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laughingliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-10 07:06 PM
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Dozens Of Major Military Contractors Granted Legal Immunity
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NEW YORK -- Taxpayers may be on the hook if U.S. military contractors in Iraq incur liability while carrying out their work.

More than 120 military contracts include indemnification clauses -- essentially, promises that the Pentagon will pick up the tab if contractors are sued. The information was disclosed in response to an inquiry by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), who was concerned that contractor Kellogg Brown Root was granted indemnity amid a lawsuit claiming that the Halliburton subsidiary knowingly exposed soldiers to cancer-causing chemicals in Iraq, as previously reported by The Huffington Post.

Though Blumenauer said the Pentagon appears to show a "diligent, responsible process for work carried out in the United States that protects taxpayers from liability in cases of contractor negligence," he expressed concern about what he called "far looser standards" for work in Iraq.

The list of contractors include major airlines American, Continental and United, as well as military contractors Raytheon Missile Systems, General Dynamics, L3, Lockheed Martin, BAE, and Boeing. Other indemnified companies include Mason and Hanger, a company which stores and transports containers of the nerve agent VX, and several firms that maintain facilities to destroy chemical agents.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/02/military-contractors-legal-immunity_n_791330.html

Oh, nice! How many fucking wealthy corps are we on the hook to save? *sigh*
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