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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