http://www.usatoday.com…
Matt Kelley, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — A firm suspended from U.S. government contracts for allegedly bribing Army officers was awarded a new contract in Iraq two days after the suspension was imposed, government investigators found. The Pentagon paid the suspended company more than $1 million under the new contract.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/…
By Mike Nizza
[Update, 2:59 p.m. | He pleaded not guilty and was released until the trial. A date has not been set.]
If the subject had not already been covered extensively in the pages of The New York Times, Representative Henry Waxman’s question last month could have easily passed for comic relief during another unmercifully drawn-out [...]

http://rawstory.com…
Nick Juliano
Published: Friday March 28, 2008
The 22-year-old Florida man who allegedly provided old, substandard Chinese-manufactured ammunition to troops in Afghanistan as part of a nearly $300 million Pentagon contract also started a private company that specialized in selling foreign munitions to civilian gun enthusiasts, according to public documents, a RAW STORY investigation reveals.

http://www.nytimes.com/…
By C. J. CHIVERS
This article was reported by C. J. Chivers, Eric Schmitt and Nicholas Wood and written by Mr. Chivers.
Since 2006, when the insurgency in Afghanistan sharply intensified, the Afghan government has been dependent on American logistics and military support in the war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
But to arm the Afghan forces [...]