Lawmaker wants contractor details (Schakowsky - IL)

[struggle4progress]

Feb. 6, 2007, 10:45PM
Bill would force report of civilian deaths, injuries in Iraq, Afghanistan
By DAVID IVANOVICH
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — .... Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, is championing a bill that would require the administration to tell lawmakers how many contractors are employed in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as how many have been killed and wounded in those conflicts ...

The bill also would require the administration to tell lawmakers what host country, international or U.S. laws contractors may have broken, as well as any disciplinary actions taken ...

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/4532260.html

[Bonobo]

1. Why do you suppose she hates Freedom THAT much?

[annabanana]

2. Is she going to ask how much of the new military budget

is destined for these mysterious, extra-legal, uncontrollable thugs?