Inspectors Find Rebuilt Projects Crumbling in Iraq

"In a troubling sign for the American-financed rebuilding program in Iraq, inspectors for a federal oversight agency have found that in a sampling of eight projects that the United States had declared successes, seven were no longer operating as designed because of plumbing and electrical failures, lack of proper maintenance, apparent looting and expensive equipment that lay idle." Your tax dollars at work! (NYT link, 2 pages, Editor's pick)