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US extends 'Blackwater' contract

submitted by cybrbeast

1 decade 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago

Private contractors have proven to be highly controversial in Iraq where the security firm formerly known as Blackwater has been banned.

But the US state department has extended a contract with the firm, now known as Xe, indefinitely, just as its contract was due to expire this month.

3 Comments

ToKeyMonsTeR says...

"He and the company are legally immune under laws that bar suits against government employees for any actions committed on behalf of the government."

Anyone else thinks thats pretty fucked up?

Yes extremely, it makes them a sort of modern day equivalent to the privateers of old times.
But I wonder how "any actions on behalf of the government" should be interpreted. Is it that any action ordered by the government can't be prosecuted, or does it mean any action/crime they commit while in service can't be prosecuted?

Okay, that is indefensible. This is the sort of thing the Right (and the Left) should be screaming about: not Obama talking to sixth graders.

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