Army Overseer Tells of Ouster Over KBR Stir

I am a little late to the party on this, but I still want to add my two cents: BULLSHIT!

New York Times

WASHINGTON -- The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than $1 billion in questionable charges to KBR, the Houston-based company that has provided food, housing and other services to American troops.

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Army officials denied that Mr. Smith had been removed because of the dispute, but confirmed that they had reversed his decision, arguing that blocking the payments to KBR would have eroded basic services to troops. They said that KBR had warned that if it was not paid, it would reduce payments to subcontractors, which in turn would cut back on services.

Nothing but pure avarice. Cheney is simply robbing the treasury for his Saudi buddies. And KBR threatening to not perform services for the troops? Nothing more than extortion. Isn't there some federal law in place for just such an act? Why I believe so. RICO or some such thing.