I was only able to find a few photographs, but they do hint of the project’s scope.
Criminal probe into U.S. Embassy in Iraq construction
By Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landay | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007
*
WASHINGTON —
has also learned that:— Aspects of the embassy’s construction are the subject of at least one U.S. government criminal investigation, according to officials in Congress and the administration. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the matter and declined to divulge more details for publication.
— In order to rush the project, the long-time head of OBO, retired Army Maj. Gen. Charles Williams, signed a waiver in July 2005 allowing a sole-source contract to be awarded to First Kuwaiti.
“The only acquisition option that can be considered is to issue Sole Source Awards to contractors capable of completing the design and construction in accordance with the required schedule, budget and performance parameters,” Williams wrote in a memo reviewed by McClatchy.
— Columbia, Md.-based Cosmopolitan Inc., which was awarded the lead contract to build the embassy’s classified spaces, where intelligence officers and others work, meet and store information, was kicked off the job for alleged non-performance. It was replaced by Kaseman Corp. of Chantilly, Va.
As recently as August, Williams assured the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the embassy would be ready for occupancy by the end of September.
***
