James was an ordinary patriotic American. He was born and raised in Enid, Oklahoma and went went to Iraq to work as a KBR truck driver. He looked forward to saving up money -KBR promised a large salary. Yet he was shocked by the excess and waste he saw in Iraq. One example of the waste he saw was this: “A gentlemen in a brand new semi, it wasn't designed for what we needed to use, it was a brand new 18 wheeler, he parked it next to a burn pit, and then ultimately pushed it into the burn pit, next thing I know they’re pouring diesel and everything on it and setting it on fire...”