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KBR Guilty Of “Negligent Homicide” In Soldier’s Death Says Army
Military contractor KBR is guilty of negligent homicide in a soldier’s death according to the Army:
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.
An Army criminal investigator said the manner of death for Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, 24, of Pittsburgh, has been changed from accidental to negligent homicide because the contractor failed to ensure that “qualified electricians and plumbers” worked on the barracks where Maseth died, according to the document.
I’ve been a pretty staunch defender of KBR and Halliburton because democrats always try and scapegoat them for everything, but this case is absolutely horrible and indefensible. Our soldiers have enough to worry about in Iraq without surviving a mission only to be electrocuted to death in the shower.
As many as 18 servicemen have died as a result of half-ass wiring thanks to KBR. That is an absolute outrage and since the democrats are seething to investigate something they should investigate that. KBR has overcharged the government in Iraq with impunity and now it’s killing our servicemen.
KBR has done some good work in Iraq, but I’ve come to believe there really hasn’t been sufficient oversight by Congress. The problem is that KBR does so much in Iraq and Afghanistan that the U.S. government can’t really cancel their contracts. Everything would grind to a stand still without them.
I guess you could call them — too big to fail. (I know, not again!)
