Hearing opens on ex-KBR worker's rape allegation WASHINGTON — A House committee has opened a hearing on a woman's allegations that she was raped and detained while working in Iraq for a contractor.
Jamie Leigh Jones was in the House hearing room along with a second woman, Tracy Lee Barker, to tell their stories. Jones, who used to live in Conroe, Texas, says says she was raped by her colleagues and held against her will while working for KBR Inc., a former subsidiary of Halliburton and a large contractor in Iraq.
Several members of Congress have criticized the Justice Department and other agencies in the case. They say the agencies failed Jones by not properly investigating her claims.
The Associated Press does not normally name victims of sexual assault, but these women have allowed their names to be broadcast and published.