The Center for Public Integrity has some good projects going on well worth perusing. One is involved in following the tortuous money trail of the War on Iraq.
Baghdad Bonanza
The Center for Public Integrity reveals that military
contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan grew from $11 billion in 2004 to more
than $25 billion in 2006 -- and that billions have gone to unidentified
foreign companies.Key Findings:
- The former Halliburton subsidiary, KBR, Inc., won more than $16 billion in U.S. government contracts for reconstruction work in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2004 to 2006 -- far more than any other company, according to analysis by the Center for Public Integrity. Over the three years studied, more than $20 billion in contracts went to foreign companies whose identities -- at least so far -- are impossible to determine.
- The Center identified the top 100 postwar contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2004 to 2006, accompanied by full-text access to some 360 documents including reports, audits, testimony, project site inspections, and government correspondence.
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