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Infomaniac: WeBlog
Monday, November 01, 2004
The cost of Iraq
The Raleigh News & Observer looked at several contracts between the U.S. military and a North Carolina company and did this fascinating report on how independent contractors are adding to the cost of the war in Iraq. Here's how one contractor's $600/day was paid:
ESS added its costs and profit and sent its bill to Halliburton, which also added overhead and a profit and presented the final bill to the Pentagon. It's nearly impossible to say whether the cost for Zovko doubled, tripled or quadrupled. Congressional investigators and defense auditors have had to fight the primary contractor, Halliburton, for details of the spending. The companies say the subcontracts are confidential and won't discuss them. There's a lot more to this N&O report; they've been following the contractor story for several months. Links to all the stories here. (Via The Scoop.) Yet, 60 Minutes had a report last night on soldiers dying from lack of armoring and equipment. Something's off kilter. (The report was followed by a news blurb that said Americans spent $3 Billion! on Halloween this year. Is that what those tax cuts went for? Halloween junk?) posted by liz at 9:31 AM 
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