On AlterNet: halliburton

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "halliburton"

Woman Gang-Raped by 7 Halliburton Employees "Signed Away" Her Right to Sue? How Justice Has Become the Privilege of Corporations

Laura Flanders, The Guardian. June 29, 2011.

Access to justice – like access to elected office, let alone a pundit's perch – is becoming a perk just for the rich and powerful.

Military Subcontracters Are Providing Shoddy Services to Troops In Iraq and Afghanistan

David Isenberg, CorpWatch. June 27, 2011.

Some of the private subcontractors that do the laundry and feed the troops are mired in scandal and legal troubles.

Pentagon Watchdog Misses Billion Dollar Audit

Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch. September 1, 2010.

Whistleblowers charge that instead of actively pursuing fraud, DCAA management was obsessed with signing off on as many audits as possible in the shortest period of time.

Actor Mark Ruffalo Plays the Role of His Life: Defender of New York's Water, Land and Air From Dangerous Natural Gas Drilling

Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. June 30, 2010.

The acclaimed actor has jumped into the fight over gas drilling proposed for upstate New York and the environmental risks that come with the practice.

Toxic Burn Pits Are Giving U.S. Soldiers Cancer: Will the Pentagon Do Something About It?

Beth Hawkins, Mother Jones. April 3, 2010.

Burning trash on bases is sickening soldiers, but the Army refuses to extinguish the burn pits.

Al Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment Passes, Infuriating Several (Male) Republicans

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 22, 2009.

Franken's measure passed, 68 to 30.

To Profit-Driven Contractors: All Rape Cases Must Go Before the Law, Period

Sady Doyle, Comment Is Free AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. October 16, 2009.

The horrifying case of Jamie Leigh Jones, who was allegedly gang raped in Iraq shows how corporate interests take priority over human life.

Can Obama Avoid Another Abu Ghraib?

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 16, 2009.

The Obama administration continues to rely upon private contractors to interrogate detainees.

Iraq Veterans File Suit Against KBR

Barbara O'Brien, AlterNet: PEEK. July 3, 2009.

Contractors hired to "support the troops" are threatening their lives.

Report: Billions of Dollars Lost to Contractor Fraud, Waste and Abuse

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. June 10, 2009.

Half of the personnel working for the U.S. government in Iraq and Afghanistan are private contractors. This is a colossal rip-off to taxpayers.

How to Stay Out of Sight While Making Millions from the War in Iraq

Pratap Chatterjee, TomDispatch.com. June 3, 2009.

Is Halliburton forgiven and forgotten? Despite shocking revelations about its greed and cynicism to US soldiers, the company keeps its contracts.

Is KBR's Decade-Long Crime Spree Finally Coming to an End?

Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. May 20, 2009.

Bribes, kickbacks, concealing gang rapes, and engaging in human trafficking are among the crimes listed in a new class action lawsuit.

Burning Toxic Waste is Making U.S. Soldiers and Iraqis Sick, But the Pentagon Refuses to Admit It

Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. March 18, 2009.

Six years into the war, many U.S. bases in Iraq are still without incinerators, leaving open pits spewing toxic plumes over soldiers and civilians.

Inheriting Halliburton's Army: What Will Obama Do With KBR?

Pratap Chatterjee, TomDispatch.com. March 12, 2009.

Obama needs to ask his Pentagon commanders this: Can the U.S. military do anything without KBR?

Halliburton's Army: How Cheney's Former Firm Revolutionized Warmaking and Screwed Us in the Process

Renée Feltz, Indypendent. February 10, 2009.

A new book on Halliburton looks at how a symbol of epic fraud in Iraq achieved so little with so much money.

Foreign Mercenaries Losing Their Immunity in Iraq

Willam Fisher, IPS News. December 18, 2008.

Under the agreement approved by the Iraqi government last week, U.S. contractors will be subject to Iraqi law for the first time.

KBR Sued for Giving Soldiers Ice with 'Traces of Body Fluids and Putrefied Remains'

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: War on Iraq. December 4, 2008.

The scandals for this war profiteer just keep coming.

John Cusack Tackles War Profiteers Today on Meet the Bloggers

ZP Heller, Meet the Bloggers AlterNet: Video. October 10, 2008.

Today at 1pm ET/10am PT.

The Secret Lives of Contractors

Allen McDuffee, AlterNet. October 3, 2008.

A new documentary depicts the struggles of the abused, exploited, and invisible migrant workers employed by military contractors in Iraq.

KBR/Haliburton Worker Raped, Locked in Shipping Container

Cara, Feministe AlterNet: War on Iraq. August 8, 2008.

"It shows that when it comes to rape cover up, KBR knows what the hell it's doing, and knows that no one will even bother trying to stop them."

Are Contractors in War Zones Above the Law?

Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent. August 7, 2008.

Numerous private civilian contractors have died in Iraq under KBR's watch, yet the firm is immune from U.S. law.