Blackwater Will Be Allowed to Bid on Big State Department Contract « The Washington Independent

from the sublime absurd to the absurderererererererer................

one would think blackwater xe (a steamin' pile o' shite by any other name) could only bid on jobs in some brand new country (which thinks they need mercenaries), we've not heard of yet, but noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. they're actually ALLOWED to bid on united states jobs. shame on us. really. shame on US

Blackwater Will Be Allowed to Bid on Big State Department Contract « The Washington Independent

By Spencer Ackerman

GUANTANAMO BAY — A brief detour from my Guantanamo coverage, as a State Department official, speaking only on background, confirmed something else I’ve been working on. The private security company formerly known as Blackwater and now known as Xe Services, will be allowed to bid on the next generation of the State Department’s lucrative Worldwide Protective Services Contract. The company’s track record of killing Iraqi civilians, shooting at Afghan civilians, taking for personal use U.S. military-issued rifles from the Afghan police and setting up shell companies to win government contracts will not be an obstacle.

Once again, the fact that no federal acquisition official has recommended Blackwater be barred from bidding on federal contracts means, the official said, that “any company, including Xe Services and its subsidiary companies, [may] submit a proposal in response to an acquisition process established on the basis of full and open competition.”............