Contractor Charged in Jamie Leigh Jones Case

Jamie Leigh Jones is finally getting justice. A KBR contractor David Charles Breda Jr. was been charged with sexual assault.

David Charles Breda Jr., 34, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in October at Camp Al Asad, Iraq, where he was employed by a subsidiary of Houston-based military contractor KBR Inc.

Breda, who lived in the Houston suburb of Pearland before he left for Iraq, was arrested Thursday at a Houston-area barber college by agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. A call to his attorney was not immediately returned.

The federal indictment returned Friday in Houston marks the latest allegation of sexual assault involving civilians working for contractors in Iraq.

Jones had to deal with the conservative blogosphere accusing of making up a story of being raped. It is shameful and and petty. Defending Halliburton and KBR became more important than the Republican stance of being tough on crime. This disgusting post at Flopping Aces is a perfect example.

I’m sorry, I don’t buy that at all. Why in the world would the Army hand over criminal evidence to the company involved in the crime?

Doesn’t make sense.

Then these evil men threatened her if she talked. Did they threaten her with death? A beating? You know, because they are evil and all I would expect that. But no, they threaten her with her job. They really thought that she would care about her job with a company that was involved in her rape?

But you do have a Congressman involved in getting her rescued so the believability index goes up a bit.

Benefit of the doubt goes to her…..for now.

The comments at Flopping Aces shows the cluelessness of the blog's readership. This factually inaccurate statement by ChrisG illustrates willful ignorance.

If the shipping container was not suspect, this really is. ANY positive rape result would go up SEVERAL chains of command instantly! KBR does not have “security officers” like some bad Hollywierd film and US Army CID would be all over this, as would NCIS, DOS Security, and EVERY other US Federal enforcement agency. KBR also would not be allowed to take the kit. These are marked and inventoried items. IF there was a breakdown in well documented accountability, “heads rolling” would be an understatement!!

Halliburton/KBR admitted to ABC News the Army doctor gave the rape kit to KBR security. Congressman Ted Poe had to call the State Department to remove Jones from the KBR facility.

Michelle Malkin called the coverage of Jones' case "Halliburton Derangement Syndrome." Malkin links to a post by Ted Frank.

People with legitimate claims usually don’t have lawyers trying so desperately to forum-shop that they file amateurish briefs like this, and Jones loses a ton of credibility with me over that.

I wonder if Frank still feels Jones' lacks credibility after the arrest of David Charles Breda Jr.

Update: I should make it clear it is not known what woman Breda is accused of sexually assaulting. Numerous American women have reportedly been raped by contractors. Breda is the first known contractor to be charged. All these conservative blogs that doubted Jones' story are not covering the Breda case. To the best of my knowledge no one has been charged in the Jones Case