Feinstein in trouble? Rebuilding iraq? Say it's not so....

[defenseman]

Monday, April 2, 2007 8:51 a.m. EDT
Sen. Feinstein Resigns Military Appropriations Post

This article was written by Fred Lucas, CNSNews.com Staff Writer

Government watchdog groups want more answers as to why Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., stepped down from a military appropriations subcommittee at a time questions were being asked billions of dollars in federal defense contracts going to her husband's companies.

Feinstein resigned her post as chairwoman of the Senate Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations last week.

The decision came less than two months after Metro Newspapers, a group of alternative weekly papers in northern California, detailed the number of defense contracts awarded to Perini Corp. and URS Corp., both of which her husband, Richard C. Blum, has ownership, according to the newspapers.

The investigation was partially funded by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute, a non-profit organization affiliated with the liberal magazine The Nation.


"This was a critique from the left," Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, a conservative public interest group, told Cybercast News Service. "These were left-leaning papers. The fact that she stepped down from the committee lends credibility to the charges."

Fitton said this is something Judicial Watch wanted to further investigate, possibly by seeking public documents on the matter and by asking the Senate Ethics Committee to look into the matter for a possible conflict of interest on Feinstein's part.

"On the face of it, it seems she at least had influence on how contracts were awarded," Fitton said. "There should be an investigation."

Feinstein's press office was contacted several times Friday by Cybercast News Service, but her office did not provide a statement on the matter at the end of the day.

The California weeklies detailed examples that included a subcommittee hearing in which Feinstein asked Pentagon officials about increasing anti-terrorism protection for Army bases.

The next year, in March 2003, Feinstein asked why the funds for anti-terror protection had not been spent. Just over a month later, URS announced a $600 million contract to provide services for U.S. Army bases that included anti-terrorism force protection.

In another instance, Feinstein asked another military official when money would be spent on a maintenance facility for the C-17 Hickam Air Base in Hawaii. URS later announced a $42 million contract to build it.

Also, Feinstein's subcommittee in mid-2005 approved funds to reinforce roofs at military stations in Iraq, and in October of that year, Perini got a $185 million federal contract for that purpose, the papers reported.

The matter should be probed further, said Kenneth Boehm, chairman of the National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative government watchdog group. However, he isn't that confident in the Senate's ability to police itself.

"The real problem is there is too little objectivity," Boehm told Cybercast News Service. "Congress needs an independent watchdog. The ethics committees are partisan. They have an equal number of Republicans and Democrats, but the reality is that things don't get looked at that should get looked at."

Meanwhile, Melanie Sloan, executive director of the liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington, reportedly said the Feinstein matter could eclipse other congressional scandals.

"There are a number of members of Congress with conflicts of interest," Sloan told Metro Newspapers. "But because of the amount of money involved, Feinstein's conflict of interest is an order of magnitude greater than those conflicts."

The paper proudly reported Feinstein's exit from the Senate panel on its website last week, as reporter Peter Byrne stressed that Feinstein's subcommittee had jurisdiction over medical treatment for veterans long before the poor conditions were exposed at the Walter Reed Army Hospital.

"You would think that, considering all the money Feinstein's family has pocketed by waging global warfare while ignoring the plight of wounded American soldiers, she would show a smidgeon of shame and resign from the entire Senate, not just a subcommittee," Byrne wrote.

"Conversely, you'd think she might stick around (the subcommittee) to try to fix the medical-care disaster she helped engineer for the vets who were suckered into fighting her and (President) Bush's panoply of unjust wars," Byrne added.

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[defenseman]

What , no takers? Why not, this is right up the old " cheney is a war profiteer" alley. Oh, I see, wrong "flavor" of politician.....Hmmm..??????...dman

[Barry Ramey]

Yep, since Feinstein is a democrat, they want no part of knowing the truth in this matter. They'd rather wait until the lefty media and blogs can explain it away while doing no investigative work. So glad the lefty media is so unbiased :thumbs:

[Stormontheplains]

Bronco Bob, Beerslug, where are all your liars and cheats comments???? What the hell is going on? I thought dem's were on the up and up. Hey Spide, what is this ****, I thought Bush and the shooter had the market on corruption. This is called Karma, and it's going to ruin your democratic party. My day is much better now, thank you D_MAN!!

[Stormontheplains]

The wicked witch, the wicked witch, wicked witch is dead!!!!!!! How many times has this better than everyone skank sat on her pulpit and grilled people for ethics? I hope they have hearings and grill the living hell out of her.

[Rohirrim]

Not at all. I say, let there be a complete investigation and let the chips fall where they may. Let the truth come out. If I was a Rightie, we all know what I'd be saying if the shoe was on the other foot. "It's Clinton's fault." ;D

[bendog]

I never much cared for her, or Boxer. I'd love to see Ahnold in the senate. "Come on, you girlie men, step up to da plate, an' let's balance this budget and get the surplus into individual accounts."

[defenseman]

Not at all. I say, let there be a complete investigation and let the chips fall where they may. Let the truth come out. If I was a Rightie, we all know what I'd be saying if the shoe was on the other foot. "It's Clinton's fault." ;D

I personally hope if she's in the sh't. They get her. But, I'm for the same, complete investigation, with all the "trappings" of the libby trial. Should be some plain ole good family entertainment, wouldn't you say..dman

*then again. I'm thinking feinstein will have a miraculous case of, memory loss.

[defenseman]

I never much cared for her, or Boxer. I'd love to see Ahnold in the senate. "Come on, you girlie men, step up to da plate, an' let's balance this budget and get the surplus into individual accounts."

LOL ...excellent...I'm with you dog...ROFL! ....dman

[bendog]

Duke Cunningham is one of the saddest things I've seen in a long time. Not deflecting from Feinstien; if she's dirty, I hope she hangs. But Cunningham, regardless of one's politics, was beyond any doubt a national hero. We were getting our asses handed to us over N. Vietnam - certainly compared to any other air war we've been in. The politicians denied the pilots use of their radar guided missles, which is what the F-4 Phantom was all about in the first place. We knew our POW's were being tortured. All of those guys flying off the aircraft carriers have more balls than me.

[Bronco Bob]

More right wing propaganda trying to make a mountain out of thin air.
Notice the only ones ranting about this are places like Newsmax
and RushLimbaugh.com and the other usual right wing suspects.
And links to CNN? MSNBC? CBS?

[ant1999e]

More right wing propaganda trying to make a mountain out of thin air.
Notice the only ones ranting about this are places like Newsmax
and RushLimbaugh.com and the other usual right wing suspects.
And links to CNN? MSNBC? CBS?

I'm sure those networks will be all over it. And Rosie will address it tomorrow on the pew as well. Yeah right.:spit:

[Bronco Bob]

I'm sure those networks will be all over it. And Rosie will address it tomorrow on the pew as well. Yeah right.:spit:

I doubt it, because I suspect there is nothing to the story.

[Spider]

if Fienstien did something wrong , lets nail her ass to the wall ..........we had enough of this bullshít with republicans .......... no need to go down this road again ..........

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Not at all. I say, let there be a complete investigation and let the chips fall where they may. Let the truth come out. If I was a Rightie, we all know what I'd be saying if the shoe was on the other foot. "It's Clinton's fault." ;DHell yeah, unlike Bush and Cheney who make the rules as they go (and get rid of the ones they don't like), if someone thinks she needs to be investigated, do it. We know Bush, Cheney, Rove, etc... need to be but I don't hear any screaming about that from the peanut gallery here that lives day to day hoping for someone from the left to do something wrong someday so they can start a thread about it.

[Bronco Bob]

Watched Keith Olbermann's show on MSNBC tonight. He didn't say a single
word about Dianne Feinstein. Obviously it's a non-story.

[Cito Pelon]

What , no takers? Why not, this is right up the old " cheney is a war profiteer" alley. Oh, I see, wrong "flavor" of politician.....Hmmm..??????...dman

What is "CNSnews"? And if she has her hands in dog crap, it's fine with me if she does time. Jeez, you whine like a Democrat out of power. ;)

[Cito Pelon]

Yep, since Feinstein is a democrat, they want no part of knowing the truth in this matter. They'd rather wait until the lefty media and blogs can explain it away while doing no investigative work. So glad the lefty media is so unbiased :thumbs:

You whine like a Democrat out of power. :wiggle:

[Bronco Bob]

What is "CNSnews"? And if she has her hands in dog crap, it's fine with me if she does time. Jeez, you whine like a Democrat out of power. ;)

It's part of the Media Research Center. In case you are wondering who
MRC is, for example they recently honored Rush Limbaugh with the
Buckley Award for Media Excellence. If you haven't guessed by now,
just another right wing propaganda organ.

[Cito Pelon]

Bronco Bob, Beerslug, where are all your liars and cheats comments???? What the hell is going on? I thought dem's were on the up and up. Hey Spide, what is this ****, I thought Bush and the shooter had the market on corruption. This is called Karma, and it's going to ruin your democratic party. My day is much better now, thank you D_MAN!!

You whine like a Democrat out of power. :wiggle: Good lord, I'm sick and tired of wingers. Both Left and Right.

[mhgaffney]

You don't need a "critique from the left" to know the pentagon's budget is out of control.

A few years ago the GAO did a study and concluded that the pentagon "couldn't even flunk an audit." That's how bad it is.

On Sept 10, 2001 Sec of Defense Rumsfeld conceded in a public statement that $2.3 trillion (with a T) in military appropriations $$$ was unaccounted for.

The very next day, on the evening of 9/11, with the pentagon fires still burning, Rummy went before Senator Carl Levin's committee and berated them for not appropriating sufficient funds to the military. Soon after, Congress passed a special $100 billion appropriations bill -- and since then the sky has been the limit. Congress can't say no because they are deathly afraid of looking weak.

We've already flushed $400+ billion down the Iraqi toilet though by some estimates the total is much higher -- even pushing a trillion.

This is the problem with an unlimited war against a faceless enemy. In fact, the enemy is anyone that Bush/Cheney say it is.

This does not bode well for children, flowers and living things in general.

[Cito Pelon]

It's part of the Media Research Center. In case you are wondering who
MRC is, for example they recently honored Rush Limbaugh with the
Buckley Award for Media Excellence. If you haven't guessed by now,
just another right wing propaganda organ.

What a surprise. How the heck did Buckley - I'm assuming William F. Buckley - get associated with Rush Limbaugh? Probably was somebody other than William F. of the "Conservative Review". Although I can see that. William F. was a winger propagandist. One had to sort through a lot of propaganda to get to the truth from that dude. Nevertheless, Limbaugh associated with William F? That's stooping pretty low. Or maybe just over-confidence.

[alkemical]

Published on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 by CommonDreams.org
Hillary, Rupert, and the Culture of Corruption
by Jeff Cohen (http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0510-20.htm)


Excuse me for not getting fired up when I hear Democratic leaders bleating about the "culture of corruption" in Washington under GOP rule. Sometimes I have to laugh. . .and not because the charges against the Republicans aren't true. They're totally true.

It's just that top Democrats are up to their eyeballs in that same culture of corruption -- which may be why they seem blind to how activists see them. Take my New York senator, Hillary Clinton. The Financial Times just reported that she and her re-election campaign have lined up rightwing media mogul Rupert Murdoch to host a Hillary fundraiser in July.

Murdoch is the symbol of media conglomeration and the owner of Republican mouthpieces like Fox News, Weekly Standard and the New York Post. He and Hillary have lately conducted a public courtship. Last month, Hillary attended the 10th anniversary party for Fox News in Washington, where the presidential contender schmoozed Murdoch and Fox chair Roger Ailes. According to the Financial Times, Bill Clinton will address the summer conference of Murdoch's media colossus, News Corp.

It's actually quite fitting that President Clinton address News Corp, since he helped build that conglomerate -- through his Telecommunications "Reform" Act of 1996, a corrupt measure largely drafted by lobbyists for the media industry as they lavished campaign cash on politicians of both parties. The law loosened regulations constraining News Corp's growth and raised caps on how many TV stations Murdoch and others could own. Murdoch immediately bought up new stations. Clear Channel expanded from 40 radio stations to 1,200; rightwing Sinclair Broadcasting expanded from 11 TV stations to 60.

By having Murdoch host her fundraiser, Hillary Clinton seems to be signaling to Murdoch that while Democratic Party activists have mobilized in recent years against media conglomeration and policies that favor and subsidize media giants, those are not concerns of hers. What does Hillary want from Murdoch? Obviously, softer coverage from Fox and elsewhere. She certainly doesn't need his help getting funds; she raised $6 million in the first three months of 2006.

Among Democratic activists, few institutions are more detested than the raging rightwing Fox News, which was unmasked by Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism -- a documentary that became a sensation in alternative movie distribution via the Internet and grassroots groups like MoveOn.

Outfoxed brought together a band of volunteer monitors who continue to track Fox News on their NewsHounds ("We watch Fox so you don't have to") website. After news broke about Murdoch's fundraiser for Hillary, NewsHounds published a headline, "Hillary Clinton Whore$ for Rupert Murdoch," and the comment: "Hillary doesn't get it. There are some things you just don't do!"

Perhaps Hillary and Bill Clinton aren't actually blind to how grassroots activists view them. More likely, it's simply of little concern. Their political careers have been based on unholy deals with the right and the corporate, and their calculation that activists in the Democratic base have no alternative but to support their opportunist leadership.

As Murdoch helps Hillary raise yet more funds for re-election, her antiwar opponent in the Democratic senate primary has resorted -- for publicity and funds -- to a 600-mile "Bring the Troops Home Now" bike ride across New York. Jonathan Tasini is a respected labor activist and journalist, and former president of the National Writers Union. But so far, he's no match for an incumbent who is a rock star in political circles, and now has America's top media mogul behind her.

Assuming Hillary wins the senate primary and is pitted against an even worse Republican, voters in one of America's most progressive states will face a choice of two major-party candidates with roughly identical views on Iraq, military spending, Iran, Israel, media consolidation, pro-corporate trade deals, etc. That's a choice Murdoch relishes. He can't lose in such an election.

When Hillary appeared at the Fox News birthday bash, Fox anchor Chris Wallace crowed that her presence "makes a statement about how we're regarded in top Democratic circles." By having Rupert Murdoch host a fundraiser, she's making another statement -- what little regard she has for Democratic activists who accurately see Murdoch as a symbol of all that's wrong with our media and political systems.

Jeff Cohen is a media critic, former Fox News panelist, and author of the upcoming book, "Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media."

[alkemical]

The Mansion the War Bought (http://www.counterpunch.org/frank02282006.html)


The Palazzo Feinstein

By JOSHUA FRANK

It happens all the time. If the antiwar movement takes on the Democrats for their bitter shortcomings a few liberals are bound to criticize us for not hounding Bush instead. It doesn't even have to be an election year to get the progressives fired up. They just don't seem to get it. "How can you attack the Democrats when we have such a bullet-proof administration ruling the roost in Washington," somebody recently emailed me, "Don't you have something better to do than write this trash?!"

Well, not really. It's too cold in upstate New York right now to do anything other than fume over the liberal villains in Washington. "Why do I write about the putrid Democratic Party?" I responded, "I'll tell you, there's a reason this Republican administration is so damn bullet proof -- nobody from the opposition party is taking aim and pulling the trigger."

And that's why the Dems are just as culpable in all that has transpired since Bush took office in 2000. They aren't just a part of the problem -- the Democrats are the problem.

I mean, who is really all that surprised Bush and his boys wanted to conquer the Middle East, curtail civil liberties and rampage the environment? Not me. That's just what unreasonable neo-cons do: they stomp out the little guy, kill off the weak and suffocate the voiceless. They only care about the girth of their wallets and the number of scalps they can tack above their mantles.

The Democrats aren't just letting the Republicans get away with murder, however, some of them are also reaping the benefits of the Bush wars. We constantly hear about Dick Cheney's ties to Halliburton and how his ex-company is making bundles off US contracts in Iraq. But what we don't hear about is how Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein and her husband are also making tons of money off the "war on terror".

The wishy-washy senator now claims Bush misled her leading up to the invasion of Iraq. I don't think she's being honest with us though, there may have been other reasons she helped sell Bush's lies. According to The Center for Public Integrity, Senator Feinstein's husband Richard Blum has racked in millions of dollars from Perini, a civil infrastructure construction company, of which the billionaire investor wheels 75 percent of the voting share.

In April 2003 the US Army Corps of Engineers dived out $500 million to Perini to provide services for Iraq's central command. A month earlier in March 2003, Perini was awarded $25 million to design and construct a facility to support the Afghan National Army near Kabul. And in March 2004, Perini was awarded a hefty contract worth up to $500 million for "electrical power distribution and transmission" in the southern Iraq.

Senator Feinstein, who sits on the Appropriations Committee as well as the Select Committee on Intelligence, is reaping the benefits of her husband's investments. The Democratic royal family recently purchased a 16.5 million dollar mansion in the flush Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. It's a disgusting display of war profiteering and the leading Democrat, just like Cheney, should be called out for her offense.

And that's exactly why the Bush administration is so darn bullet-proof. The Democratic leadership in Washington is just as crooked and just as callous.

Joshua Frank edits the radical news blog www.BrickBurner.org and is the author of Left Out! How Liberals Helped Reelect George W. Bush, published by Common Courage Press (2005). Josh can be reached at BrickBurner@gmail.com.

[defenseman]

Watched Keith Olbermann's show on MSNBC tonight. He didn't say a single
word about Dianne Feinstein. Obviously it's a non-story.

So if Keith doesn't say anything, it's all ok RIGHT? Sure pal, keep believing that while she rakes in the buckola's. Keith is the beats all that ends all? Get a clue.......and just for the record, oreilly certianly is not it either...no one in the media, nor the media can be trusted these days. Don't believe that? You simply need to watch closer and you'll figure it out.....dman

[defenseman]

What is "CNSnews"? And if she has her hands in dog crap, it's fine with me if she does time. Jeez, you whine like a Democrat out of power. ;)

Nope, making a point. It's a story, and you hear it where? How about nowhere. This is by design, doesn't meet the media's agenda, it will not get plated...dman

*Do they need to yank her freaking chain till it can't be yanked anymore. Yep, they do...

[defenseman]

You whine like a Democrat out of power. :wiggle:

And you, are acting like a fat cat arrogant republican with the power, too bad the dems haven't done anything with it yet. Oh wait, yeah, they got scooter!!! Good job guys, and now they are trying to set a date for the destruction of iraq. Fantastic, great job guys, freaking stooges one and all..dman

[defenseman]

You whine like a Democrat out of power. :wiggle: Good lord, I'm sick and tired of wingers. Both Left and Right.

Bulls''t, you love it...dman

[defenseman]

You don't need a "critique from the left" to know the pentagon's budget is out of control.

A few years ago the GAO did a study and concluded that the pentagon "couldn't even flunk an audit." That's how bad it is.

On Sept 10, 2001 Sec of Defense Rumsfeld conceded in a public statement that $2.3 trillion (with a T) in military appropriations $$$ was unaccounted for.

The very next day, on the evening of 9/11, with the pentagon fires still burning, Rummy went before Senator Carl Levin's committee and berated them for not appropriating sufficient funds to the military. Soon after, Congress passed a special $100 billion appropriations bill -- and since then the sky has been the limit. Congress can't say no because they are deathly afraid of looking weak.

We've already flushed $400+ billion down the Iraqi toilet though by some estimates the total is much higher -- even pushing a trillion.

This is the problem with an unlimited war against a faceless enemy. In fact, the enemy is anyone that Bush/Cheney say it is.

This does not bode well for children, flowers and living things in general.


Nice attempt at a deflection there SFB's. Take your diatribe elsewhere mininuke...dman

[Spider]

I dont know....... looks like Drudge lied again as with other right wing media sources ...............just like the reporter who heckled McCain and another person in Iraq ......... Made up bullshít .........but then you guys on the right are pretty used to it , slide the lies off as Main stream Media bias .......... oh and the video showed there was no heckling ..........so now what ?
oh and we get that CNSNews.com shoved down out throats here in Casper ....... I will say this for them , they are creative

[defenseman]

I dont know....... looks like Drudge lied again as with other right wing media sources ...............just like the reporter who heckled McCain and another person in Iraq ......... Made up bullshít .........but then you guys on the right are pretty used to it , slide the lies off as Main stream Media bias .......... oh and the video showed there was no heckling ..........so now what ?
oh and we get that CNSNews.com shoved down out throats here in Casper ....... I will say this for them , they are creative

both sides do it occassionally spide, very unfortunate..dman

[bendog]

CNS? Canadian News Service?

[Spider]

both sides do it occassionally spide, very unfortunate..dman

But MSM will retract or make corrections ........ Drudge just said story developing , then pulled it .......... He had the balls to print the story , didnt have the balls to retract when he was wrong ......... I guess that is part of what separates the right from the left .....Left make a mistake = make it right ......
Right = make a mistake , bury it and blame liberal media bias .........

[Spider]

Feinstein's Office Denies Conflict of Interest Charges

By Fred Lucas
CNSNews.com Staff Writer

(CNSNews.com) - Breaking nearly a week of silence, Sen. Dianne Feinstein's office Tuesday called allegations of a conflict of interest "nonsense" and said the California Democrat played no role in awarding military contracts that benefited companies owned by her husband.

It was reported last week that Feinstein no longer serves on a Senate subcommittee that oversaw military construction.

Earlier this year, Metro Newspapers accused Feinstein of a conflict of interest because the subcommittee had oversight of military contracts that often went to defense contractors owned by her husband, Richard Blum.

Feinstein's departure from the Senate subcommittee on military construction appropriation, also called MILCON, had nothing to do with reports in the Silicon Valley weeklies, said Feinstein spokesman Scott Gerber. In fact, she had already left the panel before the reports were published in late January.

"It is nonsense to suggest Sen. Feinstein resigned from the military construction subcommittee," Gerber told Cybercast News Service Tuesday. "At the beginning of Congress, following the historic shift in power, Sen. Feinstein had the opportunity to be the chair of the interior appropriations subcommittee."

This Senate panel offered her more ways to help the state of California, Gerber said, adding, "She is still on the full defense appropriations subcommittee."

Feinstein's service on the committee never presented a conflict of interest, Gerber said, because she didn't have the power to direct contracts to her husband's business or any other company.

"Sen. Feinstein never sought to award military contracts," Gerber said. "That procedure is done by the defense department. Congress plays no role in that process."

That's only technically true, said Kenneth Boehm, chairman of the National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative government watchdog group. He said Tuesday it was disingenuous for Feinstein's office to claim she had no role in awarding contracts.

"The Pentagon does award contracts, but when the Pentagon wants money it goes to the appropriation subcommittees in the House and Senate for money," Boehm noted. "It's hard to imagine a more textbook example of a major financial conflict of interest."

When the Pentagon or any federal agency submits its wish list to Congress, Boehm explained, the appropriations committee members select which programs and projects are funded and often have knowledge of what companies might be suited for the project based on geography, specialization and other factors.

This is well known on Capitol Hill, he said.

"To say she didn't actually do the contract is fall-down-laughing material," Boehm said.

Metro Newspapers first reported in late January several instances in which Feinstein seemed directly involved in issues that could benefit Perini Corp. and URS Corp. Her husband has ownership in both, according to the newspapers.

The examples include a subcommittee hearing where Feinstein asked Pentagon officials about increasing anti-terrorism protection for army bases.

The next year, in March 2003, Feinstein asked why the funds for anti-terror protection had not been spent. Just over a moth later, URS announced a $600 million contract to provide services for U.S. Army bases that include anti-terrorism force protection.

In another instance, Feinstein asked another military official when money would be spent on a maintenance facility for the C-17 Hickam Air Base in Hawaii. URS later announced a $42 million contract to build it.

Also, Feinstein's subcommittee in mid-2005 approved funds to reinforce roofs at military stations in Iraq, and in October of that year, Perini got a $185 million federal contract for that purpose, the papers reported.

Feinstein at the very least had knowledge about what the military wanted and when, said Chris Farrell, research director for Judicial Watch.

The conservative group is working on a complaint to the Senate Ethics Committee and a freedom of information request to the U.S. Department of Defense.

"She had a preview of what was coming down the pipeline," Farrell told Cybercast News Service. "It's a sneak preview for him [Blum]. It's like ordering off a menu."

Feinstein chairs the Senate Rules Committee, which sets both procedural rules and ethical guidelines for members.
Notice how names at the pentagon are not mentioned ? just says pentagon officials ? ...........Besides Haliburton had full control over who got what and when ..........

[Spider]

This story is going nowhere fast ..............dead horse , nothing here , typical right wing tactic , make up Bullshít to cover their own bullshít like no bid contracts to Haliburton ..........

[Bronco Bob]

This story is going nowhere fast ..............dead horse , nothing here , typical right wing tactic , make up Bullshít to cover their own bullshít like no bid contracts to Haliburton ..........

Like I said, until Keith Olbermann on MSNBC does a story about it on Countdown, it's a non-issue.