Some officials assert that in the push to complete the long-delayed project, potentially life-threatening problems have been left untouched. "This is serious enough to get someone killed," said a State Department official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he feared retaliation. "The fire systems are the tip of the iceberg. That is the most visible. But no one has ever inspected the electrical system, the power plant" and other parts of the embassy complex, which will house more than 1,000 people and is vulnerable to mortar attacks.

Now that's quality construction!

(Why is this in Politics and Law? Because as John Dean points out in the new book, this is the kind of work Republicans get done.)

Baghdad Embassy Is Called A Fire Risk - washingtonpost.com