Halliburton Whistleblower gets a General's Support

In a way, it is too bad this scandal did not break more about six weeks ago, but still it is yet another reason to vote against these corrupt cretins.

A senior Army contracting officer who had criticized a contract given to Halliburton had been subjected to a racist and sexist work environment, her former supervisor, a retired general, said in an affidavit.

The affidavit by retired Lt. Gen. Joe N. Ballard demonstrated the integrity of Bunnatine Greenhouse, said her attorney, Michael Kohn.

Greenhouse, chief contracting officer for the Army Corps of Engineers , has charged that the Army showed favoritism to Halliburton, Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, and that she was frozen out of decisions affecting it.

That work environment "just made it that much more difficult for Ms. Greenhouse to take the action she took. She was under immense pressure to cave in," Kohn said Sunday.

In the affidavit, Ballard said "Ms. Greenhouse's race (African-American) and gender ruffled a lot of feathers in the Corps command and also contributed to the disparate and highly critical treatment she has received."

So in addition to third-world corruption, Ms. Greenhouse had to put up with bigotry as well. There's a shocker from these folks.