> Whistleblowers Detail Corruption and Fraud at Halliburton during Senate Hearing
17 February 2005, 20:49
I have ceased to be surprised by our government’s lack of "appropriate" response, either legal or political, to the many documented instances of fraud by corporate contractors with political connections to the Republican administration. The press seems to be unaware that financial fraud is a crime, these are criminal acts, and the premeditated lack of oversight to prevent fraud, and the lack of response when fraud is actually proven makes me conclude that our government is controlled by criminals. Is it defamatory to use this word? No, I am just a victim, as are Americans as a whole. New lies and new crimes by the Bush administration are exposed amost daily, but are for some reason treated as "politics as usual" by the major media. This is the Bush legacy: that politics and crime have become synonymous. We cannot hope to turn back this tide if we are afraid of sounding defamatory. Criminal fraud is just one tool of the war profiteer, but those in government who knowingly facilitate fraud and resist punishing those who commit fraud rightly deserve the label "criminals".
I have ceased to be surprised by our government’s lack of "appropriate" response, either legal or political, to the many documented instances of fraud by corporate contractors with political connections to the Republican administration. The press seems to be unaware that financial fraud is a crime, these are criminal acts, and the premeditated lack of oversight to prevent fraud, and the lack of response when fraud is actually proven makes me conclude that our government is controlled by criminals. Is it defamatory to use this word? No, I am just a victim, as are Americans as a whole. New lies and new crimes by the Bush administration are exposed amost daily, but are for some reason treated as "politics as usual" by the major media. This is the Bush legacy: that politics and crime have become synonymous. We cannot hope to turn back this tide if we are afraid of sounding defamatory. Criminal fraud is just one tool of the war profiteer, but those in government who knowingly facilitate fraud and resist punishing those who commit fraud rightly deserve the label "criminals".