KBR negligence causes U.S. soldiers' deaths

"The former Halliburton subsidiary KBR is responsible for the deaths of 18 U.S. service members as a result of its shoddy and unprofessional electrical work. Instead of rewarding KBR with millions of dollars in bonuses, the Department of Defense must:

* Rescind the 80 million in bonuses already awarded to KBR
* Pursue criminal charges for negligent homicide against KBR/Halliburton officials who were responsible for the electrocution deaths of U.S. soldiers
* Immediately suspend the awarding of defense contracts to KBR and/or any KBR/Halliburton related entities

Secretary Gates, we the undersigned ask that you hold war profiteers accountable and safeguard the lives of our soldiers."

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Shocking news! Waterboarding not good for you!

Soon to be released, a declassified 2004 memo that indicates "the techniques used to interrogate terrorist suspects 'appeared to violate the U.N. Convention Against Torture' and did not produce desired results."

OMG! We SO didn't know!

However, previously known and reported:

" '…in the DoJ opinion, the subject's airflow is disrupted by the firm application of a damp cloth over the air passages; the interrogator applies a small amount of water to the cloth in a controlled manner. By contrast, the Agency interrogator... applied large volumes of water to a cloth that covered the detainee's mouth and nose."

"Medical personnel at the detention facility protested the use of the waterboard in that form, stressing that "there was no a priori reason to believe that applying the waterboard with the frequency and intensity with which it was used by the psychologist/interrogators was either efficacious or medically safe.' "

All the above quotes gleaned from the Huffington Post. Please read more at:

IG Report: Waterboarding Was Neither "Efficacious Or Medically Safe"

Americans, I ask you, are you going to snooze your way through this scandal?