The office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction has put out a damning report on the $900 million construction project awarded to Parsons corporation for work done, or more to the point not done, in Iraq.

The report found that $142 million, or almost 43% of the contract's
disbursed funds, had been sent down the toilet, spent on projects that were either terminated or canceled. But the report also found that the US Government had colluded with all this. According to the report, these sorts of contracts usually require 50 to 60 contract officers to make sure everything is working. In this case, there were only 10 to 12. And the US Government was doing nothing to monitor the work not being done.

"SIGIR could not locate inventory records for items purchased by the contractor in support of construction activities and contract award documentation. The exact value of inventory purchased to support the task orders is unknown ... SIGIR found no evidence that the U.S. government tracked construction deficiencies to ensure that Parsons remediated faulty work on a timely basis."

Is it any wonder that the contractors and profiteers are cleaning up.