Fired Army Whistleblower Receives $970K For Exposing Halliburton No-Bid Contract In Iraq

DemocracyNow.org - Bunnatine "Bunny" Greenhouse, the former chief oversight official of contracts at the Army Corps of Engineers, has reached a $970,000 settlement six years after she was demoted for publicly criticizing a multi-billion dollar, no-bid contract to Halliburton — the company formerly headed by then-Vice President Dick Cheney. Greenhouse had accused the Pentagon of unfairly awarding the contract to Halliburton subsidiary, Kellogg Brown & Root. Testifying before Congress in June 2005, she called the contract the worst case of government abuse she had ever witnessed in her 20-year career. Just two months after that testimony, Greenhouse was demoted at the Pentagon, ostensibly for "poor performance." She had overseen government contracts for 20 years and had drawn high praise in her rise to become the senior civilian oversight official at the Army Corps of Engineers. With the help of the National Whistleblower Center, Greenhouse filed a lawsuit challenging her demotion. In a Democracy Now! broadcast exclusive, Greenhouse announces that a settlement has been reached in what is seen as a major victory for government whistleblowers. We're also joined by Greenhouse's attorney, Michael Kohn, and by Stephen Kohn, executive director of the National Whistleblowers Center.

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• democracy now
• dn
• amy goodman
• whistleblower
• bunnatine greenhouse
• bunny greenhouse
• army corps of engineers
• halliburton
• dick cheney
• kellogg brown & root
• iraq
• no bid contract
• michael kohn
• stephen kohn
• national whistleblowers center

[reachxdias]

Salute you brave woman

[tubetib]

We need more people like that.

[Stringyheads]

Enjoy the Money, you deserve it.

[fortnighte]

Thank you, Bunny, to you and your family, for your bravery and patriotism. My latest blog entry (ProjectToRestoreAmerica.US) is on this topic of the military-industrial complex. Kudos also to Democracy Now! for being all over this one.

[fortnighte]

Thank you, Bunny

[RegioLunar]

Corruption seeps so deep into the government i wonder how long i takes to fully transform the US into a plutocracy....

[Erik20091113]

Who decided to demote Greenhouse? Why aren't they arrested (and waterboarded)?

[abfmariachi]

Why couldn't they thrown in another 30K to make it 1 Million...of course it would be more dramatic!

[Wildwoodflowerify]

no one messes with bunnies :)