Iraq fraud inquiry focuses on retired Army colonel

Source: AP

WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are searching for suspicious transactions in the personal bank records of a retired Army colonel who ran the contracting office in Baghdad during the early stages of Iraq's $125 billion reconstruction.

The focus on Anthony B. Bell opens a window into the scope of a long-running inquiry of fraud and corruption that's gathering steam even as U.S. forces are beginning to leave the country.

While contracting procedures and oversight in Iraq have improved dramatically in recent years, that hasn't slowed investigators trying to piece together the scale of corruption that undermined the largest nation-building effort in U.S. history.

Bell is suspected by investigators of being a key figure in a loosely connected network of U.S. officials who allegedly steered contracts to companies that paid them millions of dollars in return.



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It was an easy find -- Google: Col. Bell MZM Blackwater -- look what came up:

It's a power-point put together in 2004. See pages 2 (Col. Bell on the procurement panel) and 83 (MZM, Blackwater, and several other major Iraq war contractors)

This is the html version of the file http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/about/Procurement2004/presentations/01_R_WidmannV2.pdf.
Google automatically generates html versions of documents as we crawl the web.

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Contingency Contracting
Boots on the Ground
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Panel Members• Maj Robert Widmann, USAF – Moderator• Capt A.R. (Rey) Estrada, USMC • Lt Col Jill Stiglich, USAF • Col Tony Bell, USA• Lt Col Steve Elliot, DCMA• CDR (Sel) Barbara Tucker, USN• Col Scott Risser, USA
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Contingency Contracting: Keeping Operational Forces SuppliedCaptain Rey EstradaRegional Contracting Office – SouthwestMarine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, CA
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Contingency Contracting Challenges• Chaotic Environment• Supply Route Security• Vendor Co-Operation• Accessibility of Goods and Services• Cultural / Language Differences• Business Practices
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Goal: Keeping Forces SuppliedHow Can We Improve Our Processes?
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1. Theatre Assets• Utilize Military Hubs in Germany, Italy, Spain, Kuwait, and Dubai.• Contingency Contracting Officers (CCOs) Work out of Overseas Military Contracting Offices.• Relay Requirements from Contingency Environment to CCOs
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2. Utilize Military Airlift Assets• CCOs Located on Flight Route Paths• Have Orders Processed and Prepared for Military Air Transport• Work with Transportation Personnel• Expedite Shipments
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Benefits• Capitalize on Theatre Assets• Better Resources at their Disposal• Plug Into Established Overseas Contracting Offices• Reduce Time to Satisfy Requests• Better Support the Contracting Mission
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Ex-Director of Contracting, CJTF-7Lt Col Jill Stiglich
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Our Mission• Expeditiously procure needed supplies and services in support of CJTF-7 units• Accomplished through 8 contracting area offices deployed throughout the AOR• Ensure focus is on non-complex items and services…but that is changing!We Buy Stuff!Chief of Contracting
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TallilVictoryRamadiBaladBaghdadTikritMosulKirkuk
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Organization• Chief of Contracting, Iraq Responsibilities– Exercise OPCON of contracting area offices– Provide contract oversight IAW acquisition statutes and regulations– Execute contracts valued up to $50 million– Manage contracting Joint Manning Document– Provide acquisition planning and business advice to CJTF-7 HQ– Manage reporting requirements to PARC– Provide CCO support where requiredChief of Contracting
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Organization (cont’d)• Contracting Area Office Responsibilities– Procure goods and services up to warrant limitsAssist in defining requirements via market researchSolicit/negotiate/award legal contractsEnsure delivery to customer and payment to vendor– Manage Field Ordering Officer (FOO) programTrain and equip FOO’s to make purchases <$2,500Monitor FOO procurement execution– Provide business advice to supported unitsChief of Contracting
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Contracting Authority• Army designated as executive agent for contracting in SWA• Executive agent responsibilities exercised through PARC located in Kuwait• Contracting authority for Iraq derived from PARC– Issues warrants to my contracting officers allowing them to obligate the US Gov’tChief of Contracting
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Coalition Acquisition Review Board• CJTF-7 HQ review board chaired by C4 and composed of voting reps from C1, C3, C6, C7, C8– SJA and Chief of Contracting are advisors• Reviews requirements >200K– Also reviews controlled items (e.g., automation and communication equipment, NTVs) at any dollar value– Infrastructure/facilities requirements reviewed by Base Camp Acquisition Review Board (BCARB)• Recommends disposition to approval authority (DCG), who signs PR&C if approvedChief of Contracting
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Where We Were Headed• Transition from Build-Up to Sustainment– Requirements/Complexity increasing; manning is not– Move from LOGCAP to Direct Contract• Proposed Joint Iraqi Contracting Command– 25 Personnel falling under 4-Star HQ (15 May—MNF-I)– HCA/2 PARCS (Infrastructure/Equip-Sustain)Chief of Contracting
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Issues• Personnel– Numbers– Insight into JMD• Workload– Sheer numbers of PR&C’s– Complexity Changing• Moving from LOGCAP to Direct Contracting • Stateside Contracts• COR’s• Accountability• No standard contract format; medical, processing, allowable costs
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Issues (cont)• Travel/Communication• Organization– JICC• Staffing• Area of Ops Concept• Joint Warfighter Acquisition Regulation (J-WAR)• Who is responsible for AAFES contracting?• Contractors on the Battlefield
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Good News!• Soldiers need us! • One of the first questions…where is contracting?• More dependent on direct v LOGCAP• Deployments are what you make of them– Hard work, but what else is there to do???– Teamwork; it’s about the mission!
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DOD PROCUREMENT CONFERENCECOL TONY BELLDirector, Contingency Contracting OperationsArmy Contracting Agency – Southern RegionTony.Bell@forscom.army.milanthony.b.bell@us.army.mil404.464.3663BREAKOUT SESSION: CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING – BOOTS ON THE GROUND TRANSFORMATION
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PARCSOUTHSOUTH CENTRALCENTRALNORTHASA ALTPALACEHCAAR 06GS-15AF 04NAVY 03GS-13AR 04GS-13GS-14GS-14GS-13AF-04GS-13GS-09AF 05AF 03CPA COSCPA CA IRAQ
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MISSIONPERSONNEL (DEPLOYMENT/SELECTION)MOARANK (ACCESS)COMPUTERS/SOFTWAREINFORMATION FLOWSUPPORT PERSONNELDUTY DAYSSPECIALIZED PROGRAMSCUSTOMERSTEACHINGBUSINESS TO BUSINESSFUNDINGCHALLENGES
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CONCLUSION• YESTERDAY• TODAY• TOMORROW
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BACK UP CHARTS
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CHANGES• ARMY FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGES• MODULARITY• UNIT OF ACTIONS (UAs, UEx, UEy)• DIFFERENT LEVELS• STRUCTURE WORKING• ARMY CONTRACTING AGENCY
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HCASES/GOCENTRAL REGIONCONTRACTING OFFICERS2-GS-14 (FORUM)GS-13(FORUM)AF O4(MAJ/O4)(RPC)GS-12 (RPC)GS-11(RPC)PMO SUPPORT DIVISIONDIR, PSD (O6/COL)CONTRACT SPECIALISTGS-94 PROCUREMENTANALYSTGS-14/CONSOUTH REGIONDIR, SOUTH AF(O4/MAJ)CONTRACTING OFFICERSNAVY (O3/LT)GS-13NORTH REGIONDIR, NORTH AF(O5/LtCOL)CONTRACTING OFFICERAF (O3/CPT)SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONDIR, SOUTH CENTRALAR(O4/MAJ)CONTRACTING OFFICERGS-13BUILDINGS/HEALTHSECTOR TEAMSECURITY/JUSTICESECTOR TEAMELECTRICITYSECTOR TEAMTRANS/COMM SECTOR TEAMOIL SECTOR TEAMCHIEF, CONTRACTINGSECTOR (LTC/GS14)CONTRACTING OFFICER(MAJ/GS14)CONTRACT SPECIALIST3- GS-12/CONPROCUREMENTANALYST (CON)WATER SECTOR TMPARCSES
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS•FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION (99%)•IRAQI PARTICIPATION (65%)•IRAQI EMPLOYMENT (>21,000)•ELECTRONIC ADVERTISEMENT•ELECTRICITY•SECURITY•MOBILE TELECOM
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DoD Procurement ConferenceContingency Contracting –Boots on Ground TransformationLt Col Steve Elliott27 May 2004
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– DCMA-Iraq provides the full spectrum ofContingency Contract Administration Services to all coalition forces operating in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom commencing MAR 03– Also initial contingency contracting support to Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) / Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA)-- Mar – Aug 03MISSION
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• Supporting Presidential-Directed “Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance” (ORHA) in Mar 03.– 3Garner– 1 Task Order = $80M– 3 Offices (North, South, Central)Start-Up
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Start-UpCDR0-5DCMANorthernIRAQDCMASouthernIRAQ1 x ACO1 x QAR1 x CCOTOTAL: 3DCMACentralIRAQ1 x ACO1 x QARs1 x CCOTOTAL: 31 x ACO1 x QAR1 x CCOTOTAL: 3Total Target strength: 10Total: 1
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Welcome to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA)•“We came to restore your government and resources to you, the Iraqi people. That restoration is in progress.” •Ambassador Paul Bremer - 5 Sep 2003
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What We Found
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This Is The CustomerBaghdad – Mission Profile:Duty Hours24/7Temperature125°Winds40 mphDrinking Water Temp. 125°Air ConditioningN/AFansN/A
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Palace3500Hospital500North Villas200HA Villas500KBR500GovernmentOf Iraq Complex1000Office Space400Office Space andWarehouse400Various Compounds2000Warehouses75Apartments250Helopad30Force Protection1500Force Protection500South Villas500Engineers750Convention Center / Forum500Al Rasheed800Office75
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Baghdad
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$0.0$500.0$1,000.0$1,500.0$2,000.0$2,500.0$3,000.0$3,500.0Mar-03Apr-03May-03Jun-03Jul-03Aug-03Sep-03Oct-03Nov-03Dec-03Jan-04Feb-04Mar-0482ND LSENIAMNDCJTF-7CEDARISGCPAWhere We Are…
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$ .4M$ .5M82ndLSE70$ 8,044.9M $ 41.2M$ 284.0M$ 7,000.0M $ 178.0M$ 80.0M$ 461.2MROM Cost$2,185.9M$ 29.9MNew Iraqi Army (NIA)64$ 218.0MMND (Coalition)61$1,559.9MCJTF-759$ 100.0MCedar/Adder II57$ 80.0MIraq Survey Group (ISG)56$ 197.7MCPA44 Current FundingT.O. TitleT.O. NumberAs of 13 January 2004Task Orders
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BAGHDADMain/Central Team HQBAGHDADMain/Central Team HQErbilNorth Team HQErbilNorth Team HQKirkukSatellite Site-NorthKirkukSatellite Site-NorthMosulSatellite Site-NorthMosulSatellite Site-NorthUmm QasarSouth Team HQ-OriginalUmm QasarSouth Team HQ-OriginalKuwait CityRear Detachment HQKuwait CityRear Detachment HQAll HillahSouth/Central Team HQ-CurrentAll HillahSouth/Central Team HQ-CurrentArea of OperationsBasrahSouthern RSO HQBasrahSouthern RSO HQC P ASupport ProjectAREA ORENTATIONTikritSatellite Site-NorthTikritSatellite Site-North
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Mar 04$ 11.0MBlackwater03-F-0891$131.6MNov 03$ 0.2MNAID 03-P-0465$ 1.9M$ 82.4M$ 24.8M$ 2.5M$ .5M$ 8.3MCostDec 03MPRI (Linguists)03-F-0677Dec 03SAIC (IMN)03-F-0533Dec 03SAIC (IRDC)03-F-0508Nov 03MZM (Linguists)03-F-0507Dec 03SAIC (OIL)O3-F-0500Jul 04S & K TechnologiesO3-C-0032Expiration DateContractorContract NumberAs of 1 November 2003Delegated Contracts
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CDR0-6Combat Support Team1-Operations Officer 1-Operations NCO1-Property Administrator1-Budget Manager1-Management AnalystTOTAL: 5DCMANorthernIRAQHQ DCMA IRAQDCMASouthernIRAQ0-5 Commander7 x ACOs5 x QARs1 x PT/CATOTAL: 152 x ACOs3 x QARs1 x PT/CATOTAL: 60-5 Commander4 x ACOs7 x QARs1 x PT/CATOTAL: 13Total Target strength: 41DCMA-IZ ORGANIZATIONTotal: 1
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• FORCE PROTECTION:– DCMA Operations• Each “team” responsible for multiple sites across several hundred square miles• Teams needed to move from site to site• Greatest likelihood of attack during movement• Civilians unarmed/military lightly armed– KBR Operations• Contract mandated USG provide protection• KBR employees unarmed• Substantial off-post movement (supply convoys, QC, Management)• Large movements difficult to protect• Several dozen casualties (WIA, KIA—and now MIA)Issues/Concerns
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Force Protection
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Our Sacrifice……Their Future
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READY FOR SEANAVY SUPPLY COMMUNITY• Requirements / JMD development• Billet distribution among Services• Civil Service participation• Tour lengthNavy ContingencyContracting Concerns

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Mar 04
$ 11.0M
Blackwater
03-F-0891
$131.6M
Nov 03
$ 0.2M
NAID
03-P-0465
$ 1.9M
$ 82.4M
$ 24.8M
$ 2.5M
$ .5M
$ 8.3M
Cost
Dec 03
MPRI (Linguists)
03-F-0677
Dec 03
SAIC (IMN)
03-F-0533
Dec 03
SAIC (IRDC)
03-F-0508
Nov 03
MZM (Linguists)
03-F-0507
Dec 03
SAIC (OIL)
O3-F-0500
Jul 04
S & K Technologies
O3-C-0032
Expiration
Date
Contractor
Contract
Number
As of 1 November 2003

nose hairs in this shit.

Imagine where this would be if only the administration took just a little peek.....Backwards