Pentagon orders KBR to shut off soliders’ Internet
According to this blog, as well as many others, the Pentagon has ordered Kellogg, Brown and Root (a subsidary of Halliburton) to cut off soliders’ “nonessential” internet access for the next 90 days.
It must be nice to be able to stem the flow of bad news coming out of Iraq during an election year. I’m sure this is primarly to keep any more photos of prisoner abuse from cropping up., but this will also stem reports of low morale, lack of proper protective equipment, and other information that’s important for people to hear when deciding who they want shaping US policy for the next four years.
“He who controls the past controls the future; he who controls the present controls the past.”– O’Brien from George Orwell’s 1984
I *knew* they were using 1984 as an instruction manual.
May 12th, 2004 at 9:47 pm
You can hold to the conspiracy theory if you want, but let me offer some info to you…
My dad works for KBR. He’s in Kuwait at this very moment. Not too long ago, something happened to Halliburton’s (KBR’s) computer system and the whole thing crashed. My Dad just got email back yesterday. It’s important to the military that KBR is able to function well because they handle a lot of shipping and maintenance. So, personally, I think that’s why the Pentagon wants internet use restricted to essential stuff. Just my take on it.
May 13th, 2004 at 7:46 pm
But it’s awfully convenient that now is when this happens, don’t you think?
I am not there and I have no idea of what it is like. But from the everday American’s point of view, don’t you think that the coincidence of the digital pictures showing bad things getting into the mainstream media and the “outage” of Internet access for soldiers in that country could be seen as a cover-up?
Of course, most of us watch too much X-Files to be seen as objective on the subject of cover-ups.
May 14th, 2004 at 10:47 am
I tell ya, Lillie explanation was pretty good though. I really didnt see if from that angle.
November 16th, 2004 at 1:21 pm
that’s complete b.s they cut it off to stop so much stuff from coming through when they had enough to deal with at that time. This cause so much crap to the people using those internet access to get intouch with their family and friends who had no other access besides snail mail and that really really really really sucked.
November 27th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
I also think Lillies explanation is probably part of the whole truth…but that is kind of my point- nothing is all or nothing, and with the information wars, the best way to hide the real truth is with other less important truths! that way instead of denying anything all you have to do is dilute it! What worries me the most about our soldiers not having access to the internet, is more for their safety.(if they are not being treated well and if mass sickness or mass safety issues start happening) I do not trust KBR when it comes to our young men and women! If any of you have kept up on services that they have been providing our military, you would probably understand my concerns!