U.S. Army Investigating Iraq War Contractor Fraud

This could be just a tip of the iceberg:

From high-dollar fraud to conspiracy to bribery and bid rigging, Army investigators have opened up to 50 criminal probes involving battlefield contractors in the war in Iraq and the U.S. fight against terrorism, The Associated Press has learned.

The timing of Army investigation is peculiar. I wonder if has anything to do with the Democratics taking over control of Congress. The majority party has promised to investigate all those cozy no bid contracts that Cheney's friends have obtained. The revelations that will come out of these investigations will bring into question the administration's motive for going into Iraq in the first place:

The Defense Department's inability to manage contractors effectively has hurt military operations and unit morale and cost the Pentagon money, the GAO said.