Bad news for war profiteers and corrupt politicians.
Today, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced a bill, simply called The War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2007, targeting fraud by government contractors supporting the occupation of Iraq and the response to Hurricane Katrina. Such profiteering would be a felony under Leahy’s legislation, punishable by up to 20 years in prison and fines of $1 million or twice the gross profits of the profiteering. The bill would also clarify U.S. courts’ jurisdiction to handle cases of profiteering which occur overseas.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=181755