US accused of audit ploy - Covering up for Halliburton
/The US Government is withholding information from
UN-sanctioned auditors examining more than $US 1 billion in contracts
awarded to Halliburton and other companies in Iraq without competitive
bidding, the head of an international auditing panel has said.
Jean-Pierre Halbwachs, chairman of the International Advisory and
Monitoring Board, said the US had repeatedly rebuffed his requests
since March to turn over internal audits, including one that covered
three contracts valued at $1.4 billion that were awarded to
Halliburton, a Texas-based oil services firm. It had also failed to
produce a list of other companies that had obtained contracts without
having to compete. [more]
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