The report begins: "The CIA has hired Xe Services, the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, to guard its facilities in Afghanistan and elsewhere, according to an industry source. The previously undisclosed CIA contract is worth about $100 million, said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the deal, which is classified."
From left, the five guards named in the original Blackwater shooting incident in Baghdad's Nisoor Square: Dustin Laurent Heard, Paul Slough, Nick Slatten, Donald Ball and Evan Liberty, 12/08/08. (photo: AP/Getty)
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Hellooooooooooo oooo
We can't afford to educate our young, so we can compete with China and India. Many sick people can't get help. Too expensive. So our population get weaker.
BUT THERE IS ALWAYS MONEY FOR WAR.
GOOD GRIEF HAVE WE EVER GOT OUR PRIORITIES WRONG
His private army, for hire created a lot of bad will for us in Iraq, when they killed innocent people, while he made a lot of money. Now they are off to Afghanistan and???.. and Mr. Prince will make millions when he sells his army.
WE SURE HAVE SUNK LOW.
There once was a country so grand
The people quite rightly were proud
And then they had wars with no end
Cash filled many pockets, and people died
Its people now bent and confused
Wondering, where did my country go?
No answer forthcoming, the silence deafening
But the Chinese made flag still waves, meekly
SO WE PAY MERCENARIES TWICE AS MUCH AS OUR ENLISTED MEN AND WOMEN????
Please explain that to me>
it is explained why this is such an outrage... Obama's complicity here is unforgivable.
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