This story relies too heavily on Jones' testimony. The silence on the part of Halliburton and the State Department is troublesome, but not necessarily incriminating.

Ok, this is clearly an awful story, but there is zero evidence supporting the allegations given in this story beyond Jamie Jones. The quotes are all unsourced or quotes from Jamie that she recollects. Last thing that bothers me is the "lost" rape kit. If she was rescued as she puts it by State department officials, why didn't they get some official statements or have an official statement? If she clearly was fleeing KBR at that point, why would she let the Army doctors give the rape test kit results to KBR security officials? There are a number of troubling details in the article that insist further detail is necessary. Based solely on what is in the article and what is not in the article, this sounds like an effort to build up ... More »

This story made me wonder what we are doing in Baghdad. What was it we were going to do? Free them from what? If this is the way we treat our own?