# Whistle-blowing contractors face harsh military interrogation in Iraq

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**Created:** [August 25, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whistle-blowing-contractors-face-harsh-military-interrogation-in-iraq/416889 "2007-08-25T14:44:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whistle-blowing-contractors-face-harsh-military-interrogation-in-iraq/416889/1 "2007-08-25T14:44:18Z")

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From the Dallas Morning News: [Client Challenge](http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/082507dnintcontractors.6935f321.html)

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> Contractors say U.S. military jailed, tortured them for reporting fraud.
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> There were times Mr. Vance began to wish he had just kept his mouth shut, as he huddled on the floor in solitary confinement with that head-banging music blaring dawn to dusk and interrogators yelling the same questions over and over.
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> He had thought he was doing a noble thing when he started telling the FBI about the guns and the land mines and the rocket-launchers — all of them being sold for cash, no receipts necessary, he said.
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> He told a federal agent the buyers were Iraqi insurgents, American soldiers, State Department workers, and Iraqi Embassy and ministry employees.

WTF? :eek: I don’t know what else to say. Just WTF?

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**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whistle-blowing-contractors-face-harsh-military-interrogation-in-iraq/416889/2 "2007-08-25T15:42:15Z")

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Nice to know where my tax dollars are going. Meanwhile my city council is trying to decide if they can continue to fund the women’s shelter. Motherfuckers.