Nbadan
02-09-2006, 04:55 PM
Halliburton Subsidiary Gets Contract to Add Temporary Immigration Detention Centers
By RACHEL L. SWARNS
Published: February 4, 2006
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 — The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract worth up to $385 million for building temporary immigration detention centers to Kellogg Brown & Root, the Halliburton subsidiary that has been criticized for overcharging the Pentagon for its work in Iraq.
KBR would build the centers for the Homeland Security Department for an unexpected influx of immigrants, to house people in the event of a natural disaster or for new programs that require additional detention space, company executives said. KBR, which announced the contract last month, had a similar contract with immigration agencies from 2000 to last year.
The contract with the Corps of Engineers runs one year, with four optional one-year extensions. Officials of the corps said that they had solicited bids and that KBR was the lone responder.
NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/04/national/04halliburton.html)
I posted this about 2 weeks ago, but it is just now hitting the MSM.
One should as oneself, why is it that where-ever the Army/Marines go, KB&R is always the first company to follow? Then you'll get your answer as to who is really building these US 'detention facilities'.
By RACHEL L. SWARNS
Published: February 4, 2006
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 — The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract worth up to $385 million for building temporary immigration detention centers to Kellogg Brown & Root, the Halliburton subsidiary that has been criticized for overcharging the Pentagon for its work in Iraq.
KBR would build the centers for the Homeland Security Department for an unexpected influx of immigrants, to house people in the event of a natural disaster or for new programs that require additional detention space, company executives said. KBR, which announced the contract last month, had a similar contract with immigration agencies from 2000 to last year.
The contract with the Corps of Engineers runs one year, with four optional one-year extensions. Officials of the corps said that they had solicited bids and that KBR was the lone responder.
NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/04/national/04halliburton.html)
I posted this about 2 weeks ago, but it is just now hitting the MSM.
One should as oneself, why is it that where-ever the Army/Marines go, KB&R is always the first company to follow? Then you'll get your answer as to who is really building these US 'detention facilities'.