« Karl’s Konnivin’ Kalkulations…
Do not read before having morning coffee. »
 

This has the making of bad television.

Judge Halts Award Of Iraq Contract

By Alec Klein and Steve Fainaru
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, June 2, 2007; Page D01

A federal judge yesterday ordered the military to temporarily refrain from awarding the largest security contract in Iraq. The order followed an unusual series of events set off when a U.S. Army veteran filed a protest against the government practice of hiring what he calls mercenaries, according to sources familiar with the matter.

*

060207hzzzzzzzzzes.jpg

In his painting “The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton” artist (and Connecticut militiaman) John Trumbull captures the moment when Washington accepts the surrender of Colonel Rall commanding the German troops in the town. Rall, wounded during the fight, later died.
Oil painting by John Trumbull, circa 1790, Yale University Art Gallery

*

The contract, worth about $475 million, calls for a private company to provide intelligence services to the U.S. Army and security for the Army Corps of Engineers on reconstruction work in Iraq. The case, which is being heard by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, puts on trial one of the most controversial and least understood aspects of the Iraq war: the outsourcing of military security to an estimated 20,000 armed contractors who operate with little oversight.
–
Images: (painting) via ngb.army.mil; (headgear) americanhistory.si.edu; (A-Team) great-tv-shows.com
–

Please find the entire article here.

This entry was posted on Saturday, June 2nd, 2007 at 1:43 pm and is filed under Business, administration, Military, Bush, Iraq, Graft, Pentagon, War, Greed. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.