http://www.metafilter.com/tags/independentcontractors Posts tagged with 'independentcontractors' at MetaFilter. Thu, 28 Aug 2003 10:11:43 -0800 Thu, 28 Aug 2003 10:11:43 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/27935/War%2Dprofiteering <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56429-2003Aug27.html">Can it be called war profiteering?</a> The size and scope of the government contracts awarded to <a href="http://www.halliburton.com/">Halliburton </a>in connection with the war in Iraq are significantly greater than was previously disclosed and demonstrate the U.S. military's increasing reliance on <a href="http://www.smartmoney.com/bn/ON/index.cfm?story=ON-20030828-000871-0819">for-profit corporations </a>to run its logistical operations. Independent experts estimate that as much as one-third of the monthly $3.9 billion cost of keeping U.S. troops in Iraq is going to <a href="http://www.iribnews.com/Full_en.asp?news_id=186831&n=37">independent</a> <a href="http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=3348235">contractors</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.27935 Thu, 28 Aug 2003 10:11:43 -0800 brokenlink contractors corporations halliburton independentcontractors iraq military profiteering war dejah420