[FtWayneBlue]

1. Go Bunny! I would like to be on that jury.

I thought I read a while back that she was demoted for "not getting along with others."

Well, duh.

She doesn't go along to get along so gets demoted. I hope she gets a PROMOTION out of it, with full back pay and damages for defamation of character, and the )_*((*&^%$$#%@!%$^ so-and-so who demoted her gets a BIG FINE plus JAIL TIME!

[TomInTib]

2. Goooooooooooo Bunnatiiiiiiiiiiiine....!

These guys are so shameless. Hope it gets tied into the racial profiling story of the statistician who got demoted too. I sense a pattern here...

Can we get Moveon.org behind these stories?

[jarab]

3. A background story from a couple days ago:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/28/news/army.php

...O...

[leesa]

4. Good for her! She is a courageous woman.

[texpatriot2004]

5. I am so glad to hear this. Good luck Ms. Greenhouse. I wish you

well. Lots of courage you have. Thank you for that.

[ninkasi]

6. She was demoted for doing her job.

I hope she wins, and wins big. She is a courageous woman, and obviously has high ethical standards. She's a lot better than the people who demoted her. The whole Bush presidency has been full of corruption and avarice. Good luck, Bunny!