 | "Rigged from the Beginning"
by David Phinney, Special to CorpWatch September 30th, 2004 A once secret Halliburton oil contract raked in billions long after the Army said the work would be competitively bid. As of September 2004 Halliburton billed over $2.5 billion. A Bechtel whistleblower calls the bidding process to break up the work, "a sham." |
 | Prison Interrogation for Profit by David Phinney, Special to CorpWatch September 15th, 2004 Private contractors face legal action for crimes in Abu Ghraib Employees of two high-profile defense contractors are accused of involvement in close to one third of the torture and abuse incidents cited in a recent Army investigation of Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. |
| No Competition Former Bechtel consultant portrays Halliburton bidding process as a “sham” by David Phinney, Special to CorpWatch September 14th, 2004 Sheryl Elam Tappan, former Bechtel Consultant, tells a special panel of congressional Democrats, “Officials up and down the chain of command ignored our federal laws and regulations and the procedures that normally ensure fair play.” |
 | Information Warriors by Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatch August 4th, 2004 Rendon Group Wins Hearts and Minds in Business, Politics and War The Rendon Group is a consulting firm whose services range from creating "a favorable environment before privatization begins" to helping justify war. Rick Rendon, a founding partner talks to CorpWatch about his latest project, "Empowering Peace." |
 | Inventing Iraqi Democracy in North Carolina by Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatch July 1st, 2004 Former employees of RTI, a North Carolina company with a $167 million military contract to teach Iraqis about democracy, say the company failed in its task. |
| Give War a Chance: the Life and Times of Tim Spicer
by Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatch June 9th, 2004 Strange or villianous, Tim Spicer's business partners over the years, have found themselves in hot water from Canada to Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe, although he has always somehow managed to avoid prosecution. |