When bureaucracy becomes the enemy of plain old hoss sense as well as the defense of freedom

Wrap your brain around this.  The U.S. Army has contractual relationships in Afghanistan with al-Qaeda-tied companies - at least 43 of them - and will not break those off, per the urging of a Special Inspector General.

The Army suspension and debarment official has taken the position that suspension or debarment of such individuals and entities would be a violation of their due process rights if based on classified information or if based on findings by the Department of Commerce which placed them on the Entities List.

SIGAR has referred 43 such cases to the Army, and all have been rejected, despite detailed supporting information demonstrating that these individuals and entities are providing material support to the insurgency in Afghanistan. In other words, they may be enemies of the United States, but that is not enough to keep them from getting government contracts.

This story had better have legs.