According to a horrific story on the ABC News website, Victim: Gang-Rape Cover-Up by U.S., Halliburton/KBR, not only are the U.S. government and its military contractor Halliburton attempting to cover up the alleged brutal Baghdad gang-rape of Jamie Leigh Jones by her co-workers, but Halliburton is blocking her efforts to sue the firm and instead attempting to force her into private arbitration. The story explains:

In arbitration, there is no public record nor transcript of the proceedings, meaning that Jones' claims would not be heard before a judge and jury. Rather, a private arbitrator would decide Jones' case. In recent testimony before Congress, employment lawyer Cathy Ventrell-Monsees said that Halliburton won more than 80 percent of arbitration proceedings brought against it.