Reply #8: Halliburton denies any wrongdoing - surprise! [View All]

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Her contracting staff was sharply reduced, she said, and her superiors have gone behind her back, most notably in issuing an emergency waiver -- on a day she was out of the office -- that allowed KBR to ignore requests from Department of Defense auditors who issued a draft report in 2003 concluding KBR overcharged the government $61 million for fuel in Iraq.

"They knew I would never have signed it," she said.

The Army Corps of Engineers declined to comment on Greenhouse's complaints. "It's a personnel matter," said Corps spokeswoman Carol Sanders. "We're not going to go point-by-point with Ms. Greenhouse's accusations.

"They want me out," Greenhouse said.

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So when superiors are threatened, it's a "personnel matter." How do they sleep at night? What Greenhouse has pointed out are egregious violations of BASIC fundamental purchasing procedures. What I don't understand is why the companies who have been shut out by Halliburton aren't speaking up on her behalf. They're the ones who have been hurt by the DoDs blockade of bidding.