Support the Troops-Rid DoD of Waste
by: Eric Norman

In late 2002, upon news that Pentagon contractors were developing a superior hand-held chemical agent detector to those the military currently had, Air Force commanders on the eve of the second Iraq war insisted that 100 early models of the device be bought and sent to the troops immediately. Defense officials complied at a total cost of $1 million. The decision was made despite the manufacturer's tests which indicated the detectors didn't work well in hot (desert-like) environments or in battle-like conditions.

It's a Fraud-For-All
by: Nelson Kerr

Custer Battles, a U.S. security contractor in Iraq, is currently in court for beguiling $50 million from the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA)???the temporary governing body in Iraq. Pete Baldwin and Robert Isakson, two former Custer employees turned whistle blowers, brought suit ??? under the False Claims Act and on behalf of the federal government ??? based on their first-hand accounts of outrageous and frequent instances of fraud.