ABCNEWS.com : Pentagon: Halliburton Overcharged Millions

... well, that's the whole purpose of getting a contract without a bidding process, isn't it? The bidding is to weed out the unjustified extra charges. If you do without the bidding, you're basically giving a green light to all these sneaky tricks.

Hey, but who cares? As long as it favors in anyway Bush or any of his close buddies, it's okay to forgive and forget.