‘Blog Items’ Archives
Rumors of First Kuwaiti Airplanes for People Moving
From spring 2006: The general manager for the US Embassy contractor, First Kuwaiti General Trading and Contracting has two airplanes the company can't register and is piloted by a German pilot named Wolfgang .... The general manager also has another plane piloted by Brits flying in and out of Kuwait and a fourth that may be registered. Another [...]
Under Sworn Testimony: Misleading Statements about U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
by David Phinney Oct. 6, 2007 -- Two months ago, a top US State Department official in charge of embassy construction gave misleading statements under sworn testimony about the new US embassy in Baghdad. He claimed that it would be completed on budget and on time. Now numerous news reports say that the project's completion will be delayed for [...]
My Mailing Address
The source wanting my geographic postal location needs to give me a proper email address or simply look me up.
New US Embassy in Baghdad Delayed
Widespread construction flaws and substandard work have delayed completion of the US State Department’s mammoth new $592-million embassy in Baghdad despite previous official statements that the ambitious fortified compound would be finished in September, numerous sources familiar with the project have been telling me for several weeks. Those [...]
It Ain’t Like the Clinton Years: Fawning over Chris Matthews
Friday's DC edition of the Examiner opens with what sounds like an explosive lead: Chris Matthews had barely finished praising his colleagues at the 10th anniversary party for his "Hardball" show Thursday night in Washington, D.C. when his remarks turned political and pointed, even suggesting that the Bush administration had "finally been caught [...]
A Review of an Alleged Million-Dollar Bribe
Update on Jeff Mazon, a KBR contract officer being accused of taking bribes from businesses seeking work to support the US military in Iraq: Country Club Hills man accused in Iraq war kickback scheme. Mazon faces four counts of major fraud and eight counts of wire fraud. Under way in federal court in Rock Island, Mazon's trial has shed light on [...]
The Buzz about Krongard
http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2007/09/what-a-tangled-.html http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004232.php http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11993 What a tangled web we weave Yesterday, we wrote about the letter House Government Reform and Oversight committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) sent (pdf) to State Department Inspector [...]
Lost Weapons
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/20/cbsnews_investigates/main3283595.shtml
senate hearing
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=133062&ran=226447
