The Cowboys of Kabul
Although their circumstances looked dire, the Spiers were about to become millionaires. By May, Barbara Spier had filed the paperwork to form a new corporation called US Protection and Investigations. Soon, thanks to the contracting sweepstakes that was the war in Afghanistan, she was signing an $8.4 million deal with the Louis Berger Group. The multinational construction and engineering company had landed a $214 million contract to rebuild Afghanistan's ... Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Mother Jones
Where will it end? A one million dollar question considering the fact that Afghanistan is spiraling out of control, and so does any systems of accountability or oversight of aid and development projects.