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Five Shocking Findings of the Afghan Contractor Probe
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL News(Oct. 8) -- A wide-ranging review of contracts given to private security operations in Afghanistan found an egregious lack of oversight, including one case where a company paid warlords linked to the Taliban. But that's not all. The inquiry, conducted by the Senate Armed Services Committee, covers over 125 security contracts in Afghanistan, and the resulting 89-page report provides a wealth of information about a business rife with mishaps and misdeeds. Among the most outrageous cases were: 1. Junk Weapons. The Senate report found repeated instances where Afghan guards were poorly equipped ...
Allegation: Some Contractors in Afghanistan Paying Protection Money to Taliban
By David Wood - Politics DailySome international contractors, hired by the United States to build roads and other large construction projects in Afghanistan, are paying Taliban insurgents not to attack them and to act as their security guards, according to allegations filed with the Pentagon and other U.S. investigative agencies. The allegations are part of widening U.S. probes into deals between contractors paid by the U.S. government and the Taliban insurgents against whom American troops are fighting a bloody war. Among the allegations are accusations by an American security contractor based in eastern Afghanistan ...
Afghanistan Surge to Include Thousands More Private Contractors
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyAs many as 56,000 private contractors could accompany the 30,000 additional U.S. troops being sent to Afghanistan, according to a congressional study. The Congressional Research Service report says that would bring the number of contractors in the country to about 160,000. Last December, contractors made up 69 percent of the Pentagon's personnel in Afghanistan, "the highest recorded percentage of contractors used by the Defense Department in any conflict in the history of the United States," according to the study, which was first reported by Talking Points Memo. The dramatic increase in ...
Chunk of Stimulus Money Staying in D.C.
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA survey of recipients of the $787 billion economic stimulus package finds that a "sizable sum" has gone to government contractors in Washington, D.C, area, who helped kick-start the program. The contractors were essentially paid stimulus money to help spend stimulus money, according to The Washington Post study published Thursday. The Post breaks down some of the contracts, which have provided the Washington area nearly 10 times as much per capita as the national average: The Energy Department is paying Technology & Management Services, a Gaithersburg firm, $6.9 million to review ...
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