07-12-2013, 07:40 PM
Lemon Drop wrote:
Glad he was caught, but this is just a drop compared with the waste and corruption in Iraq and Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Nearly $9 billion of money spent on Iraqi reconstruction is unaccounted for because of inefficiencies and bad management, according to a watchdog report published Sunday.
(and after a while that starts to be real money...)
There is also this :
http://reason.com/blog/2013/07/10/milita...ad-quarter
Military Wastes Millions on Headquarters Never To Be Used
Guy Bentley|Jul. 10, 2013 5:00 pm
The U.S. military has wasted $34 million on a vast new headquarters in Afghanistan which will most likely never be used by U.S. forces. The 64,000 square foot monument to government incompetence stands vacant at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan.
The Washington Post:
The windowless, two-story structure, which is larger than a football field, was completed this year at a cost of $34 million. But the military has no plans to ever use it. Commanders in the area, who insisted three years ago that they did not need the building, now arein the process of withdrawing forces and see no reason to move into the new facility.
So what is to be the fate of the military’s latest white elephant?
“The building will probably be demolished," said John F. Sopko, special inspector general for reconstruction in Afghanistan. "Unfortunately, it is unused, unoccupied, and presumably will never be used for its intended purpose.”
A lot more stuff here:
http://www.sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyreport...4-30qr.pdf
quarterly report - Special Inspector General for Afghanistan ...
www.sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyreports/2013-04-30qr.pdf
Apr 30, 2013 - A U.S. Marine Corps squad leader and a rifleman, both from 3rd Battalion, ... To date, Congress has provided nearly $93 billion to build Afghan security forces, ...... uncovered $5 million spent for unused incinerators; and found a success ...... $35. $40. $45. $50. $55. $60. $65. $70. $75. $80. $85. $90. $95.