The United States has given legal immunity from lawsuits to several military contractors abroad in an attempt to indemnify them against their liabilities if they are sued.
According to documents released by the US Department of Defense on Thursday, more than 120 military contracts include indemnification clauses, which require the Pentagon to pick up the tab if contractors are prosecuted.
Airline companies, including Continental and United, and military contractors such as Raytheon Missile Systems, General Dynamics, L3, Lockheed Martin, BAE, and Boeing, are on the list of the contractors subject to the immunity.'
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