It has been almost a year since I first mentioned Bunnatine Greenhouse. She was the top procurement officer for the Army Corp of Engineers and was in charge of the contracts for Iraq. Throughout her tenure she received the highest marks on her performance evaluations before being demoted for performance issues. The only issue that has been known is that she went to Congress and spoke the truth about the questionability of the contracts awarded to Halliburton.

Here we are and she is still demoted and now we find out that what she said was not only true, but may very well be illegal. A conservative watchdog group has obtained emails from the Army Corp of Engineers and Raw Story is reporting on them:

New documents obtained by a conservative watchdog group suggest that the US Army Corp of Engineers may have publicly lied regarding the involvement of the Vice President’s office in awarding a 2003 multi-billion dollar, no-bid contract to Kellogg Brown and Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton, RAW STORY has learned.

RAW STORY has obtained a copy of the emails, which were acquired by the government watchdog group Judicial Watch under the Freedom of Information Act.

The newly released emails show the Army Corps attempting to deflect attention from Cheney’s office by distributing talking points that would mask Cheney’s purported role. The Corps could not immediately be reached for comment.

This is disgusting and an abuse of power as well as a fraud on the American people. One email went as far as to say this:

“I am copying you on this crap since I honestly believe the competitive procurement will never happen.”

Congress must act on this and investigate it to the fullest extent.