Here in the United States, Vice-President Dick Cheney’s former company Halliburton is again under scrutiny over its practices in Iraq. On Capitol Hill Monday, Democratic lawmakers held a hearing over a deadly ambush that killed seven employees and injured twenty-six others in Iraq two years ago. Relatives of the dead and surviving employees have filed suit against the company for sending them on an assignment despite knowing it was fraught with danger. According to CBS News, a former manager of the Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root said the convoy was sent because company executives wanted to show “improved performance.” KBR denies wrongdoing and says it should be immune from lawsuits. But a newly-released document indicates KBR officials have had high concern over legal action. In a letter sent to Ray Stannard, one of the surviving emloyees, KBR offered to help him win a Defense of Freedom Medal in return for waiving his right to sue.