Most of the 1.2 Billion given to Dyncorp to train Iraqi Police "unaccounted for"

[n2doc]

Frickin' theves. All of them. And they worry that a few "unqualified" folks with some assets might get SCHIP health care.... :banghead:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/22/dyncorp.spending/index.html

Report: Most of $1.2 billion to train Iraqi police unaccounted for

(CNN) -- The U.S. State Department is unable to account for most of $1.2 billion in funding that it gave to DynCorp International to train Iraqi police, a government report said Tuesday.

An International Police Liaison Officer hired by DynCorp stands near new Iraqi police recruits in Falluja, Iraq.

"The bottom line is that State can't account for where it went," said Glenn D. Furbish, who was involved in putting together the 20-page report for the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction (SIGIR).

The Department of State's Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) "did not have the information needed to identify what DynCorp provided under the contract or how funds were spent," the report said.

As a result, the audit agency announced it has suspended its oversight of the agency's project until INL gathers the information.

"Their records are just not detailed," Furbish said Monday in a telephone interview. "From an audit perspective, we've identified the problem; they're working to rectify the problem."

Though Iraqi police have indeed been trained and equipment has been provided under the contract, invoices and supporting paperwork submitted by DynCorp "were in disarray," the report said.

In addition, INL "had not validated the accuracy" of invoices received prior to last October, and "INL does not know specifically what it received for most of the $1.2 billion in expenditures under its DynCorp contract for the Iraqi Police Training Program."

The lack of controls "created an environment vulnerable to waste and fraud," the report said.

Furbish, an accountant by training who spent two years in Iraq, added, "It's like so much else that happened in Baghdad ... there was just a massive quantity of work and too few people in place to do it. They just essentially did not have the staff to monitor what was going on.

"Bills came in; they paid the bills, but they don't know what they paid for and they don't know what they've gotten."


more at link....

[liberal N proud]

1. So bu$h will just ask for more money to throw down a rat hole

[jojo54]

2. Check B*shco's back pockets. eom

[OzarkDem]

3. Will Dems try to investigate?

At least they can use this as a valid reason for not giving Bush any more funds for Iraq.

[porphyrian]

4. I bet someone has a-counted it. - n/t

[Xenotime]

5. Paid to CEOs I'm sure.

[mvccd1000]

6. There were several detailed stories in my hometown paper about...

... our retired police chief going to Iraq to train Iraqi police. He worked for Dynacorp, and he wasn't a CEO or an exec. Just a guy with a lot of police experience who was willing to share it.

While "unaccounted for" certainly CAN mean that it was misused, I personally know of at least a couple people who were doing exactly what the contract paid them to do; train Iraqi police.

Still, there is no excuse for not accounting for the money. Every other corporation in the world has to account for theirs!

[Lasher]

7. And McCain wants to make a big deal about $1 million for a New York museum?

9 billion in cash just shows up missing and now this. But all McCain wants to talk about is the $1M Hillary wanted to spend on a Woodstock museum. Guess you can't blame him. If I'd been the head cheerleader for the $463 billion (so far) nightmare in Iraq I wouldn't want to talk about it either.

[Beerboy]

8. Well, yeah.

n/t.