AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Byline: David Ivanovich
Oct. 29--WASHINGTON -- The FBI wants to interview a top procurement official at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who has accused Army commanders of violating contracting rules to help Halliburton Co. "squelch a political firestorm."
Bunnatine Greenhouse, the corps' "competition advocate," contends commanders improperly assigned a subordinate to examine possible fuel overcharges related to Halliburton's Iraqi oil contract to keep her "in the dark."
The Justice Department is conducting a criminal probe into the potential fuel overcharges, which Pentagon auditors calculate may have amounted to about $61 million.
On Thursday, Greenhouse's attorney Michael Kohn confirmed the FBI had contacted him "requesting to interview Ms. Greenhouse concerning an…