Yeah, the federal judge actually had the gall to say that the CPA was not a US government institution. I suppose because the UK was involved, and a few token troops from other countries, this makes the CPA "international," even though the article acknowledges that most of the funding and the personnel were from the US. More bizzaro world stuff. This judge is obviously a right-wing Bush supporter. At least they are going to appeal this ruling. Just when you think things can't get anymore surreal . . .
This is the Enron presidency.
The first fraud conviction emerging from Iraq, a case involving Custer Battles, the contracting company set up by ex-Reublican politico and former CIA operative, Mike Battles, and ex-Army officer Scott Custer and a case that has cost US taxpayers millions of dollars, has been set aside because of a legal technicality. It sends a signal to other US contractors in Iraq accused of exploiting the chaos following the Iraqi invasion to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from US taxpayers. It gives them the green light to operate in a corrupt environment and in a regime, which according to global accountants Ernst& Young, can’t gets its books right. Read more at:
http://www.soxfirst.com/50226711/a_legal_victory_for_war_profiteers_and_corporate_looters.php