U.S. Politics and the World (Free subscription) | yesterday
Frits1942 posted a reply: [..] Let's start with rape. This story begins in Iraq in 2003. The private military contractors sent by the Bush administration to guard the oil pipelines didn't want to get bogged down in expensive legal cases if anything went wrong. When it came to Iraqis, the Bush team simply exempted them from all Iraqi law, in a move so sweeping one Senator called it "a license to...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Halliburton says Mexican customer reduces activity; 4Q profit to be lower by 2 cents a share Halliburton - Business - Allegedly Unethical Firms - KBR - Jamie Leigh Jones
democrats.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
From MoveOn: In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was working for a private contractor in Iraq when she was brutally gang-raped by coworkers. Four years later, Jamie is still being denied justice. Jamie can't file U.S. criminal charges because the rape took place overseas, and a fine-print clause in her contract takes away her right to file a lawsuit in the U.S. Congress is working to protect the rights of...
Pushing Rope (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Raw Story reports the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent out a mass email asking supporters to lobbying against Amendment 2588 . The legislation forbids the Defense Department from doing business with any contractor that requires "employees or independent contractors sign mandatory arbitration clauses regarding certain claims. The amendment was written by Al Franken , in response to Jamie Leigh Jones...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Liberal activist group MoveOn is furious with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for lobbying against rules which have prevented rape victims from having their day in court. In a mass e-mail, the group cites the 2005 gang rape of KBR employee Jamie Leigh Jones. Jones was raped while in Iraq, which barred her complaint to a [...]
Later On (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Amanda Terkel at ThinkProgress: Last month, 30 Republican senators voted against Sen. Al Franken’s (D-MN) amendment that would punish defense contractors “if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court.” His amendment was inspired by Jamie Leigh Jones, who was gang-raped by her co-workers while working for Halliburton/KBR...
Political Animal (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
THE ONGOING IMPORTANCE OF THE FRANKEN AMENDMENT.... About a month ago, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) proposed an important amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill. Inspired the harrowing violence Jamie Leigh Jones suffered in 2005 while working for Halliburton/KBR in...
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
By GottaLaff I've posted over and over again about Jamie Leigh Jones' horrific ordeal, and how proud I was of Al Franken for his amendment aimed at punishing rapists like Jamie's. I also listed the 30 GOP accessories to the defense contractors' rape. True to form, the Rushpublics just don't get it... at all: Politico reports that Republicans are now scratching their heads at why the public is so incensed...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Last month, 30 Republican senators voted against Sen. Al Franken’s (D-MN) amendment that would punish defense contractors “if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court.” His amendment was inspired by Jamie Leigh Jones, who was gang-raped by her co-workers while working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad in [...]
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Check Your Premises (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
If people will voluntarily sign contracts which say you can’t sue the corporation for rape, then does that make the rape just? In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her Halliburton/KBR co-workers while working in Iraq and locked in a shipping container for over a day to prevent her from reporting her attack. The rape [...]
democrats.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The other day I wrote about a friend who was raped by an organized crime figure and prevented from seeking justice, for fear of retaliation . With regard to the case, there are also serious questions about whether the criminal justice system turned a blind eye to this rapist, due to corruption within the DA's office. But what about when protection of powerful entities -- such as Corporations -- from...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Jamie Leigh Jones is an American who was gang raped by her co-workers while working for a defense contractor in Iraq. Her employer tried to...
Pushing Rope (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Sen. Al Franken was the sponsor of Amendment 2588 , of the Defense Department bill. The amendment would allow female defense contractor employees, that were sexually assaulted, to take their cases to civil courts. Companies such as Halliburton and KBR would be forbidden from doing business with the military, if they continued to force sexually assaulted women into arbitration. Jamie Leigh Jones is...
The Modern Left (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Last month, Sen. Al Franken authored an amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill. I'm sure most, if not all, of you are familiar with the amendment. If not, here is a recap. This amendment was created to address an issue with government contractors. In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her co-workers while she was working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad. She was detained in a shipping...
Tennessee Guerilla Women (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
In the video clip below, a rape victim asks Senator David Vitter why he voted against the right of rape victims to have their day in court. Senator David " Small Penis " Vitter appears unsympathetic to say the least. The Shameless Senator was one of 30 Republican senators who voted against an amendment that would defund government contractors who prevent employees from seeking justice after...
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