Bush appointed partisans and cronies (as auditors) of Iraq spending

[papau]

http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1338421&l=44899 >

BUSH APPOINTED PARTISANS AND CRONIES IN IRAQ

The Bush Administration publicly claims that it is pursuing "independent and objective oversight"<1> of taxpayer money in Iraq. Yet even as Halliburton overcharges for services in Iraq, its top auditor last week refused to admonish the company, instead offering a justification for further taxpayer rip offs.<2> But according to a new report, this should be no surprise: the President specifically appointed auditors, investigators and budget officials based on their partisan and corporate ties -- instead of their
political independence and experience.

As documented in a new American Prospect article,<3> the President appointed a Pentagon Inspector General and a Coalition Provisional Authority Inspector General with deep Republican Party ties -- despite those offices requiring nonpartisan leadership to oversee taxpayer dollars. Similarly, the Bush Administration appointed a Bush campaign donor whose law firm represented construction contractors to run the budget office that oversees Iraqi reconstruction.

See the full article with other examples at the American Prospect's website at
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1338421&l=44900.

Sources:

1. CPA-IG.org, July, 2004, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1338421&l=44901.
2. "Mr. Glickman goes back to Washington," Houston Chronicle, 7/01/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1338421&l=44902.
3. "These Dogs Don't Hunt," The American Prospect, 7/09/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1338421&l=44900.

[indepat]

1. If one didn't know better, one would think this is just a vast criminal

enterprise wherein the Federal treasury is being looted for the purpose of sprinkling it all on one's friends.