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Wartime Contracting Panel Seals Records for Next 20 Years

Posted on October 26th, 2011 at 13:49 by John Sinteur in category: Foyer of Ennui (just short of the Hall of Shame) -- Write a comment

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Established by Congress to investigate and expose government waste, the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan has decided to not reveal its volumes of materials to the public for another two decades.

After three years of work, the commission officially shut down last week, having concluded that the U.S. misspent between $31 billion and $60 billion in contracting for services in Iraq and Afghanistan.

But it won’t allow its records to be opened for public review at the National Archives until 2031, because some of the documents contain “sensitive information,” according to one official.

So they know who stole the money, and whoever did it is important enough to get protection..

  1. Desiato on October 26th, 2011 at 14:51:

    That’s out of about a trillion dollars, right?

  2. John Sinteur on October 26th, 2011 at 17:12:

    Yes. Mind you, a retail outfit that has a 6% “shrinkage” will likely go out of business..

  3. Mark on October 26th, 2011 at 20:00:

    And mind you, the rest of the trillion $$ was equally misspent.

  4. Woow on October 27th, 2011 at 0:08:

    Had your education at InHolland?

    1000 billion is a trillion. 100 billion is 0,1 trillion.

    Payed a lot for the certificates there?

  5. John Sinteur on October 27th, 2011 at 10:08:

    6% of 1000b = 0.06*1000b=60b. Problem?

  6. Woow on October 27th, 2011 at 18:05:

    Advise: Apply for a job at a large bank. They can use more people with these skills.

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