Bush Scandals List

Table of Contents for Category: Contractors

9. Civilian contractors in Iraq (poor service for big bucks)

Posted in: Contractors, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals

164. Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction is a thankless job

Posted in: Contractors, Corruption, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals

205. Booz Allen cost overruns on DHS intelligence contract and DHS incompetence

Posted in: Contractors, Cronyism, DHS/Homeland Security, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals

213. Shoddy armoring kits for Humvees from defense contractors

Posted in: Contractors, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Supporting the troops

217. SAIC, the revolving door, and expensive contracts for systems that don’t work

Posted in: Contractors, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Intelligence, Revolving Door

220. DHS employed Wackenhut for its security, a firm that just may be more incompetent than the DHS

Posted in: Contractors, DHS/Homeland Security, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Incompetence

230. David Petraeus mislays 350,000 rifles and pistols in Iraq

Posted in: Contractors, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Incompetence, Iraq

239. Auditor of no bid KBR Iraq contract demoted

Posted in: Contractors, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals

251. Howard Krongard (State IG more interested in covering up department misdeeds)

Posted in: Afghanistan, Contractors, Cronyism, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Inspector General, Iraq

254. Charles Reichers procurement officer benefitted from contractor largesse

Posted in: Contractors, Cronyism, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals

256. Blackwater (private security contractor involved in numerous incidents in Iraq)

Posted in: Contractors, Criminality, Cronyism, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Iraq

262. Joseph Schmitz (partisan former DOD IG)

Posted in: Contractors, Cronyism, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Incompetence, Inspector General, Revolving Door

267. Dyncorp was given a billion dollars to train the Iraqi police force

Posted in: Contractors, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Iraq

292. KBR employee raped in Iraq held against will by KBR

Posted in: Contractors, Criminality, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Inspector General, Iraq

314. A buried report on privatizing US intelligence

Posted in: Contractors, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Intelligence

323. Substandard military helmets

Posted in: Contractors, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Whistleblower

333. Government by contractor

Posted in: Contractors, Corruption, Cronyism, DHS/Homeland Security, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Incompetence

334. Bad ammo, worse contractors

Posted in: Afghanistan, Contractors, Corruption, Criminality, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Incompetence, War on Terror

338. Pentagon waste in acquisition spending

Posted in: Contractors, Foreign Affairs, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Incompetence

349. Conflicts of interest in NASA’s moon project

Posted in: Contractors, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Inspector General, Revolving Door

356. Pentagon aeronautics contractor supplies dubious products for aircraft

Posted in: Contractors, Corruption, Criminality, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Inspector General

358. Failure of KBR to fix electrical problems leads to soldier’s electrocution

Posted in: Contractors, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Incompetence, Supporting the troops

360. KBR dodges an audit and ditches the auditor

Posted in: Contractors, Corruption, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Iraq

362. KBR exposed US soldiers to a carcinogen in Iraq

Posted in: Contractors, Health, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Iraq, Supporting the troops

367. War, oil, oil companies, and Iraq

Posted in: Contractors, Energy, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Iraq

369. Pentagon General lies to Congress about KBR Iraq water contract

Posted in: Contractors, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Iraq, Supporting the troops

378. KBR and forced labor in Iraq

Posted in: Contractors, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Iraq, Law/Constitution

382. More corruption in the government’s oil leasing programs

Posted in: Contractors, Corruption, Criminality, Cronyism, Energy, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals

385. Corruption in the missile defense program

Posted in: Contractors, Corruption, Criminality, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals

386. Failure to outfit planes to fight fires in Southern California

Posted in: Contractors, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals, Incompetence

398. Managing the Obama transition, the NASA example

Posted in: Contractors, Hugh's List of Bush Scandals