Gang-Rape Victim Says She And Others Silenced by Halliburton

[RamboLiberal]

Source: ABC News

A Houston, Texas woman, who says she was gang-raped by her co-workers at a Halliburton/KBR camp in Baghdad, says 38 women have come forward through her foundation to report their own tragic stories to her, but that many cannot speak publicly due to arbitration agreements in their employment contracts.

Jamie Leigh Jones is testifying on Capitol Hill this afternoon. She says she and other women are being forced to argue their cases of sexual harassment, assault and rape before secretive arbitration panels rather than in open court before a judge and jury.

Jones returned from Iraq following her rape in 2005. She was the subject of an exclusive ABC News report in December which led to congressional hearings.

After months of waiting for criminal charges to be filed, Jones decided to file suit against Halliburton and KBR.

KBR has moved for Jones' claim to be heard in private arbitration, instead of a public courtroom, as provided under the terms of her original employment contract.



Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4278133&page=1

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Sweep it under the rug

How much you wanna bet the rapists get off? And KBR pays a paltry sum to shut up the vics.

[BeHereNow]

2. Disgusting, isn't it? Our tax dollars at work.

I still remember the Waxman/Boxer/Dorgan hearings
on C-Span with the Halliburton/KBR whistle blowers on
the fraud and waste in the billing for services; monogrammed towels
and what not- and now it appears we were also funding
rape.

When will it be enough for the American people to
say "We're mad as hell and were not going to take it."

BHN

[NashVegas]

3. What Did Her Original Contract Say About Personal Safety Being Jeopardized By Her Employer?

Seems there ought to be nullification grounds, IMO.

[smoogatz]

4. What fucking country do we live in?

I swear to God, I don't recognize it anymore.

[flashl]

5. Back in 2002, employee whistleblowers charges were made against the military's

secret armies -- KBR and Dyncorp -- in Serbia ...

[Deny and Shred]

6. Rape excused due to employment contract, but B. Clinton impeached?

[Bucky]

7. If Halliburton, a legal "person," is accessory to this crime & the board is liable for its actions,

... Then shouldn't all the board of directors of Halliburton be tried as accessories for this crime?

[jeff30997]

11. The shareholders are accomplices too in my opinion.

If they had a conscience,they would get rid of those shares but hey,everybody has a price isn't it ?

:puke:

[Popol Vuh]

12. Also

According to the "laws of the flag" any claim that it wasn't a crime committed in the US is false. If the facility where this rape occurred was flying a US flag then all US laws apply. Period.

[jeff30997]

13. I didn't know that but...

Now I see a couple of reasons why they are moving their headquarters from Houston to Dubai.Scums!

[Vilis Veritas]

16. Not under the law.

Corporations, while they are considered legal entities within the framework of the law, are not granted exclusively the same rights as people.

And that is the problem, corporations have been referred to as Super-Citizens and the protections granted them (due to their enormous financial clout has resulted in a system that is unequal) - those same protections are what shields the shareholders of a corporation from personal liability. The board of directors falls under this protection.

I truly believe that corporations should have to do time just like people. To bad my wishes aren't commands...;-)

A good link for anyone interested...

http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/10/5-critical-resources-for-understanding-corporate-personhood-the-corporation-movie/

[bluesmail]

23. yes...but...

[Baby Snooks]

8. And what will Congress do?

Congress will do absolutely nothing. And no doubt some high-powered attorney with the right "ins" will convince a judge that there is no basis to the civil lawsuit since after all no criminal charges were filed. The way they work. The Republicrats. The oligarchists. Above the law. They have hijacked our criminal justice system. And now will hijack the civil justice system. Just wait. Watch. And understand how they work. There is no justice in this country. For anyone.

[truthisfreedom]

9. Put the company's executives in jail, no bail.

Then we'll see something fair happen.

[crim son]

10. I don't understand a couple of things:

how is such a contract legal under the circumstances, and why would any employee sign such a contract? There are any number of crimes more or less heinous than rape which might be perpetrated against an employee; why sign away all rights at the outset?

I realize nobody expects to be raped on the job. This is a terribly sad lesson for us all. I hope to the Deity that these women find a way to prosecute, and prosecute HARD.

[Sam Ervin jret]

14. What happens if she "out" these men.?The men who attacked her ?

If she calls them rapist by name in public? can they sue her?

And if they try, can she then use the information from Halliburton?

Any law folk around?

[JerseygirlCT]

21. I suppose they can sue her - anyone can sue anyone

I wonder how such a case would go - and how far her "contract" protects them all?

[Baby Snooks]

26. Why not?

Blackwater sued people for speaking out so why shouldn't they? By the way, the chief strategist for Hillary Clinton is also the chief strategist for Blackwater. How many reasons do people really need to finally get the message about the Clintons?

[From The Left]

15. These Are Cheney's Peeps

Cretins and pigs, one and all.

[lovuian]

17. This is when a law is unjust

it feels like the days of Kings where laws were for them

but Kings were destroyed

[CreekDog]

18. I don't think a contract can preclude you from reporting criminal violations

I dare Halliburton to sue any of these women for reporting that they are raped.

[sk8rrobert2]

edited for double post n/t

[sk8rrobert2]

19. I'm new to this whole thing but this doesn't sound legal...

Can KBR legally take away the 6th amendment to the constitution. Sounds more like the KGB to me. I read in the article that the arbitrator would be hired by KBR. Who/What is this arbitrator?

[JerseygirlCT]

22. Yes, I wonder, too. And if such a contract as the one she signed

can really be enforced when it prevents her and others from bringing illegal actions to justice?

This requires some big legal muscle, and preferably, some big political muscle as well.

[sk8rrobert2]

24. Knowing that Haliburton got alot of power after the JFK assination

with Lyndon Johnson at the helm. At the time Haliburton was a little company but had alot of its shares owned by one Lyndon Johnson. During his time as president Haliburton gained a lot of political influence. So it will be very interesting to see what happens with this because there was an obvious wrong done. My guess and i repeat only a guess is that we will have another story very similar to the young girl Natalie something or other where people in power just sat back and let things go and she died of liver cancer or something of the sort. Mentioned by John Edwards in New Hampshire during the CNN debate. I tried to find the site with the Natalie girl but couldn't.

[Iris]

20. Ad bot before I logged in - "Love Button - Push Me Hard"

nice.

[Psyop Samurai]

25. The "contract" is null and void...

...as are pretty much all "contracts" under enemy occupation.