Wednesday, October 03, 2007

How Privatized Can We Get

This government corruption knows no limits.

Blackwater contractor wrote government report on murder incident

"BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The State Department's initial report of last month's incident in which Blackwater guards were accused of killing Iraqi civilians was written by a Blackwater contractor working in the embassy security detail, according to government and industry sources.
A source involved in diplomatic security at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said a Blackwater contractor, Darren Hanner, drafted the two-page "spot report" on the letterhead of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security for the embassy's Tactical Operations Center.
That office -- which tracks and monitors all incidents and movements involving diplomatic security missions -- has outsourced positions to Blackwater and another private firm, the embassy source said.
A highly placed industry source said that Hanner, who was listed on the report as the TOC watch officer, was working for Blackwater at the time the report was written, just after the September 16 incident occurred. He was to rotate out of Iraq this past week, the source said."

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gonna make a little prediction, as a completely unknown guy not looking for any trouble.

Near future headline in alternative press:

Is Blackwater Probe a Whitewash Load?

Or some such catchy phrase.

4/10/07 8:21 AM  

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