Last week a Washington pressure group, the Project on Government Oversight, released a Pentagon report from last year setting out operational difficulties with the Predator.

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Danielle Brian, the executive director of the Project on Government Oversight, a Washington-based watchdog group, said accountability is needed, but difficult to come by when KBR's contract is so integral to the Iraq war.

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"We see this as kind of a pure win-win relationship, " says Ranalli, who is also trying to forge partnerships with other organizations, such as watchdog groups Public Citizen and the Project on Government Oversight.

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