halliburton passing the buck (again)

only this time, it's with HUMAN LIVES. they don't give a flying yoo hoo if people die or are sold as sex slaves or are worked to the bone. they don't care just as long as that effing blood money lines their effing pockets

Halliburton, other lobbyists stall Pentagon ban on human trafficking
RAW STORY

Three years after a 2002 Presidential Directive demanding an end to trafficking in humans for forced labor and prostitution by U.S. contractors, the Pentagon is still yet to actually bar the practice, The Chicago Tribune reports. Congress approved a similar ban one year later, which was reauthorized by the Senate just last week.
The President and Congress have demanded that government agencies include anti-trafficking provisions (covering forced labor and prostitution) in all overseas company contracts. It also extended the ban to subcontractors.
According to the Tribune, the concerns of five lobbying groups - including representatives of Halliburton subsidiary KBR and DynCorp - are stalling Pentagon action. These companies are specifically targeting provisions requiring companies to monitor their overseas contractors for violations. Both KBR and DynCorp have been linked to human trafficking cases in the past...................