Halliburton Cuba Contract

From 9/11 Encyclopedia:

In July 2002 Commondream reprinted a Reuters report, that former Dick Cheney's company Halliburton awarded a contract with Guantanamo Bay to build cells (David J. Lesar, Halliburton). Another political side twist, ignored by the mainstream media, was the report, that KRB used 400 illegal flippinos for that:
"...It took only two weeks to "clear" the workers after a "discreet and thorough screening" by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its counterpart, the National Bureau of Investigation, according to sources at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The 400 workers left on March 22 for Los Angeles on a plane chartered by the Brown and Root International on their way to Guantanamo, DFA sources said..." 
http://www.inq7.net/nat/2002/mar/28/nat_4-1.htm

More disturbingly, the fact was ignored, that this contract was already an upgrade of an older contract from 2000: "Halliburton Co. has been awarded a $9.7 million contract to build an additional 204-cell detention camp at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to hold additional suspected al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners, the Pentagon said on Friday." http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0727-02.htm 

The full contract: Contract was filed in February 2001, but awarded in June 2000 (Thx to targetpractice, DU)

"Brown & Root Services, a division of Kellogg Brown & Root, Arlington, Va., was awarded today a $16,000,000 task order under a previously awarded cost reimbursement, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity construction contract for construction of a 408-unit detention camp at the Radio Range area of U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Units will be of modular steel construction. Each unit measures 6 feet 8 inches by 8 feet and includes a bed, a toilet, and a hand basin with running water. " http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2002/c02262002_ct088-02.html 

The CSIS meeting clearing contracts with Cuba in July 2001:

WASHINGTON, July 05, 2001 -- CSIS will host a discussion on U.S. sanctions policy featuring Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 10, in 2255 Rayburn House Office Building. ....The panelists will review the first five years of ILSA, assess the impact of its August reauthorization, and explore the broader sanctions debate, which is intensifying following recent efforts to relax the trade embargo on Cuba..."
http://www.csis.org/press/ma_2001_0710.htm

The original contract, where Cuba is not mentioned yet, but hidden as one of many "worldwide locations": No.N62470-00-D-0005 : "..Work will be performed at worldwide locations, to be determined, when task orders are awarded. Work is expected to be complete by June 2001.." http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2000/c06292000_ct373-00.html 

United States Department of Defense Contract FOR RELEASE AT (5 p.m. ET June 29, 2000 NAVY Brown & Root Services, Houston, Texas, is being awarded a maximum estimated $75,000,000 cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery order contract with a guaranteed minimum of $100,000 for emergency construction capabilities. The total contract amount is not to exceed $300,000,000 (base year plus four option years). Work will be performed at worldwide locations, to be determined, when task orders are awarded. Work is expected to be complete by June 2001. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. 

This contract was competitively procured with 44 proposals solicited and three offers received. 
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic Division, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N62470-00-D-0005). 
Mirrored at: http://www.lebensaspekte.de/groundzero/hallicontract_june 29_2000.html

(-> Kellog Root and Brown)