> Whistleblowers Detail Corruption and Fraud at Halliburton during Senate Hearing
31 March 2005, 01:14
There are "qui tam" lawsuits in which private citizens can sue companies that have defrauded the government, and collect a percentage of the judgment. I don’t know enough to say whether such a suit would be possible in this case. It sounds like the government is trying to get the courts to rule that the Coalition Provisional Authority is not a part of the U.S. government so if the CPA is defrauded the U.S. government is not.
There are "qui tam" lawsuits in which private citizens can sue companies that have defrauded the government, and collect a percentage of the judgment. I don’t know enough to say whether such a suit would be possible in this case. It sounds like the government is trying to get the courts to rule that the Coalition Provisional Authority is not a part of the U.S. government so if the CPA is defrauded the U.S. government is not.