The 1st Thread For 5/24/10: The CIA's Turn To Hire Murdering Mercenaries

Just a few days after the State Department gave them a nice lovely contract, the CIA (Mr. Leon Panetta) wanted to make sure that they did the same themselves, as we all focus on McChrystal to Petraus gate.

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.

"It's for protective services . . . guard services, in multiple regions," the source said.

Two other security contractors, Triple Canopy and DynCorp International, put in losing bids for the CIA's business, the source said.

Beating out their rivals of Canopy and DynCrop shows that they are still the premiere contractor in the game by far, as the choice by our nation's most powerful to continue providing wonderful contracts to these mercenary murderers.

It's not hard to wonder why this continues to happen when you see comments like this:

"Blackwater has undergone some serious changes," said a U.S. official who is familiar with the deal and spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss it freely.

"They've had to prove to the government that they're a responsible outfit. Having satisfied every legal requirement, they have the right to compete for contracts. They have people who do good work, at times in some very dangerous places. Nobody should forget that, either."

"They have undergone some serious changes," says that official.

I guess "serious changes" by that official means changing your name and defrauding the government by spending tax payers dollars on foreign prostitutes and hookers , as well as having the U.S government try to represent you in court against a lawsuit of an Iraqi man who saw his son murdered right in front of his eyes by these sick individuals.

It truly is amazing with how someone has a different interpretation of a phrase than another person.