It always pays to read the fine print. A clause buried in a military spending bill means that the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction will be closed in 2007. This office, originally part of the Coalition Provisional Authority [3] before its dissolution, has since March 2004 referred 25 criminal cases to the U.S. Department of Justice [4], of which four have resulted in convictions. Fifty-five auditors and inspectors work under Special Inspector General Stuart Bowen and are the only auditing body with an on the ground presence in Iraq. "Republican Senator Susan Collins [5] told the New York Times [6] she was mystified about how the termination clause had found its way into the bill. Senator John Warner [7], the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee [8], told the newspaper he would push for an extension of Mr. Bowen's charter."