Documents: Contractor Culpable in Shaler Soldier's Electrocution

[Hissyspit]

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Documents: Contractor culpable in Shaler soldier's electrocution

By Robin Acton
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, July 31, 2008

New information contradicts a preliminary Department of Defense report that found no evidence of a military contractor's involvement in the Iraq electrocution of a Shaler soldier.
Staff in the Inspector General's Office did not have all documents and work orders for military contractor KBR Inc. for the building where Sgt. Ryan Maseth died Jan. 2, it was revealed Wednesday during a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Witnesses said the additional documents received by the committee show KBR was informed on several occasions about widespread electrical hazards prior to Maseth's death.

Maseth, an Army Ranger and Green Beret, was killed while taking a shower in his living quarters in the Radwaniyah Palace Complex in Baghdad. An Army investigation revealed his shower's water pump overheated, causing an electrical failure that allowed a current to flow directly from the water pump through metal pipes and into his body.

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[ColbertWatcher]

1. Damn.

This needs to be on the front page of every newspaper in America.

[DCKit]

2. Why do the Republics hate our troops? n/t

[FreepFryer]

3. The Treason of Corruption - KBR et. al. are NOT loyal - they trade American lives for profit daily.

[fasttense]

4. It is just so much easier to lie about investigating than to actually investigate.

Because lying is the only thing republicon administration know how to do. And now they have taught everyone in the government how to do it.

[AlbertCat]

5. Look! Look!

Iraq! It's the manifestation of the GOP deregulation/outsourcing dream! It's what they would like right here in the USA!

[jedr]

6. The Tribune Review is owned by;

Richard Mellon Scaife......you know , Leader in the right wing Heritage Foundation , Pittsburgh's really old and really big money. This is a white wash (no pun intended)

[gratuitous]

7. I smell another round of immunity legislation!

We have to protect our contractors and mercenaries from being held responsible for their illegal and shoddy work! The republic depends on it.

[pleah]

8. K&R

[Solly Mack]

9. I'm sure we'll hear how KBR operated in "good faith"

and should be protected from prosecution.