Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Blackwater in Hotwater

Further evidence of a company run amuck:

Blackwater Said to Pursue Bribes to Iraq After 17 Died

The one silver lining to all this: the hard-nose Karl Rove-lookalike (and former Company man) Cofer Black comes off looking pretty good.

“We are out of here,” he is reported to have said as he cut short a meeting in Baghdad to fly back stateside to confront CEO Erik Prince.

You know you're in trouble, though, when a brutal knee-deep in covert interrogations and third-country extraditions is the voice of conscience.

(Editor's Note-- of course, Blackwater doesn't "exist" anymore-- heretofore, they are supposedly called "Xe Services")

more on Blackwater here and here.