Over the past four years, there has been only spotty oversight on the money allocated for the Iraq war. Now the House Government Reform Committee is starting hearings today on Iraq reconstruction and on private security contracts tomorrow. For more information, go to the Committee website at http://oversight.house.gov/index.asp.

When I started the Follow the Money Project, we were inundated with stories from the troops and contractor employees about the failure to get the money and resources to the troops. So I decided to write a book about it and this blog has been in hiatus since June 2006. Now I have finished the book, Betraying Our Troops: the Destructive Results of Privatizing War. We tell the story of the failures of the contracting the Iraq war through the eyes of the troops and the contract employees. We illustrate the problems from the planning of the war to the present time.The book will be published in June.

If you are interested in pre-ordering the book, click on the cover image to the right and it will take you to Amazon to place an order.

Now the Follow the Money Project will be continuing to investigate and pursue where the money for the Iraq War is going and if the troops are getting what they need to do their mission. We want to hear from more troops and contractor employees about their experiences in Iraq. Click on our CONTACT US link to the left to get in contact with us.

We will be working to inform the public and the media about our investigations and highlight what is and is not working for the troops. We will also be posting to this blog and the rest of the website information on this problem. Our REPORTS page has a whole new list of GAO, CRS and other government reports on the problem. We want to help the Pentagon and the Congress do the necessary oversight to make sure that the huge sums of money that we are spending for our troops are actually benefiting them. We welcome your input.

Dina Rasor
Chief Investigator
Follow the Money Project