[tml]7/14 KBR (KELLOGG, BROWN AND ROOT):

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KBR (KELLOGG, BROWN, AND ROOT): A SUBSIDIARY OF HALLIBURTON CORPORATION

President and CEO: CEO Andrew Lane
Contact the Corporation: KBR
601 Jefferson Street
Houston, TX 77002
Phone. (713) 753-2000

Human rights violations: Overcharging and providing unnecessary services on 
taxpayer's dollar, bribery, exploiting third country nationals

KBR is a private company that provides military support services. Notorious 
for its questionable bookkeeping, dishonest billing practices, and no-bid 
contracts, KBR has violated human rights on the U.S. dollar.

KBR provides key logistical support for war, occupation and unlawful 
detention. The company provides the critical support services US troops 
need to be able to continue their occupation of Iraq. KBR also constructed 
the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, where hundreds of detainees have 
languished for more than three years, many of whom have suffered abuse and 
torture.

KBR's dubious accounting in Iraq came to light in December 2003 when 
Pentagon auditors questioned possible overcharges for imported gasoline. 
Former employees have testified about KBR's billing for $100 laundry bags 
and $45 cases of soda, failing to provide simple mechanical parts such as 
oil filters, feeding soldiers outdated rations, and charging for meals 
never served. In June 2005, a previously secret Pentagon audit criticized 
$1.4 billion in "questioned" and "unsupported" expenditures.

However, given KBR's history, this is no surprise. In 2002 the company paid 
$2 million to settle a Justice Department lawsuit that accused KBR of 
inflating contract prices at Fort Ord, California. In 2000, the GAO 
scrutinized KBR for overcharging and providing unnecessary services in the 
Balkans. Bribes to local officials (such as in Nigeria) or subcontractors 
also appear to be part of KBR's modus operandi.

Many third-country national (TCN) laborers have been hired by KBR to 
"rebuild" Iraq. Generally hailing from impoverished Asian countries, they 
have unexpectedly become part of the largest civilian workforce ever hired 
in support of a U.S. war.

An intricate network of subcontractors who recruit and employ most TCNs 
lowers the prime contractors' costs and hinders any oversight by contract 
auditors. The laborers often take out usurious loans to pay a finder's fee 
for the overseas jobs. Once abroad, the workers find themselves with few 
protections and uncertain legal status. TCNs often sleep in crowded 
trailers and wait outside in scorching heat to eat "slop." Many lack 
adequate medical care and put in hard labor seven days a week, 10 hours or 
more a day. Few receive proper workplace safety equipment or adequate 
protection from incoming mortars and rockets.

KBR is now accused of perpetuating the same system in areas destroyed or 
damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Reports have surfaced about KBR's 
subcontractors exploiting TCN's (this time, Latinos), many of whom are 
unpaid, unfed, living in squalid conditions and suffering from untreated 
ailments.

Who's working on it:
•<http://www.warprofiteers.com/>Corpwatch
•<http://www.corporatepolicy.org>Center for Corporate Policy
•<http://www.halliburtonwatch.org>Halliburton Watch
•<http://www.houstonglobalawareness.org>Houston Global Awareness



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