http://mssparky.com Wed, 23 May 2012 22:43:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mssparky.com/2012/05/taxpayers-foot-the-bill-for-kbr-attorneys-at-750-per-hour-plus-other-outrageous-perks/ http://mssparky.com/2012/05/taxpayers-foot-the-bill-for-kbr-attorneys-at-750-per-hour-plus-other-outrageous-perks/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 22:43:09 +0000 Ms Sparky http://mssparky.com/?p=29646 Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky"

Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Wyden: KBR is Wasting Taxpayer Money While Avoiding Responsibility for Exposure of Oregon Guard to Toxic Chemicals Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Washington, D.C. – In a letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) called on the DoD to investigate the excessive [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR Exposed Troops To At Least 7 Toxic Substances-says report
2. Anham LLC accused of outrageous overbilling in Iraq (Updated 7/31/2011)
3. Lawmakers Secure Provision in NDAA to Bring Transparency to War Contracting Process

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" By Spencer Ackerman  @ Wired.com A bulldozer dumps a load of trash into a burn pit just 300 yards from the runway at Bagram Airfield, January 2012. An Army memo from 2011 found the burn pit is associated with “long-term” health effects on soldiers at Bagram. [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Troops Worried About Exposure To The Burn Pits
2. Military: Burn pits could cause long-term damage to troops
3. Burn pit data worthless, expert says

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Brian Bowling – (Tribune-Review) – May 21, 2012 – A Butler County man claims in a federal lawsuit filed today that subsidiaries of London-based defense contractor BAE Systems PLC have prolonged a state lawsuit over a non-competition clause and his federal bankruptcy case to punish him [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Ex-employee of N.J. defense contractor pleads not guilty to sharing military secrets
2. Defense contractor employee (Dorothy Ellis) pleads guilty to bribery
3. KBR accused of retaliating against whistleblower George Price

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Report: TRC Folded In Inquiry Haines City firm faced accusations of supplying Army with bad gyroscopes. Kyle Kennedy – (The Ledger) – HAINES CITY – May 20, 2012 – When Technology Research Consultants landed in Polk County in 2003, the company shined with promise. But about [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Recent developments in the Dover Mortuary scandal
2. Another former KBR perv arrested for child porn
3. Eyak & Army Corps of Engineers employees arrested for bribery, contracting scam (Updated)

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Former Abu Ghraib prisoners can sue contractors over alleged abuse -court CACI International and L-3 not entitled to early appeal Cases will resume in Virginia and Maryland courts Terry Baynes – (Reuters) – 11 May 2012 – A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived two lawsuits [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Appeals court sends Jamie Jones’ Rape Case To Court
2. L-3 & CACI may be off the hook in Abu Ghraib torture scandal
3. Hexavalent chromium exposure: Federal judge rules Oregon vets lawsuit against KBR can go directly to appeals court

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" NEIL GORDON – (POGO) – May 10, 2012 – The U.S. Court of Federal Claims recently unsealed its opinion and order in the nearly four-year fight by KBR to recoup the $41 million it claims the U.S. Army owes under the LOGCAP III contract in Iraq. [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Alleged multi-million dollar kickback scheme involving NAVSEA contractor
2. Federal Court Upholds Right to Sue Jordanian Defense Contractor in U.S.
3. Appeals court sends Jamie Jones’ Rape Case To Court

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Banking group, which has £8.5m slice of CSC, is under pressure along with other City investors from human rights charity Rupert Neate – (Guardian UK) – May 6, 2012 – Lloyds Banking Group has become embroiled in a row over its investment in a company accused [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. L-3 & CACI may be off the hook in Abu Ghraib torture scandal
2. DOJ Wants American Contractor’s Torture Suit Against Rumsfeld Dismissed
3. Judge says American defense contractor can sue Rumsfeld personally over torture allegations (Updated 08/10/2011)

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Mike Francis – (The Oregonian) – May 4, 2012 – Lawyers in the lawsuit filed by a set of Oregon National Guard soldiers against KBR Inc., the Houston-based military contractor, have filed dueling briefs following the soldiers’ assertion that KBR knowingly concealed a key document from [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR asks federal judge to dismiss case brought by Oregon soldiers
2. Blackwater/XE: No Rules – No Limits – No Bail (Updated links 04-17-2010)
3. KBR stilling fighting Oregon National Guard Troops over Qarmat Ali exposures

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" …Kirby Dick’s The Invisible War, an indictment of the rape “epidemic” within the U.S. military, has brought swift action from the Pentagon… …Dick’s film, filled with heartbreaking accounts of sexual assaults against both female and male soldiers, often at the hands of their military superiors, gets [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. 180 Volts From Water Stream To Ground
2. 180 Volts From Water Stream To Ground #2
3. A matter of interpretation and other news

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" “More Cost….More Plus” as the KBR managers used to say! Ryan Abbott - (Courthouse News) – WASHINGTON – Defense contractor KBR cannot deflect fraud claims by accusing the U.S. government of failing to provide “force protection,” a federal judge ruled. Formerly known as Kellogg Brown & Root [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Judge to Seal Filings in KBR False Claims Suit
2. Lockheed Martin & SAIC settle False Claims Act case for bid rigging at NAVO
3. DoJ starts the new year with Maersk false claims settlement

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" The claim, which was filed at the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals in Virginia, alleges that U.S. government officials employed by DLA and the Department of Justice conspired to intentionally deprive Agility of performance-based fee that it was entitled to under the Second Prime Vendor Contract.  [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KGL files protest for Prime Vendor contract award to Anham
2. Kuwait’s Agility denies winning Canadian military contract
3. “This is a contract dispute not a criminal matter” says Agility

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" KENDALL DYE, THE WHISTLEBLOWER: “I am glad that the company, rather than taxpayers, is bearing the cost of fixing the problem with the flares. There were simple, inexpensive tests that would have revealed the defect.” ERIC R. HAVIAN, SAN FRANCISCO ATTORNEY WITH PHILLIPS & COHEN: “ATK’s [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. American contractor sells faulty flares to DoD for $42M
2. At what cost freedom – $250 million if your Dick Cheney
3. U.S. fines BAE $79 million, Rock Island rewards BAE with $10 million

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" We imagine the lobbyist stalking the halls of Congress trying to use cash to influence important people. But it doesn’t always work that way. Often, the Congressman is stalking the lobbyist, asking for money. ~ NPR, Money in Politics Series Army probes drug use by U.S. [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. You’ll pay for that & other news
2. Who’s sorry now and other news
3. Faking it in bed and other news

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Pentagon defends millions to contractor despite unpaid taxes Tom Vanden Brook – (USA Today) – WASHINGTON - April 15, 2012 –  The tax problems of the military’s top propaganda contractor in Afghanistan would not have prevented the Pentagon from awarding it multimillion-dollar contracts, a top official said [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Newsweek on the Iraq Burn Pits – A Sickening Situation
2. A matter of interpretation and other news
3. How does your garden grow and other news

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Mike Francis - (The Oregonian) - April 10, 2012 – The suit brought by several dozen Oregon National Guard soldiers against military contractor KBR Inc. has been downsized by the federal judge hearing the case. In an effort to reduce the number of plaintiffs to a manageable number, U.S. [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR asks federal judge to dismiss case brought by Oregon soldiers
2. KBR’s appeal rejected in Oregon National Guard case (updated)
3. Judge says Oregon National Guard can sue KBR in Oregon for exposing them to deadly toxins

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Dana Liebelson – (POGO) – April 5, 2012 – Lawyers representing U.S. soldiers poisoned at a water treatment plant in Iraq have presented strong evidence that contractor Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) knew personnel stationed there would be exposed to a carcinogenic chemical, according to The [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR knowingly exposes soldiers and employees to toxic poison (NBC video)
2. Senators propose registry for poisoned Iraq veterans
3. Ind. Soldiers sue(KBR) over chemical exposure in Iraq

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Post updated on 4-5-2012 with links to docs-see below Nigel Duara - (Associated Press AP) – PORTLAND, Ore. – April 4th, 2012 – A document uncovered by attorneys for soldiers sickened at an Iraqi water treatment plant shows a military contractor knew a deadly toxin was being stockpiled [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. US military investigates contractor work force (with docs-updated)
2. Ind. Soldiers sue(KBR) over chemical exposure in Iraq
3. KBR Knew About Chemical Before Exposure?

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" The Department of Defense plans to exempt records of internal law enforcement investigations from Privacy Act disclosure requirements. The act, which governs record systems maintained by federal agencies, normally requires that individuals be allowed to view records that pertain to them unless the records were gathered [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. You’ll pay for that & other news
2. Who’s sorry now and other news
3. The art of duplicity and other news

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Rich Lord – (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) – March 30, 2012 – Staff Sgt. Ryan Douglas Maseth’s death in a shower in Iraq stemmed from U.S. Army decisions that can’t be questioned by courts, lawyers for a top defense contractor argued in court today. Or maybe they were [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Congress Investigates Electrocution Death Of Soldiers In Iraq
2. 3rd anniversary of the electrocution death of SSG Ryan Maseth
3. Senator Reid Wants Investigation Into Adam Hermansons Electrocution Death

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Tracking Gaddafi: The case against the Canadian accused of aiding a dictator’s son Stewart Bell – (National Post) –  MEXICO CITY – March 24, 2012 –  When a dictatorship falls, the old regime takes flight. And so when Colonel Muammar Gaddafi began losing his grip on [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Pentagon Acts To Boost Security In Wake Of Fort Hood Rampage
2. Myths, Misconduct and other news
3. Who’s sorry now and other news

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