Hey, what's a little money between Republicans and their corporate friends?
Government Can't Explain Increase in 2002 TSA Contract
Homeland Security Office Says It Lacks Documentation on $343 Million Change
In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the government changed a contract to hire federal airline passengers screeners in a way that cost taxpayers an additional $343 million. More than three years later, officials cannot explain exactly why.
Homeland security officials say they have no memos, e-mails or other paperwork to document the reason for the change, as required by federal contracting regulations. They have also offered accounts of the decision that conflict with internal government documents obtained by The Washington Post.
The modification to the contract involved switching the interview sites for tens of thousands of airline passenger screener jobs from a contractor's own assessment centers to hotels and luxury resorts.
The change added hundreds of millions of dollars to a contract that increased from $104 million to $741 million in nine months. Federal auditors later called into question $303 million of that spending.
The Corruption:
Corruption begins at home:
Coalition leader faces sex abuse allegations
Law enforcement officials said Saturday they are investigating complaints that Louis Beres, longtime chairman of the Christian Coalition of Oregon, molested three female family members when they were pre-teens. []
The Oregonian talked to three of Beres' female relatives, including two who told reporters that he molested them. All three said they have been interviewed for several hours by detectives.
"I was molested," said one of the women, now in her early 50s. "I was victimized, and I've suffered all my life for it. I'm still afraid to be in the same room with (Beres)." []
Beres is also former chairman of the Multnomah County Republican Party.
The Cronyism:
For a guy who hates my chosen profession, Bush appoints a lot of Republican crony lawyers. Maybe he thinks "lawyer" is a synonym for "jack-of-all-trades"?
to protect our country from a worldwide avian flu pandemic
estimated to kill millions...awol assigns the task to a former lawyer for amtrak. guess he figures he'll sue it or run it into the ground. our country is cooked.
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