Byron Dorgan: “it is the case that whistleblowers from Kuwait, Iraq, and various parts of the United States have come to me and said…”

“it is the case that whistleblowers from Kuwait, Iraq, and various parts of the United States have come to me and said: What is going on is wrong. We have held some hearings through our policy committee to take a look at it. They have wanted to testify. Let me give you one example. I talked about Rory before. A man named Rory, an engaging fellow, who was a supervisor at a food service operation in Iraq, he said to us that what was going on was wrong. He worked for Kellogg, Brown & Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton. No. 1, he said we were charging for thousands of meals that we weren't serving. No. 2, we were feeding the troops food that had expired date stamps on them. He brought it to the attention of his superiors. They said: It doesn't matter. Feed it to the troops. It doesn't matter. He said: We had convoys of trucks that were attacked on the road with food in them. He was told: You go into that truck bed and you find out what food has shrapnel in it. If you find good pieces of shrapnel, you give it to your supervisors as souvenirs, but feed the food to the troops. The other thing that was very interesting, talking about employees of Kellogg, Brown & Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton, he said: We were told that when Government auditors come around, don't you dare talk to them. You are forbidden to talk to them. If you do, one of two things will happen.…”