Pentagon Deputy's Probes in Iraq Weren't Authorized, Officials Say

[tandot]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2026&e=3&u=/latimests/pentagondeputysprobesiniraqwerentauthorizedofficialssay

WASHINGTON — A senior Defense Department official conducted unauthorized investigations of Iraq (news - web sites) reconstruction efforts and used their results to push for lucrative contracts for friends and their business clients, according to current and former Pentagon (news - web sites) officials and documents

John A. "Jack" Shaw, deputy undersecretary for international technology security, represented himself as an agent of the Pentagon's inspector general in conducting the investigations, sources said.

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Shaw's actions are the latest to raise concerns that senior Republican officials working in Washington and Iraq have used the rebuilding effort in Iraq to reward associates and political allies. One of Shaw's close friends, the former top U.S. transportation official in Iraq, is under investigation for his role in promoting an Iraqi national airline with a company linked to the Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) regime.
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Crooks, liars, and thieves. :mad:

[Spazito]

1. LOL, you have to laugh at the ludicrously obvious way the bush...

admin is trying to say, "It wasn't us, it was a rogue official/s" just like the torturers at Abu Graib were just a "few bad apples". Unbelievable, yet soooo totally like them.

[nixonwasbetterthanW]

2. a fox in the henhouse

This is appalling on a level unreached even by greediest of tax-money grubbers.

Think of it: he hid behind the badge of the IG's office -- the last line in the sand against corruption -- as a means to advance the business interests of friends.

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4. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x669282