Blackwater CEO defends company, Danger Room ain’t buying
Erik Prince published an op-ed piece in the WSJ (perhaps the Washington Times has too small an audience?) extolling the virtues of Blackwater. Wired‘’s Danger Room begs to differ.
You decide.
Archive for December 17th, 2008
Panel recommends dropping Blackwater
The AP is reporting that a State Dept. panel is recommending that the State Dept. drop Blackwater when its contract for Iraq expires this spring. Apparently, the 40-page report will be released soon. It seems that the panel further recommends that the Diplomatic Service increase its numbers in Iraq — in other words, bring the work back in-house.
Blackwater has a monopoly due to its “full-spectrum” capabilities there: helos, mambas, and planes — assets the other two companies on the WPPS contract, Triple Canopy and DynCorp, don’t have. And neither does the Diplomatic Service, to my knowledge.
