And to round out our check in on events connected with Walter Reed, IAP, and privatization, here is a resonse by the American Federation of Government Employees to the excuses IAP and the Army are making. Read on.

IAP has not been much in the news lately, so it seemed to be a good time to check on what it has to say for itself.

This is not a trick question. What do you want your city council members to do? Ensure that your city is well run by keeping qualified city workers? Or use their power to punish city workers who are members of a different party by eliminating their jobs?

It's stunning the pace at which the administration's cover-ups are crumbling. In the first six years of Bush's rule, his only policy achievements were in the fields of public deception, stone-walling, and cover-ups. Now even that modest measure of success is all gone.

What follows is a slightly updated version of something I posted a year ago at other sites, but not at Unbossed. Sadly, it remains all too relevant...what with the Pentagon finally admitting that there is indeed a civil war in Iraq, and with the newest revelations about lies and half-truths told by Bush administration officials recently and not so recently.

For about two years I thought of writing a commentary along these lines, though I've always held back because my point is pretty well summed up by the chosen title. Frankly, my take on the matter is not profound or new. It is, however, methodical.

I'm speaking of this from the perspective of an ancient historian. Our graduate training focuses on how to interpret sources that are, at best, barely satisfactory and, at worst, outright liars. Perhaps more than any other branch of history, we emphasize the need to develop a methodical approach to sources. One of the fundamental rules of this science of interpretation is, simply, never to trust proven liars.

What began with promising hopes for employment in the United States culminated in this RICO lawsuit by Indian citizens who were recruited under false pretenses to become steelworkers in Louisiana.

Thus begins a decision by the conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Democrats announced on Friday that they'll directly investigate the role of the White House in the firing of six US Attorneys. The House Judiciary Committee has sent a letter to former White House Counsel, Harriet Miers, requesting her testimony. Democrats also revealed that the Committee is going to call other top administration figures, including Deputy Counsel William Kelley, current White House Counsel Fred Fielding, and some other as-yet unnamed WH officials. In addition, the Committee is requesting documents related to the firings.

This is a major expansion of the probe. Ask John Dean about what happens when investigations of a corrupt and lawless administration settle upon the White House Counsel.

Aside from not doing work at Walter Reed and the IRS. For days unbossed has been trying to unravel the IAP web. If you go back through recent posts, you will find a tantalizing tale on many levels, details yet to be sorted out.

It is amazing that a company that did not exist until recently has won so many contracts and in such diverse areas. A constant seems to be getting ice to hurricaine Katrina damaged areas. One wonders what IAP will do for income when the damage is fixed. I did not include all of those contracts. You can find them on its newsroom archive page.

Here are a few more of its diverse contracts from recent years, all from IAP's press release page.

Yesteday, IAP finally responded to claims that it was responsible for problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. link According to IAP it could not have any responsibility because it was not until Feb. 4, 2007 that "290 IAP and subcontractor personnel began work."

On the other hand, there are its press releases still on its website, and one press release in particular.

Today IAP Worldwide Services finally issued a press release regarding the allegations, which first became public last Friday, that its A-76 privatization contract at Walter Reed Army Medical Center had contributed to the abysmal conditions that wounded soldiers were enduring. The fact that it took a mere 5 days to comment is surely some indication of how seriously the corporation takes its responsibilities at WRAMC.

The statement itself, aahhh, errm...leaves a little to be desired in the categories of empathy, honesty, candor.

Want to know who owns IAP? The IAP that magically gets and messes up contracts with Walter Reed and the IRS? The IAP whose officers have close, close ties to Halliburton and KBR? Then meet
Cerberus Capital Managment L P.

This post was written by operculum and appears here with her permission.

Thanks to operculum for research on this story.

In reports a few days ago on the IAP-Walter Reed privatization (links here and here), we saw that although the IRS employees had won the competition to keep their work, somehow in 2006 hands were waved and the winner that emerged was IAP.

An aberration you think?

Thanks to operculum for her research on this story.

The IAP Worldwide connection with Walter Reed has not been in the MSM, but is no secret for unbossed readers. And unbossed readers know that we have been keeping our eyes on the push to privatize IRS debt collection. It’s always nice when you can multi-task your obsessions.

Friends, there has been a real war going on for years, if you haven't noticed. In this case, not the one in Iraq. It's the war at home in which the Bush Administration has used every means at its disposal to destroy unions, loot the public treasury, and funnel money to special administration friends. Now with Walter Reed and the privatization money train to IAP, we have the collision of both wars, making visible what was once invisible.

operculum on Daily Kos took up the challenge to start digging into the pasts of IAP execs and agreed to permit unbossed to post his findings so far. As she puts it, this is easy to find, and that's certainly true. However, it takes work and being willing to keep at it. Not everyone has the time or drive to do this basic investigation. We hope more will take up the challenge. It's a big job.

Here is what she has found so far.

IAP is a private company that last year was awarded a contract to manage parts of Walter Reed last year - after some . . . events discussed here. IAP Worldwide is apparently also a PAC.

Not exactly a company you see much about, so here's a start on getting to know these folks.

Oh, and by the way, this really does have KBR finger prints on it.

Last October, in Privatization - Henhouse? What Henhouse? I reported on a cushy little pork-fest, get-together of military contractors and government officials. So now with IAP and Walter Reed in the news, let's just put on our hip-waders and take a walk down memory lane and privatizing around Walter Reed.

By the way, the president of the key privatizer is a guy named . . . more about him in another post.