Ex-U.S. Official in Iraq Says CPA Was 'Wild West'

[Roland99]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050214/pl_nm/iraq_contracting_dc&cid=615&ncid=1480

Ex-Coalition Provisional Authority official Franklin Willis cited examples of this "chaos" at a hearing of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee and said he believed most abuse and waste could have been avoided.

Willis showed a picture of himself and other U.S. officials holding up plastic-wrapped 'bricks' of $100 bills worth $2 million to pay security contractor Custer Battles, which the Defense Department has since suspended due to billing issues.

"The Custer Battles case, which while anecdotal, reflects a general pattern of waste and inefficiencies which could have been avoided," said Willis of contracting abuses in Iraq.

"In sum, inexperienced officials, fear of decision-making, lack of communications, minimal security, no banks and lots of money to spread around. This chaos I have referred to as a 'Wild West'," Willis, who was a senior aviation official for the CPA, told the hearing.


Good thing ol' Sheriff George is at the helm.



Oh wait....




Oh...and vote it up...it's dropping quickly (by the Freepers)

[KoKo]

1. We could have several Independent Counsels investigating this

Administration...all going at the same time. But, we get snips of their crookery on Yahoo then it disappears down the "Memory Hole."

I don't know how those in Congress who still support Bush can look in their mirror every morning for what they've done with the lives of our citizens....and they still keep at it like Madmen...taking us to their vision of Armageddon....

[Roland99]

2. And where's our media? Covering Michael Jackson and Prince Charles

joy.