BBC probe: Gag orders hide contractor corruption in Iraq
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Daylight Robbery
Daylight Robbery: BBC One 9pm Tuesday 10 June 2008.
Panorama investigates claims that as much as $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or not properly accounted for in Iraq.
When the US goes to war, corporate America goes too.
There are contracts for caterers, tanker drivers, security guards and even interrogators, many of them through companies with links to the White House.
Now more than 70 whistleblower cases threaten to reveal the scandals behind billions of dollars worth of waste, theft and corruption during the Iraq war.
Gagging orders
A total of $23bn (£11.75bn) is under scrutiny.
The US justice department has imposed gagging orders which prevent the real scale of the problem emerging.
But Panorama’s Jane Corbin has spoken to some of those involved - with astonishing stories to tell of who got rich and who got burned.
She hears allegations of mismanagement, fraud and waste; tales of contractors chosen for their US government connections without a competitive bidding process; contractors inflating their costs and double counting to increase their profits and billions supposed to be used to rebuild the Iraqi military allegedly ending up in the pockets of some Iraqi government officials.
Even the contract to oversee the expenditure went to a company with no relevant qualification in accounting.
“They are the quintessential war profiteers,” said a witness to one of the most notorious companies involved. “They made money out of chaos.”
Panorama: Daylight Robbery will be on BBC One at 9pm on Tuesday 10 June 2008.
Duration : 0:2:1
Talk soon,
Joe Beaven
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todayclaf Says:
Decent people from …
Decent people from America and Iraq are losing their shirts - if not their lives - because of corrupt politicians and corporations. The Media supports the lies and people are too busy working two jobs to have time to learn the truth. America is on the brink of financial destruction and barely a peep is heard from the citizens.
Posted on January 7th, 2009 at 8:40 am
wiremu Says:
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Well said.
Posted on January 7th, 2009 at 8:40 am
yankeerose01 Says:
Will somebody …
Will somebody please upload the entire program. American taxpayers need to see this….!!!
Posted on January 7th, 2009 at 8:40 am
sugarpuddin88 Says:
As long as Nancy …
As long as Nancy Pelosi’s husband sits as chair on AIPAC, there will be no indictments
Meanwhile, Scotland Yard is indicting Tony Blair for genocide and crimes against humanity
The American sheeple really are suckers - They deserve what they get!
Posted on January 7th, 2009 at 8:40 am
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