Reply #9: Those were examples

[sandnsea]

of what they were going to investigate. Here's what came out in the hearings, reported in foreign news of course.

"Details of the corruption:

Halliburton has reportedly overcharged us $100 million dollars for fuel. They charged the US taxpayers $2.64 per gallon to import gasoline from Kuwait to Iraq, $1 more than the going rate. (Note- before the war, Iraqis bought gas for about a nickel per gallon.)
Halliburton charged for 42,000 meals per day when it only delivered 14,000 per day. "That’s not a snafu, that’s cheating," said Dorgan.
Buyers were instructed to purchase from ’preferred suppliers’ using purchase orders less than $2,500. (because these were not audited)
Instructed not to use spreadsheets to avoid generating any kind of electronic trail.
KBR managers frequently used phrases like, "don’t worry about the price, it’s cost plus"
Cost Plus contracts gave no motivation to keep costs down since the higher the price, the more $$ they made.
Halliburton has ’earned’ $9 billion in Iraq thus far."

http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=5312