AM, the military has had a contingency plan for the invasion of Iraq for at least 15 years. I highly doubt part of that plan involved a last minute no-bid contract. I doubt someone said "hey we forgot about all of this stuff". I also doubt the plan involved a single contractor as that would be highly inept. If Halliburton was part of the "plan" then we most likely wouldn't have had someone blowing the whistle and there would have been no need for closed doors last minute no bid contracts. No, I think it's more likely someone modified that plan to fit Halliburton.