New KBR employee tells of rampant sexual harassment.
Earlier this week, former Halliburton/KBR employee Jamie Leigh Jones revealed that in 2005 she had been “raped by multiple men at a KBR camp” in Baghdad. This past Friday on Houston’s CBS affiliate KHOU, former KBR employee Linda Lindsey said that, while she didn’t know Jones, the allegations of sexual harassment aren’t surprising:
“If you wanted to get a promotion you didn’t necessarily have to have the qualifications,” remembered Lindsey, a former KBR contractor. “You just needed to be sleeping with the person who was doing the hiring.” […]
In a sworn affidavit for the Jones case, Lindsey said: “I saw rampant sexual harassment and discrimination.” […]
Her affidavit also said: “When anyone would report an incident of abuse or harassment, they would be threatened with a transfer to a more dangerous location.”
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Hmmm…I’m not sure I can tell any difference or not…Oh wait!!…Yep, there it is! There’s that feeling…it’s weird…kind of a nauseating sensation.
How about you?…How do you feel?…Can you tell any difference living under a DICTATORSHIP??
“A dictatorship is a political regime who controls everything for the benefit of the State. It is characterized by a loss of freedom and the illusion of democracy.”
December 16th, 2007 at 10:41 amSociety of animals
December 16th, 2007 at 10:50 amHave sex with me or I’ll get you killed? That’s really sick.
December 16th, 2007 at 10:51 amKBR and its attorneys will continue the attack in court and press. Jamie Leigh Jones and the other women are going to have a long difficult battle against KBR.
Please show your support, just join the
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December 16th, 2007 at 10:51 amtry Indians cause the cowboys are sick
December 16th, 2007 at 10:55 amThese sick jokes are all going to come out over a 10 year period
December 16th, 2007 at 10:59 amSaddams’ old rape camps in Iraq have been outsourced to Halliburton.
-GSD
December 16th, 2007 at 10:59 amRobert Wexler (D-FL), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), all members of the House Judiciary Committee, have created a website calling for impeachment hearings for Vice President Cheney:
http://wexlerwantshearings.com/
We Did It! 50,000 signatures calling for immediate Cheney impeachment hearings collected in 1 day!
December 16th, 2007 at 11:02 amA hallmark of a fascist crony capitalist State…it ain’t what you know…it’s who you blow.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:05 amimagine the thoughts going through the minds of those unfortunate enought to have to service Karl Rove of Paul Wolfowits to ..er..get ahead?
This Administration increasingly reads like something out of Imperial Rome, Tiberius, or Caligula’s reign…
More tax money being funneled to sexual predators.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:14 amJesus doesnt mind.
Its all because America has strayed from Christianity. America needs to be taught a lesson. And also , women are subservient to men. Whatever men say , its the law.
Dont you liberals understand God anymore?
You will when we put God and Jesus back in the public schools ……
December 16th, 2007 at 11:16 amMore GOP affiliated sexual predators and perverts! KBR/Haliburton is still Cheney’s company despite his protestations to the opposite. At the very least, his pension is directly commensurate with profits; at the worst, he’s still involved financially and lying about it. I believe this “no bid” Haliburton contract violated our laws regarding government contracts and clearly is feathering Darth, The Elder’s nest.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:17 amOverlap is obviously our “troll du jour” - full of bigotry, lack of judgment and equality, and obviously a certified nutjob. Ignore the troll and he’ll go away - at least until he returns with another screen name. hahaha!
December 16th, 2007 at 11:18 amDON’T PERMIT #12 TO HIJACK THIS THREAD. HE’S A KNOWN TROLL.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:18 amoverlap @ 12-I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not. I could argue both ways. I sure hope you are being sarcastic but given America these days I wouldn’t be at all surprised if you were not.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:18 amNow let’s get back to some more GOP lockstep perverts and predators, shall we?
December 16th, 2007 at 11:19 amThese young women sure have to guts to take on KBR/Haliburton. I sure hope they win their cases.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:19 am#16 Nothing in that comment is worth arguing - sarcastic or not.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:19 amIt’s time to get KBR, Haliburton, and Blackwater off our payroll! They’re all juiced up on “roids” and bilking americans left and right. They’re as criminal as the ones who employ them: Bush & Cheney.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:20 amWe do business with Communists (China) and now we are doing business with rapists?? What’s next to be discovered?? Disgusting and appalling.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:21 amOverlap is obviously our “troll du jour†- full of bigotry, lack of judgment and equality, and obviously a certified nutjob. Ignore the troll and he’ll go away - at least until he returns with another screen name. hahaha!
Comment by patooty — December 16, 2007 @ 11:18 am
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DON’T PERMIT #12 TO HIJACK THIS THREAD. HE’S A KNOWN TROLL.
Comment by patooty — December 16, 2007 @ 11:18 am
HEY IDIOT !!!!!!!!!!!!
i WAS BEING SARCASTIC OUT OF A SENSE OF DISGUST FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION…. YOU FOOL.
Part of the problem living under fascist neoconms is that we tend to lose our sense of humor.
Like you did.
Look how obviously crazy and sarcastic / sardonic my post is and you still believed it
December 16th, 2007 at 11:24 amAnd our tax dollars are funding these ‘untouchable’ criminals who are protected by Condi and the State Department. Sick effing shite.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:24 am“What a country!” :(
Shameless. If these allegations are true, it’s clear that the contractor must be changed.
Comment by Frank M — December 16, 2007 @ 11:03 am
You mean “charged”, don’t you? “Changed”, yes, but also “charged”.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:34 amIn case we ever bring the Bush crime family to justice, and the need arises, I just want you to know that I know how to tie hangman’s knots!
December 16th, 2007 at 11:35 amJust think, Cheney is running the government the same way he ran Halliburton, he only has to pull on puppetboy Bush’s strings. Or is that hand actually up his a$$.
Its the same “you better like it or else we are really gonna fck you over” mentality.
And Nancy “whats the Constitution?” Pelosi still can’t find a goddamned table……..
December 16th, 2007 at 12:03 pmFreedoms on the march. PUKE.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:10 pmLet get rid of halliburton’s enabler cheney:
The charges are too serious to ignore. There is credible evidence that the Vice President abused the power of his office, and not only brought us into an unneccesary war but violated the civil liberties and privacy of American citizens. It is the constitutional duty of Congress to hold impeachment hearings.
http://www.wexlerwantshearings.com/
December 16th, 2007 at 12:16 pmWell, this story covers at least three of the “Fourteen Points of Fascism”:
Contact Congressman Ted Poe, and ask him to launch a full investigation and not to stop until the perps are brought to justice. Jamie Leigh Jones, is his constituent, and deserves our support, no one should have been treated like she was. Read Mr. Poe’s statement to the House here.
To contact Mr. Poe:
1605 Longworth Building
December 16th, 2007 at 12:21 pmWashington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-6565
(202) 225-5547 fax
(866) 425-6565 toll free
And you thought that non-US nationals were the only slave labor being used by the US Government?
No, of course not. US Citizens can be slaves too!
December 16th, 2007 at 12:30 pmSo I guess libs now equate rampant sexual harassment and discrimination with rape!!!!!
OK!!
Phew!!
December 16th, 2007 at 12:33 pmLook how obviously crazy and sarcastic / sardonic my post is and you still believed it
Comment by overlap
If you are not known here and you want to post snark, it’s best you identify it as snark. There are a lot of very sick Republiscum trolls that visit our site who would say what you said with all serious intents.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:35 pmShameless. If these allegations are true, it’s clear that the contractor must be changed.
Comment by Frank M
How about charged rather than changed Francine. Why should these people get a free pass and be allowed to violate the law.
We need Congress to pass a law that says that any contractor hired by our government must obey all laws of the US and if they violate those laws can and will be prosecuted in US court for violating said laws.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:38 pmYou mean “chargedâ€, don’t you? “Changedâ€, yes, but also “chargedâ€.
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider
Great minds think alike! I posted my comment before I read yours.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:39 pmSo I guess libs now equate rampant sexual harassment and discrimination with rape!!!!!
OK!!Phew!!Comment by John Kerry
Since no one here said anything like that JK we can only look at as projection on your part. But, I’m sure that you think sexually harassing women is perfectly OK.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:40 pmIt’s for a court of law to determine if she’s telling the truth or not. If she is, it’s for the court to consider. If she’s not, then the courts can handle that situation as well.
Comment by O. Bigfoot
Unfortunately it is not for a court of law to consider. KBR makes their employees sign an agreement that all “disputes” (and they somehow consider rape to be a dispute) must be settled through arbitration. And this arbitration is held in front of people hand picked by KBR. KBR has won 80% of it’s arbitration disputes. What do you think the chances are that they are innocent 80% of the time? I’d bet next to nothing.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:43 pmThe decision by the Bush factotums to exempt contractors from civil and criminal liability is the prime mover in all of this–the criminal’s dream created by the most reprehensible gang of criminals ever to seize power in North America.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:47 pmYou will when we put God and Jesus back in the public schools ……
Comment by overlap — December 16, 2007 @ 11:16 am
well, tehy just need to show up and sign it…
bigfoot has the RNC’s latest lies for everyone. It’s christmas every day with bigfoot distributing lies and talking points, and frank m following up the rear with…well, bigfoot knows.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:09 pmThe contractor should be changed right away because this is bad PR.
Further investigations will show if there are grounds for criminal charges as well.
Comment by Frank M
Wow, just when you think Francine has hit the bottom s/he has to go and prove us wrong. Halliburton should be “changed” because it is bad PR, not because what they are doing is wrong. Francine is a shining example of the Republiscum “values” voter. They have none.
And, Francine, apparently you don’t listen. Nothing that has anything to do with Halliburton is going to see a court room because their employees sign an agreement to have their “disputes” go to arbitration. And Halliburton apparently considers rape to be a “dispute”. Following that line of reasoning, they would also consider murder to be a “dispute”. Bush made it so that his private armies and contractors can rape, pillage and steal from the us taxpayers with impunity. This is so wrong on so many levels I don’t know where to start.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:24 pmOn second thought, I think that Congress should pass a law saying that every contractor will need to sign an agreement to abide by all US laws, no matter where they are located, in order to keep their contracts. That way the Republiscums can’t scream about how the Democrats are trying to take away their contractors as a “back door” way of stopping the occupation of Iraq.
For the life of me I don’t understand why the Democrats in Congress don’t just say, “no more funding for contractors”. That way Bush would have to bring our soldiers home because without the contractors he would not be able to keep our soldiers there.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:29 pmComment by bilbobaggins — December 16, 2007 @ 12:38 pm
Comment by bilbobaggins — December 16, 2007 @ 1:24 pm
Maybe you don’t realize that by continually calling Frank M “Francine,” you are perpetuating a sexist attitude, and have become a part of the problem.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:48 pmUntil Bush is impeacheached, he is the law. If he decides to immunise contractors from prosecution, he can do it, he HAS done it. If these contractors rape and pillage, even in their own employees, they are immune.
Heck, if Bush decides to rape Condi, she won’t have a word to say other than these two: “Yes sir”…
December 16th, 2007 at 2:45 pmComment by quebecois — December 16, 2007 @ 2:45 pm
That’s horrendous. I don’t care if you’re joking or not.
December 16th, 2007 at 3:02 pmHey bilbo
Don’t you read other posts on this left wing lib site? If so, you’d sure as hell know about what I am talking about?
Rape and sexual harrassment are NOT the same! Sorry bilbo!
December 16th, 2007 at 3:29 pmDoes KBR recruit guys straight out of prison?
JK - representin’ for his gang-rapin homies again….standin’ proud!!
I take it you’re single.
December 16th, 2007 at 3:34 pm“….because this is bad PR.”
…and “PR” is all that really matters, right?
thought so - charlatan
December 16th, 2007 at 3:37 pmthis is just the kind of situation that “huck” huckabee was born to take control of!
(sarcasm switch/on)
December 16th, 2007 at 3:37 pmI just can’t wait to see what flavor of crime “the right” springs to the defense of next. What will it be, one wonders…
December 16th, 2007 at 3:40 pmRepublicans and the “Republican Guard” (Blackwater, Halliburton, KBR, et al) have no interest in freedom, morality, goodness or God; they only care about $$$$$$$$$ … for themselves and for their cronies. If a few people are destroyed in their attempts at self-enrichment, that’s simply the cost of doing business; it’s “collateral damage,” nothing more! They are despicable, immoral, amoral, perverts! Their idea of “freedom” is being able to do anything they want, without consequence. As such, they are very, very free … while the rest of us (apparently willfully) succumb to slavery and bondage.
December 16th, 2007 at 3:43 pmrandron,
December 16th, 2007 at 5:48 pmThey don’t just care about money, they also love killing innocent civilian women and children; raping co-workers; doing drugs; and creating a theocracy in the US.
#34 Bigfoot -
but don’t forget, if these events were alleged to have happened in Iraq, there is no governing body / no court with jurisdiction. It was outside the USA and KBR has immunity in Iraq.
Quite a cozy arrangement.
Unfortunately, I have no problem giving the charges credence based on 2 items.
First, sexual excesses are an old accompaniment to military actions (for whatever reason: Some imply that the power aspect of military actions. Some mention the adrenaline rush. Today, some may infer the use of steroids. Whatever. The reason isn’t central to my thoughts).
Second, I used to work under the USA government under ATSDR and saw facts perverted to serve the gentleman’s agreements given to the companies. I saw folks sleeping their way to the top.
December 16th, 2007 at 9:38 pm53. Comment by MapleStreet — December 16, 2007 @ 9:38 pm
I found this earlier this year and it confirms what you say:
Guess the Administration believes, “boys will be boys”. You can read the story as reported on ABC’s 20/20 here.
Call your representative and ask for Justice for Jamie!
December 16th, 2007 at 10:01 pmActually, O. Bigfoot, with the ratio of men to women being 40 to 1 at my camp, not counting the military, I got as much “action” as I wanted. A troll-wife could get laid over there.
The parts of the interview ABC didn’t show were the parts where I explained that I’ve worked for military contractors for the past 18 years, including for Vinnell/Brown & Root, and was surprised at how KBR mismanaged this contract. They also didn’t show the bits where I told them about the individuals in management in Iraq and Houston who tried very hard to make things right, but were helpless.
I’m certainly not disgruntled about a company that gave me a great job. I stayed there for 2 1/2 years, which should tell you something. But I am terribly disappointed with the lack of proper management of such a huge and important contract.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:19 pm