TAPPAN CONSULTING - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/90998.xml TAPPAN CONSULTING - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 If Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" is the Film They Don't Want You to See, the New Edition of Sheryl Tappan's "Shock and Awe in Fort Worth" is the Book They Don't Want You to Read http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb141210.htm In April, ex-Bechtel consultant, Sheryl Tappan published the first hard evidence of political cronyism by the Bush administration. She showed how Pentagon officials, up and down the chain of command, are guilty of conspiracy, corruption, and procurement fraud in a courageous new book, "Shock and Awe in Fort Worth: How the U.S. Army Rigged the 'Free and Open Competition' to Replace Halliburton's Sole-Source Oil Field Contract in Iraq." The focus of the book is the "Sons of RIO" competition, which the Pentagon promised to give other contractors a chance at the billions of dollars of Restore Iraqi Oil (RIO) work secretly awarded to Halliburton KBR. The irony is the competition turned out to be far more corrupt than the sole-source "Mother RIO" award, but administration critics have continued to focus on Mother RIO and KBR overcharges. They have yet to turn their attention to the corruption in the Sons of RIO competition. The Iraq contracting debacle has continued to evolve, and information has come to light since April that corroborates Tappan’s account of the Sons of RIO conspiracy, as documented in a new edition of her book to be published next Monday. It includes an easy-to-follow timeline of events to supplement the text that guides the reader quickly and easily through the key evidentiary documents. Together, the text and new timeline present a compelling case for indicting two generals and several high-level political appointees, as well as lower-level contracting staff at the Corps of Engineers' Fort Worth District. (PRWeb Jul 14, 2004)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb141210.htm Kerry to Focus on Political Cronyism and Cheney-Halliburton Connections -- Woman Involved in Iraq Contracting Releases the Hard Evidence He Needs http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/04/prweb121983.htm On Friday, Senator Kerry will begin focusing on political cronyism in the Bush administration, in particular, Cheney’s connections to Halliburton, according to the Washington Post. To make his case, Kerry will need more than the circumstantial evidence the administration's critics have presented to date. Sheryl Tappan was involved in the Iraq contracting and has the hard evidence the Senator needs. She has just released her story in a daring new book, "Shock and Awe in Fort Worth." She has identified missing links in the bureaucratic chain between the Vice President and Halliburton's Iraq oil field contracts, and her book shows how they lied and cheated Halliburton's competitors and committed procurement fraud. (PRWeb Apr 28, 2004)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/04/prweb121983.htm Shock and Awe in Fort Worth - First Hard Evidence of Political Cronyism and Procurement Fraud in Award of Iraq Oil Field Work to Halliburton http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/04/prweb118794.htm After the Pentagon revealed the secret award of billions of dollars of Iraq oil field work to Halliburton, the Army Corps of Engineers’ Fort Worth District was supposed to give other contractors a chance to bid on the work. The irony is the competition for the two replacement contracts turned out to be far more corrupt than the original sole-source award, but that was never revealed until now. "Shock and Awe in Fort Worth," published this month, identifies missing links between Vice President Cheney and the Halliburton contracts. It shows how these Corps personnel lied and cheated Halliburton’s competitors and violated federal law, but it is far more than an exposé. It presents a constructive, nonpartisan examination of the Iraq contracting debacle and a path forward out of the quagmire of financial waste and potential abuse that the government’s large cost-reimbursable contracts have become. (PRWeb Apr 16, 2004)

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