Friday, January 23, 2009

Will charges be brought?

Amid all the headlines surrounding Obama's swift action to un-do W, here's a little-trumpeted piece regarding KBR in Iraq:
Army: Negligence caused GI's death
By KIMBERLY HEFLING, Associated Press
22 Jan 2009
WASHINGTON – An Army investigation called the electrocution death of a U.S. soldier in Iraq a "negligent homicide" caused by military contractor KBR Inc. and two of its supervisors, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press.
I'm not a lawyer, but "negligent homicide" sounds like a genuine criminal act.
Will KBR or any of its employees be charged? Prosecuted??

In addition to "Obama reverses W's policies on XYZ", I'm hoping to see many, many more smaller news item like the one above:
Stories of small victories over the corrupt practices of W's contractors.
Perhaps stories of civil breach-of-contract suits brought against contractors to recover some of the billions of dollars wasted in Iraq?

Have a nice day.

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