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The struggle to police foreign subcontractors in Iraq and Afghanistan

By Nick Schwellenbach and Lagan Sebert

To win hearts and minds in Afghanistan and Iraq, military experts want U.S. companies to contract with local firms for a variety of tasks li

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"… contractor, usually a large American company like Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) or DynCorp International, will often subcontract some or even a majority …"

"… mi’s top manager for Iraq and Kuwait obtained at least $133,000 to bribe KBR employees for subcontracts. In 2006, Mohammad Shabbir Khan, a Tamimi manag …"

"… f witness tampering in 2009. He admitted to paying $133,000 to an American KBR employee to win $21.8 million in subcontracts to supply food to troops in …"

"… ncial records to the Defense Contract Audit Agency and to prime contractor KBR, which want to examine the company’s books to pinpoint how Khan obtained …"

Review launched on payments Army made to KBR over auditor objections

By Nick Schwellenbach

Controversial charges by contractor KBR for work done in Iraq are getting new scrutiny from the Pentagon, PaperTrail has learned....

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"… tor general or provide further details. …"

"… utiny from the Pentagon, PaperTrail has learned.The billions in charges by KBR were initially questioned back in 2004 by Pentagon auditors. Those auditor …"

"… will determine the appropriateness of related Army official decisions.”KBR is the biggest contractor in Iraq and a lightning rod for critics who clai …"

"… Cheney, who used to head Halliburton, which was once the parent company of KBR. The company provides services to troops under the aegis of the Army’s L …"

Billions for KBR

By Sarah Laskow

Whistleblower Charles M. Smith, who oversaw Pentagon contracts in Iraq, says he was forced out of his job in 2004 after refusing to pay defe

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"… was forced out of his job in 2004 after refusing to pay defense contractor KBR Inc. for questionable charges, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Instea …"

"… ew York Times reported Tuesday. Instead of cracking down, the Army awarded KBR additional contracts — over $16 billion worth between 2004 and 2006, acc …"

"… the Center for Public Integrity.The Center’s analysis also reveals that KBR received the largest single award of any company working in Iraq between t …"

"… d of any company working in Iraq between those years — over $14 billion. KBR is the largest U.S. contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan, a fact first noted …"

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War contracting commission cites Center article on trafficking

By Nick Schwellenbach

During a hearing on the oversight of subcontractors in war zones, the Wartime Contracting Commission on Monday cited the Center for Public I

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"… nesses and contractors, especially Houston-based Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR), on what they’re doing to stop these abuses.Subcontractors are companie …"

"… r contracts because of human trafficking. None did.During questioning of a KBR official, Commissioner Grant Green asked how the company made sure its sub …"

"… low down requirement to our subcontractors,” responded Cheryl Ritondale, KBR’s director of procurement. KBR has a team of professionals to inspect la …"

"… ntractors,” responded Cheryl Ritondale, KBR’s director of procurement. KBR has a team of professionals to inspect labor camps in foreign countries an …"

Overbilling by overseas contractors, plus lax oversight means money is being wasted

By Nick Schwellenbach

On Monday the congressionally-created Wartime Contracting Commission will hold a hearing on Defense Department logistics contracts in Iraq a

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"… an official at the Defense Department, that the contractor in question is KBR, the former Halliburton subsidiary and single largest logistics contractor …"

KBR subcontractor in Iraq gets U.S. contracts despite human trafficking allegations

By Ben Wieder

Kuwait catering firm gets U.S. contracts despite human trafficking allegations

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"… cts despite concerns raised by the State Department, FBI and internally at KBR.Najlaa International Catering Services, based in Kuwait, has been awarded …"

"… laborers being held without pay in abysmal conditions, according to a 2008 KBR inspection.In one of multiple critical e-mails sent by KBR to Najlaa’s C …"

"… rding to a 2008 KBR inspection.In one of multiple critical e-mails sent by KBR to Najlaa’s CEO, Bill Baisey, a KBR employee called the conditions of Na …"

"… of multiple critical e-mails sent by KBR to Najlaa’s CEO, Bill Baisey, a KBR employee called the conditions of Najlaa’s “man camps” a “corporat …"

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Documents reveal concern regarding Halliburton contracts

By André Verlöy

A top Army contracting officer asks for an independent investigation

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"… orite companies" and experienced "repeated interference" when dealing with KBR. The documents also contain internal Army Corps e-mails and a version of t …"

"… my awarded the Balkans Support Contract, worth an estimated $2 billion, to KBR on May 28, 1999. The contract, one of the largest service contracts the Ar …"

"… ever awarded, was for one year with four annual options.From 1992 to 1997, KBR held the first LOGCAP contract—an omnibus contract that allows the Army …"

"… irst LOGCAP contract—an omnibus contract that allows the Army to call on KBR for support in all of its field operations—but when it was time to renew …"

Halliburton contracts balloon

By André Verlöy and Daniel Politi

Despite being under an investigative cloud, company gets $4.3 billion in 2003

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"… reports by the Defense Contract Audit Agency found several deficiencies in KBR's billing system. As a result, the agency is withholding $186 million in p …"

"… the agency is withholding $186 million in payments for food service until KBR provides additional data showing that the meals billed actually were provi …"

"… neral also launched a criminal investigation in February 2004 into whether KBR overcharged the government while it was importing fuel from Kuwait to Iraq …"

"… tion Program contract, an omnibus contract that allows the Army to call on KBR for support in all of its field operations. When the Army needs a service …"

Winning contractors

U.S. contractors reap the windfalls of post-war reconstruction

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"… he largest of its kind in U.S. history. Although the Pentagon released one KBR "task order," or work assignment, to the Center, there are more than 30 su …"

"… rgest contracts they had awarded in Iraq—to Bechtel and to Halliburton's KBR subsidiary. Also omitted from the Pentagon's list were major defense contr …"

Privatizing combat, the new world order

By Laura Peterson

In 1998, the U.S. had a military presence in a remote African war that drew little attention from the media

Excerpts from this story referencing "Defense Contract Audit Agency":

"… Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Europe, Defense Contract Management Agency, Defense Contract Audit Agency and Army Task Force Commanders. A May 2002 GAO report that looke …"

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