If memory serves me right....

KBR's been busy. [link|http://www.corporatepolicy.org/topics/Halliburton%20Timeline.htm|Linky]:

Pre-Iraq

The Navy hired Halliburton to build prison camps for terrorists in Guantanamo 2003 War Bay for $37 million. The State Department hired Halliburton to build a new embassy in Afghanistan for $100 million. And a secret task force picked Halliburton to receive a noncompetitive $7 billion contract to repair Iraq's oil fields. (Peter Carlson, "The Profitable Connections Of Halliburton," Washington Post, 2/10/2004)

If we decide to close Gitmo, KBR will still get their money. :-)

I have trouble believing that the prison at Guantanamo will be closed anytime soon. They'd reorganize it, allow outside inspectors, etc., but I don't see them closing it. The Pentagon's pretty good about resisting outside pressures like that. Remember, the ( [link|https://www.benning.army.mil/whinsec/|https://www.benning.army.mil/whinsec/] )[1] School of the Americas still exists even though many groups have tried for years to get it closed - it just has a different name. [link|http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2004/041004-gitmo.htm|This] story from 2004 has more information about the prison at Guantanamo.

As to them getting money if Guantanamo is closed, I dunno. There's lots of boilerplate in government contracts that says the US can back out at any time. I'm sure there's similar verbiage in that contract with KBR.

Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #211,857 by Simon_Jester 6/20/05 11:55:44 PM Reply	If memory serves me right.... KBR also built the first cells in Gitmo. But don't rule out closing down Gitmo. This contract is in place. If we decide to close Gitmo, KBR will still get their money. :-)
Post #211,859 by inthane-chan 6/21/05 12:00:17 AM Reply	Besides, if it does get shut down... ...we'll just play some giant shell game and move all the prisoners to YET ANOTHER facility somewhere out there, where KBR will have to build an ALL NEW facility... Aleph-null bottles of beer on the wall, aleph-null bottles of beer. You take one down, you pass it around, Aleph-null bottles of beer on the wall!
Post #211,861 by Another Scott 6/21/05 12:17:26 AM Reply	Yup. KBR's been busy. [link\|http://www.corporatepolicy.org/topics/Halliburton%20Timeline.htm\|Linky]: Pre-Iraq The Navy hired Halliburton to build prison camps for terrorists in Guantanamo 2003 War Bay for $37 million. The State Department hired Halliburton to build a new embassy in Afghanistan for $100 million. And a secret task force picked Halliburton to receive a noncompetitive $7 billion contract to repair Iraq's oil fields. (Peter Carlson, "The Profitable Connections Of Halliburton," Washington Post, 2/10/2004) If we decide to close Gitmo, KBR will still get their money. :-) I have trouble believing that the prison at Guantanamo will be closed anytime soon. They'd reorganize it, allow outside inspectors, etc., but I don't see them closing it. The Pentagon's pretty good about resisting outside pressures like that. Remember, the ( [link\|https://www.benning.army.mil/whinsec/\|https://www.benning.army.mil/whinsec/] )[1] School of the Americas still exists even though many groups have tried for years to get it closed - it just has a different name. [link\|http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2004/041004-gitmo.htm\|This] story from 2004 has more information about the prison at Guantanamo. As to them getting money if Guantanamo is closed, I dunno. There's lots of boilerplate in government contracts that says the US can back out at any time. I'm sure there's similar verbiage in that contract with KBR. Cheers, Scott. [1] z doesn't like https hrefs.

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