Afghan Audit Finds U.S. Military Aid Prone To 'Waste, Fraud, Abuse'
A U.S. auditor says an effort to supply spare parts to the Afghan National Army is plagued by waste and potential fraud because of Kabul's poor record-keeping.
The audit by the Special Inspector-General for Afghanistan Reconstruction says much of the $370 million spent by the United States and its allies on spare parts for Afghan military vehicles from 2004 to 2012 "cannot be accounted for."
It says Afghanistan has failed to keep an up-to-date tally on parts in stock, what parts have been ordered, and when parts are scheduled to arrive.
The audit did not find any documentation confirming the delivery of spare parts to the Afghan army from 2010 to 2012.
http://www.rferl.org/content/afghanistan-us-audit-waste/25139137.html
The Building For No One: The Defense Department Set To Demolish Huge Facility That Was Unused And Unneeded
As the federal and state governments continue to shutdown or curtail core educational, environmental, and scientific programs due to lack of money, the disclosures of unspeakable waste continue to mount in Afghanistan and Iraq with no appearance of accountability or abatement.
Indeed, for years, the media has reported billions of lost or wasted funds, including money disappearing into the corrupt government circles of leaders in the countries. Yet, Congress would prefer to debate Planned Parenthood or global warming grants. Consider the latest outrage.
The U.S. military spent $34 million to build a huge headquarters for the Marines in Afghanistan with a theater, special operations rooms and other amenities. The problem that various people including the Marine commander were saying that it was not needed and would not be used. Now it is likely to be demolished, unused and unoccupied. There was the bridge to nowhere and now we have the building for no one.
The building is larger than a football field and has state-of-the-art air conditioning and equipment. As usual, contractors made a mint on the building and people in the military made sure that its lack of need or likely use would not stop the money flowing to willing hands.
http://jonathanturley.org/2013/07/10/the-building-from-no-one-the-defense-department-set-to-demolish-huge-facility-that-was-unused-and-unneeded/
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I'm just fainting with surprise here. 
