Corruption by private contractors
Contractors Gone Wild, Media Gone Missing Source: Mother Jones, May 2, 2008
Bruce Falconer is calling out the mainstream media for ignoring the disturbing testimony that dominated recent U.S. Senate hearings into corruption by private contractors in Iraq. The testimony came from whistleblowers Frank Cassaday, Linda Warren (both former employees of Kellogg Brown and Root) and Barry Halley (who worked in Iraq for Worldwide Network Services, the Sandi Group and CAPE Environmental Management.) They told stories of widespread theft of materials and supplies needed by soldiers, looting Iraqi treasures (in one case melting down Iraqi gold to make cowboy spurs), and a prostitution ring run by the manager of a "major defense contractor," which led to the death of a colleague whose armored car was diverted "to transport prostitutes from Kuwait to Baghdad." Cassaday, Warren and Halley say they were punished and harassed when they tried to alert their companies to these abuses. Aside from Mother Jones, the only news outlet to file a report on their testimony was David Ivanovich of the Houston Chronicle, although a transcript of the hearings is available on the Senate's website.
Showing posts with label St athan job con. Show all posts
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14/05/2008
03/02/2008
Latest - St Athan project not so bril after all even for the promised McJobs
BBC News 24 Video Clip - Part of Base Training Bid Axed
Rhodri Morgan and friends spraying champers & celebtating but not this year....2008 announcement brings seriously mixed news!
Rhodri Morgan and friends spraying champers & celebtating but not this year....2008 announcement brings seriously mixed news!
Shropshire Star - Fresh Hope for RAF Base After Failure of Rival Bid Shock collapse of part of rival bid to take the work to South Wales...
Fresh Hope for RAF Base After Failure of Rival Bid
Friday, February 1st, 2008
Friday, February 1st, 2008
19/12/2007
St Athan School Job Con
ST ATHAN SLAUGHTER SCHOOL JOB CON
Last January politicians popped champagne outside the
Senedd to celebrate £14 billion of public money being
spent a new military training academy in the tiny village of
St Athan, ‘creating’ 5500 jobs. (see GGAAGGGGEEDD!! #16)
This PFI privatisation deal hands control of all UK military
training to the Metrix Consortium of private companies,
which includes the likes of Raytheon (who make cluster
bombs & depleted uranium weapons) & Qinetiq (ballistic missiles manufacturers). They will be running the base as an international business which will also train the troops of other governments.
Last January politicians popped champagne outside the
Senedd to celebrate £14 billion of public money being
spent a new military training academy in the tiny village of
St Athan, ‘creating’ 5500 jobs. (see GGAAGGGGEEDD!! #16)
This PFI privatisation deal hands control of all UK military
training to the Metrix Consortium of private companies,
which includes the likes of Raytheon (who make cluster
bombs & depleted uranium weapons) & Qinetiq (ballistic missiles manufacturers). They will be running the base as an international business which will also train the troops of other governments.
After the Welsh Assembly gave LG Electronics £130 million to open a factory in Newport to employ 6000 people but LG only built part of it, gave up & pocketed most of the cash, you'd have thought politicians would be a little bit more cautious. The promise
that the St Athan academy will create 5500 jobs is an empty one. As there are currently 6300 civilian & military trainers employed by the MOD, most employees will be relocated
from other parts of the UK. Local people will be left with short-term construction posts & low-skilled service jobs, or as trainee cannon fodder for government policy.
Check out: nomurderacademyatstathans.com
To mark the one year anniversary of Rhodri’s champagne incident there will be a
demonstration outside the Senedd on January 17th. 1pm
To mark the one year anniversary of Rhodri’s champagne incident there will be a
demonstration outside the Senedd on January 17th. 1pm
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