TPMtv: Watch the Cookie Crumble

[ikekll]

How is the business of private security doing?

BOOMING!

"The private military company DynCorp(by the investment fund Veritas Capital)which trains thousands of policemen around the world...criminal wedding between huge financial speculators and large mercenary corporations." (ThePeoplesVoice-MERCENARIES WITHOUT BORDERS, the 'dogs of war' of financial globalization-Karel Vereycken)

Parent corporporation:

Military Professionals Resources Inc. etc. Military Professionals Resources Inc.

[ikekll]

From The Center for Public Integrity: Post-War Contractors Ranked by Total Contract Value in Iraq and Afghanistan Contractor Contract Total Kellogg, Brown & Root (Halliburton) $2,329,040,891 Bechtel Group Inc. $1,029,833,000 International American Products Inc. $526,805,651 Perini Corporation $525,000,000 Contrack International Inc. $500,000,000 Fluor Corp. $500,000,000 Washington Group International $500,000,000 Research Triangle Institute $466,070,508

[kedekatan]

Josh, shame on you for trying to smear a good man. I worked briefly with Howard Krongard and in my view he is a principled, kind and honorable man, who served his country admirable in some challenging foreign locales. Perhaps you might find a better form of public service than this pseudo papparazi business. At the very least, learn how to pronounce Krongard's name right.

[trainwrecker123]

That is a problem.You guys just can't recognize the good from the bad anymore. This guy, like many of his ilk, are dishonest, unethical, in it for the money, and liars, but maintain a facade that you seem to have bought into. A perfect citizen of the era of corruption and greed.

[smujismuj]

Many of these Blackwater/Mercenary warmonger groups types are based in Armageddonist Christianity.

You should read/watch some info about the "Family".

watch?v=hUdg1TS-leE

[teebob2000]

How about "Traitor?" Did I pronounce that right?

[teebob2000]

Wait -- how about "Perjurer," kedekatan? Does that work for you? Too complicated? Let's keep it easy then. How about "Liar?" Am I pronouncing that right?

[Kisinkona]

This liar speaks out of the side of his mouth....trying not to reveal too much....

[josephbnany]

it has been nearly a fortnight since this report, so has a perjury charge been brought against this man or has your congress let it slip by the way side as they have done everything else?

[horsetickler]

I imagine so, it's the American way don't you know.

[z8it]

Yeah right;

Hillary will save the world!

Do me a favor; take a bottle of EVIAN water and read it's reflection in a mirror.

That's what you are.

[musicsheddcom]

This is great!! I hope we get more from this news. At least there are SOME good people in congress damn.

[Kisinkona]

This war is so deep in corruption....it mind boggling....our country has got to be one of the most corrupt in the world....so what do we do about it?

[lastnymleft]

Put an ethical man at the top, and let him clean House.

Ron Paul is the man to do that. Check out obamalaDOTcom and the video linked from there. There's a question at the end that is VERY relevant.

[SwissCross]

Just waterboard him;P

[Kisinkona]

Brilliant....if we waterboarded all the corrupt politicians including the men at the very top, we could get the real truth....now that would be an interesting Debate....:)

[ProlefeedTV]

I'm shocked, shocked to find that cronyism is going on here.

[z8it]

Really?

The Bush / Clinton dynasty has been in power for almost three decades and this level of cronyism shocks you?

wow!

Smell that? ...It's coffee!

 ...time to WAKE UP!

[milkmantx]

somebody is going to jail nanny nanny boo boo(singing)

[cpenter]

Great job of making the events into a quick understandable story.

[ORACLE063]

wow

[Kisinkona]

Do you notice how this inspector general talks out of one side of his mouth that is a sure sign of Lying.....this guy is as guilty as sin....

[airskank]

lol owned. see.. the thing is, is that EVERYTHING people do is motivated by sex, money, or power. and that's it... so ANY administration is going to have it's problems. So thinking that the "next" administration is going to fix all this shit is wrong. it's not.

[chunksloth]

Stop all this madness.

VOTE FOR RON PAUL.

Let's have peace, fiscal responsibility, civil liberties, and a government that actually follows the Constitution instead of doing whatever it wants, wether for good or for ill.

[pjt03]

Both Krongard's are grad's of Princeton.. Not the University's finest moment~

[TechnojunkFactory]

Which rock did this "Prince" guy crawl out from under???

[sandbarwillow]

Another lying sack of shit in the Bush administration!

[rogerinkart]

Great vid Josh. I'm going to enjoy watching it over and over.

Let's hope this starts a domino effect that will lead straight to the White House.

[drivin98]

Hope he recorded that call.

[mpost81]

Throw them all in prison!

[SergioMomarsh]

My brother is investigating from the inside as a worker for a contractor in Baghdad.

[mikemidcity]

So what?

Another Bush Administration scandal.

This would be scandal number ..... what 33b .... or is it scandal number 36d?

Yep it's 36d, the big boob scandal.

[KHW1969]

I just got ripped off by listening to 10 seconds of your video. Will you refund my 10 seconds?

[wcarlpdrysdale]

good vid . now go ron paul and god bless amarica

[F4O4U4R4S]

great job veracifier! that is really good stuff!!

[pjt03]

"It used to be said that, "one bad apple.....". Well, if all the apples in the bushel basket are rotten except maybe one or two, what do you do?"

You throw out the rotten ones one.. by one.. until you find something worthwhile

[holdingcompany]

It used to be said that, "one bad apple.....". Well, if all the apples in the bushel basket are rotten except maybe one or two, what do you do?

[maluwelton]

hehe josh looks so happy at the end

[djathens2]

Thanks Josh!

[pjt03]

Krongard sould serve a little time in jail for perjury & obstruction of justice..

& a real inspector general should head up the state dep't..

This is our tax dollars being wasted.

[pastaplanet5]

Christ, all u commies look the same-buncha David Cross pinheads. waaaaa waaaaaaa waaaaaaa

Go to Cuba!

[laleeloolelo]

Pastaplanet that's the most pathetic defense of cookie yet.

[jonathanwindham]

It's not like people are dying... O wait! There are!

[JoeShmoe65]

LOL! You suck at put downs!

[ShiekYerbooty]

IMPEACHMENT NOW

[ShiekYerbooty]

we no longer have representatives, we have politicians, corporate-shills,war-profiteer­ing, covering-up, yes-men, old-boy-network

say yes to the constitution, Ron Paul 2008

[nowar08]

i agree completely, we should round up all of them and leave them in bagdad after we bring the

troops home

[andrewdykers]

Thanks for doing good work.

[jsfumato]

These people are all so dirty..a high power pressure washer could not wash them clean... PIGS !all of them profitng from murder.....Blackwater kicking in a door near you SOON!

[JustLikeIcarus]

get 'em

[4951WEDDEL]

Yes, that makes sense, let's put the man in jail because his brother is on an "advisory board"! As one Republican put it, "this is drive-by oversight". Democrats are doing all they can to disrupt and discredit the administration. They are trying to build an embassy in the middle of a war zone. The building is, at least, on schedule.

[laleeloolelo]

"Yes, that makes sense, let's put the man in jail because his brother is on an "advisory board"!".

Ever heard of collusion and "conflict of interest"?

Will you be this "understanding" of cookie's legal problem IF HE WAS A DEMOCRAT?!

[4951WEDDEL]

Yes, because it is nothing but smoke and mirrors. Republicans would be going after real corruption, not just trying to stall the Iraq war effort. Is there some corruption in the building of the embassy? Probably some, but there is corruption in everything done in country like Iraq. The fact is that the project is on schedule and on budget.

[laleeloolelo]

"Yes, because it is nothing but smoke and mirrors".

Excellent, does this mean you also think Clinton impeachment is also just "smoke and mirrors"?

Heh heh.

[jonathanwindham]

Because there has been no real corruption on the part of military contractors, a blackwater employee can get drunk, kill the vice president of Iraq's bodyguard, only get fired and end up working for another military contractor within a matter of months. Yep, no real corruption there.

This is one of many things that have happened under the military contractors under the supervision of the Bush administration.

[F4O4U4R4S]

4951WEDDEL : this has nothing to do with what political side of the fence you sit on! it has everything to do with conflicts of interest and the rampant corruptnace that runs from the president all the way down the totumpole, this administration expects the general public to stick to their mud throwing at the opposition(dems vs rep) instead of watching exactly where america is headed, america has become an imperialistic roge nation, its easier to see if you take your blindfold off!

[4951WEDDEL]

You are very wrong. This has everything to do with politics. There is not rampant corruption in this administration. These are good people trying to do a very difficult job at a very dangerous time in our history. They have to put up with a Congress that wants to destroy them rather than the terrorists we are fighting.

[laleeloolelo]

"These are good people trying to do a very difficult job at a very dangerous time in our history".

Good people don't profiteer from war Weddel.

[pjt03]

Will Krongard go to jail?

Will the State Department get a real Inspector General & do it's job of oversight into fraud & corruption of it's contractors?

[mspear1986]

does anyone see the simularities between america now and russia just years before the collapse of that great government....it isnt long now beofre america is a fractured nation and we will be seperated and no more 50 states...prepare for war people it is coming to your front doors

[flexorder]

This is just part of the mountain of shit waiting out there for people to uncover. It is laughable how many low hanging, rotten scandals there are just waiting for somebody to reach up and pick off the vine of corrupt America.

[chewbaca1989]

Scum,

Revolution!

[ginogrz]

Haha, scumbag.

[dingusmungus]

Why do people like this get associated with the Republican party... God damned neocons are not consrvative nor are they new. They're ex-dems who have taken over the GOP. The dirty lying bastards should be hung by their toes.

[chodlover]

It's good that you're angry but can you see that 'dirty lying bastards' are in every part of the political spectrum.

If we close our eyes and ears, look for a quick answer and blame it on 'the opposition' we won't understand what is truly happening in our government.

Our entire government is corrupt.

[QuasiEvilScott]

What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.

-Qes

[ConiptionFits]

So what if Krongard is protecting Erik Prince? Prince is an American Hero! While serving our nation as a Navy Seal, he was involved in a number of missions (which he's not allowed to talk about because they're classified) which dealt serious blows to Al Qaeda. What's more, he's a person friend of General Petraeus and a member of his kitchen cabinet. So, Cookie Krongard, do your worst--in my book, we need more PATRIOTS just like you and Erik Prince!

[guerone]

if this is not satire.... fuck you

[wntoply6]

boy, coniptionfist, you are one sick bastard!

you're the type person whom it would be a personal pleasure to serve up to aligators, sharks and throw out of a plane without a parachute.

i would love to see the agony on your face as you die slowly! you're what's wrong with america and why we're in this mess.

problem is, you're to stupid to see it. you're not a true american!

[JohnnyOhio]

Good work! Thanks for posting.

[fishhead06]

Great work, Josh! I can't believe how stupid these GOP hacks are.

[Swift2001]

"Perry Mason moment." Ha.

The guy was aware that they were closing in on him at LEAST six weeks ago. And a simple denial of a verifiable fact, and then a complete 360 reverse under questioning, this was his PLAN? Wow. That's either the stupidest guy I've ever seen, or he was left out to dry a long time ago.

And Bro decided that discretion, etc., and left him to twist slowly in the wind. Well, all he has to do is keep mum and he'll get a pardon.

[aarohazel]

pwned

[4951WEDDEL]

Nearly every member of Congress is married to or sleeping with a lobbyist. Everyone has family who works someplace that is covered by a government decision. This is just more Democrat foolishness.

[fishhead06]

In other words, you have absolutely no problem with conflicts of interest? As I suspected, Republicans are untroubled by ethical conscience.

[4951WEDDEL]

His brother JUST took the job with Blackwater within the last couple months. Blackwater has been in Iraq for years. When he became aware of the conflict, he reused himself. This is more than members of Congress who write exceptions into laws for their family and friends.

[mcalien24]

defending the indefensible as always

[4951WEDDEL]

There is nothing to defend. It is nothing more than another Democrat manufactured controversy. It is intended to distract the people from focusing on their own failure to do anything meaningful. It is all old news.

[mcalien24]

if there is nothing to defend, then why have you been defending it? you attack dems for NOT doing exactly the things you DONT want done. its insane. besides this is meaningful to me. but what is meaningful to you is exactly what has been happening from both sides, nothing.

[fishhead06]

First, how would you explain Krongard's utter failure to investigate allegations against Blackwater? Second, Krongard (or his brother) are either wilfully stupid or worse for concealing this information about the brother's ties to Blackwater for at least FOUR MONTHS. How can you excuse this?

[ConiptionFits]

These hearings do nothing but give aide and comfort to the enemies of America and Hilary Clinton. If Tom Delay were still running the show, General Petraeus would be sitting high on the hog in Tehran by now, fishing out the Mullahs from their hidey holes.

[fishhead06]

Yes, lets allow corruption and mismanagement to flourish uninvestigated - that will show the US off in a MUCH better light!

[crazycatfguy]

These no bid cost plus contracts were given exclusively to large contributors to the republican party and have sucked billions of fraud an waste tax dollars from both Republicans and Democrats. This is a problem for all tax payers and has nothing to do with Democrat foolishness.

[SoBanned]

Whoa. Buzzy just hung Cookie out to dry.

Does this help against Blackwater?

[kezzjin]

9th comment.

[judydeneal]

Great video and analysis! Thanks.

[intarwebzz]

dude, mikie, take the message offline--youtube is already made of ron paul supporters; you're preaching to the choir now. you GOTTA take it to the streets if you want it to happen. my neighbor didn't even know whom ron paul was until i told him cuz he doesn't have cable.

[mikie1973]

true my sister a life time demo had not heard of ron paul i have lead her to the message and she and i both talk to people about the great dr paul

[PussycatGoGo]

Is there a low IQ average needed to work for the Bush administration? This is mind blowing. It's like watching a SNL skit.

[SoBanned]

Or just be a graduate of Pat Robertson University, aka Regent University. It's called Faith-based hiring. Credentials aren't needed.

[RedTulie1]

@PussycatGoGo this crap happens with both democraps and republiturds; they are all in it for the money and power......to hell with the American people and the sacred oaths these so-called representatives of the people swore to when they took office.

[wntoply6]

just more corruption in the bush administration. you know that administration that was gonna bring honor and truth back to the white house.

the admin that was gonna bring all americans together. what a bunch of lies from this "so called" christian administration.

[Apressello]

Better hurry up and convict him so Bush can pardon him, too.

[kuriostone]

Yeah!! I would love some corroboration for Buzzy's admission - anyone know more about that?

YER GOINA JAIL COOKIE! (nanaNAna... nanaNAna... HEYheyhey... goodbye...)

[tangneyk]

No he's not.

[Drstrangelove17]

ouch. buzzie totally implicated his own brother! that's a lack of tact....

[shortfu]

i say skip the trial and hang him.

[RiviRivn]

Veracifier, your cutting together of the news is just superb! I can't thank you enough!