Kbr Rape Case

The Real Reason Obama Isn't Making Much Progress

Johann Hari | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Johann Hari

The institutions that are blocking progress have rallied over the past few months to defend two causes with very little popular support in the United States: rape and slavery. No, really.

From Stand-Up Comic to Stand-Up Guy: The Long, Strange Trip of Al Franken

John Eskow | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics


John Eskow

It's been a tremendous journey from Saturday Night Live to the Senate floor, from dissing Kissinger to defending veterans, from Gilda Radner to Jamie Lee Jones.

Pentagon Won't Probe KBR Rape Charges

ABC's The Blotter | Justin Rood | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The Defense Department's top watchdog has declined to investigate allegations that an American woman working under an Army contract in Iraq was raped ...

Woman Can't Sue Halliburton Over Rape Because Of Cheney Policy

Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


On Wednesday, Jamie Leigh Jones told a House Judiciary Committee her now-famous story about having been allegedly drugged and gang-raped two years ago...

Congress To Investigate Halliburton Rape Allegation In Iraq

ABC News | JUSTIN ROOD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A House panel is looking into charges of sexual assault made by a former KBR employee in Iraq. At a hearing next Wednesday, the House Judiciary Commi...