By Farah Stockman, Boston Globe Staff | December 4, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/12/04/indiana_guardsmen_sue_defense_contractor_kbr?mode=PF
WASHINGTON – Sixteen Indiana national guardsmen filed a lawsuit yesterday accusing KBR, the Houston-based US defense contractor, of knowingly exposing them to “one of the most potent carcinogens” known to man while they guarded a water treatment plant in Iraq that the company was repairing.
The complaint alleges [...]
Indiana Guardsmen Sue Defense Contractor KBR for Exposing Them to Carcinogens in Iraq
KBR/Halliburton’s Stanley Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges
A former Halliburton executive pleaded guilty to orchestrating more than $180m in bribes to Nigerian officials, in a wide-ranging foreign-corruption investigation.
In a wide-ranging foreign-corruption investigation, fired former Halliburton Co. executive Albert J. “Jack” Stanley pleaded guilty to orchestrating more than $180 million in bribes to senior Nigerian government officials. The bribes were used to [...]
