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
It seems like mainstream media tends not to focus on war-related corruption stories like this one. It's truly sickening what people will do for a buck while so many are losing their lives.