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| Official who criticized Halliburton contract fired |
| 2005-08-30 |
| A high-ranking Army Corps of Engineers official who publicly criticized the Pentagon's decision to award Halliburton Co. a no-bid contract for work in Iraq has been demoted, officials said Monday. Bunnatine H. Greenhouse, who had been the Corps of Engineers' top procurement official since 1997, was removed, effective Saturday, for what Corps of Engineers officials called a poor job performance. Her lawyer, however, said her removal constitutes "blatant discrimination" and violates an earlier agreement with the Army to suspend her demotion until "a sufficient record" pertaining to her complaints is complete. "The failure to abide by prior commitments and the circumstances surrounding Ms. Greenhouse's removal are the hallmark of illegal retaliation," her attorney, Michael D. Kohn, wrote in the letter to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. "Her removal will send a message to all concerned that if they dare stand up to corrupting influences within the Army contracting world their careers will be destroyed," he added. Greenhouse was reassigned to a lesser job in the Corps of Engineers and removed from the Senior Executive Service, the top rank of civilian government employees. Kris Kolesnik, executive director of the National Whistleblower Center, which is advising Greenhouse on contacts with members of Congress and the news media, said in an interview that Kohn was informed by the Pentagon's Inspector General's office that it is still preparing a report based on Greenhouse's allegations. Greenhouse went public last year with her criticism of Iraq-related work awarded to Halliburton by the Corps of Engineers. Her main objection was the issuance to Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root of a no-bid, five-year contract to restore Iraqi oil fields shortly before the Iraq war began in 2003. Hoooo boy. I can't wait to see what D.U.M.B. and Daily Cooz are going to do with this. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
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| Posted by: Pinhead 2005-08-30 20:39 |
| #9 No mention of course, that the Clinton Administration gave Halliburton a no-bid contract for logistical support in the Balkans. You know after the destruction of the military industrial complex in the post-Vietnam era by guess who, there remained only a very few companies left with both a track record and the means to do these contracts. So when you need it now, not 6 months later after a bidding processes, guess who's name keeps coming up? |
| Posted by: Glavitle Slaque3075 2005-08-30 15:27 |
| #8 For a second I thought it was Coco in a business suit! S4 |
| Posted by: Sally sells Sea Shells 2005-08-30 15:16 |
| #7 that's Joe Frazier.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-30 15:11 |
| #6 The lovely Ms. Greenhouse, or your wanki...er...viewing pleasure!  AR |
| Posted by: Analog Roam 2005-08-30 14:57 |
| #5 It's GREENhouse, not HOThouse. As in Little Bunny Greenhouse I don't want to see youse Chasing all the contractors And bopping them on the head |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-08-30 14:16 |
| #4 hoo boy - a purchasing agent named Bunnatine A Greenhouse? I bet she's HOT |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-30 13:40 |
| #3 So far as I can tell from the public info on that award, it is the Bunny bitch who is politicizing this, not the Administration. Halliburton holds a) the competitively awarded world wide logistics contract for DOD, b) the competitively awarded contract for security upgrades for State Dept., c) by far the highest concentration of direct expertise in oil infrastructure protection and rebuilding and d) a pool of suitable people who already had security clearances. There is clear provision in the DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regs) for sole-source awards when it is deemed in the interests of the government and the country. Even if it had been wise to postpone getting people in-country while going through an 8-12 month competitive process, I cannot think of a single company that could really bid competitively against KRB for that task. The fact that the existing 'indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity' umbrella contract for logistics support allowed an easy ammendment to add this task was fortunate, especially when you remember what Saddam did to the oil infrastructure in Kuwait in 92. It also prevented a lot of wasted time and money for a bid process. Oh - and Halliburton's profit margin for this task was limited to 1% over allowed costs. |
| Posted by: Omerens Omaigum2983 2005-08-30 13:07 |
| #2 Now ya see why Rumsfeld doesn't answer questions above his pay grade? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-08-30 13:00 |
| #1 Bunny Greenhouse....this is satire right? |
| Posted by: Zpaz 2005-08-30 12:40 |