Topic: Defense Contracting
Key lawmaker seeks to block $1 billion Blackwater deal
Reuters US Online Report Top News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon should consider blocking a potential $1 billion contract with the company formerly known as Blackwater to train Afghan police because of questions about its conduct in Afghanistan, a top U.S. senator said. In letters to Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Attorney General Eric Holder, Senate ...
Before Blackwater case failed, legal debate at DOJ
AP News
Before Blackwater case crumbled, internal legal debate played out at DOJ over evidenceAs the U.S. investigated Blackwater Worldwide contractors for a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad, a legal debate was playing out behind the scenes at the Justice Department between two veteran prosecutors. One urged caution. The other aggressively ...
US Army's lax supervision cited in Blackwater case
AFP Global Edition
The US Army's lax supervision was cited in a Senate investigation of controversial private security firm Blackwater, which allowed employees to use weapons without authorization in Afghanistan. At the outset of a months-long probe, the Senate Armed Service Committee found several cases of "reckless" use of weapons by personnel ...
Senate panel finds lawless Blackwater contractors
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Senate investigation says Army turned blind eye as Blackwater hired violent drug usersA Senate investigation accuses the Army of turning a blind eye when a Blackwater subsidiary hired violent drug users to help train the Afghan army and declared "sidearms for everyone" even though employees weren't authorized to carry ...
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