Thursday, March 3, 2011

"Transmission" Losses: Billion Dollar Fuel Theft

After nearly a decade of mismanagement, theft and fraud, the U.S. military still hasn't found a way to staunch the flow of what is likely hundreds of millions -- if not billions -- of dollars in lost fuel in Afghanistan, some of which is sold on the black market and winds up in Taliban hands, a TPM investigation has found.
[Source: TalkingPointsMemo.com]

1 comment:

dGarry39 said...

My brother is on the team that manages the US budget for Afghanistan operations and they are very strict with the budget. I was installing the parts from 4WheelOnline on my truck when he took a quick call to update us about family matters. He is working from home now due to the virus and he is always on extended time of work to ensure things are working about the budget to Afghanistan