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EXCLUSIVE: Blackwater back in U.S. employ
Washington Times ^ | March 17, 2009 | Jim McElhatton

Posted on 03/17/2009 10:29:23 AM PDT by Jim Robinson

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1 posted on 03/17/2009 10:29:23 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
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LOL, Obama Administration hires Blackwater to continue work in Iraq.


2 posted on 03/17/2009 10:30:22 AM PDT by icwhatudo (The Dow is down over 5,000 points since democrats took back congress.)
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To: Jim Robinson
Meet the new boss...
same as the old boss. :-)
3 posted on 03/17/2009 10:30:54 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
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Anyone keeping a list?

Hiring Blackwater
Keeping 50k troops in Iraq
Using signing statements
Attacking nations without UN approval
Saying detainess in Afganistan don’t get trials
Saying the fundamentals of the economy are spund


5 posted on 03/17/2009 10:31:59 AM PDT by icwhatudo (The Dow is down over 5,000 points since democrats took back congress.)
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“sound”

wow-messed up spellchecker


6 posted on 03/17/2009 10:32:35 AM PDT by icwhatudo (The Dow is down over 5,000 points since democrats took back congress.)
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sshhhh.. Top Secret. :-)

halliburton

7 posted on 03/17/2009 10:32:37 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Standard paper shuffling everyone. Nothing to see here..please move along.


8 posted on 03/17/2009 10:32:47 AM PDT by catbertz
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There is nobody to replace them. If they do come up with another company it will just be the same people. They require former military and Leo’s with Secret or better security clearances and they don’t grow on trees.
The State Dept is trying to hire to replace them, but can’t get enough applicants(at lower pay).
People overlook the fact that State Dept Security controls all of their operations.


9 posted on 03/17/2009 10:33:07 AM PDT by Oldexpat
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LOL, Obama Administration hires Blackwater to continue work in Iraq.

LMAO! This will drive the friggin libtards ABSOLUTELY NUTS!!!!!

10 posted on 03/17/2009 10:33:47 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (Want to make a conservative angry? Lie to him. Want to make a liberal angry? Tell him the truth)
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To: orfannkyl86

Another case of his left hand not knowing what his other left hand is doing.


11 posted on 03/17/2009 10:34:01 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
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Geeez....don’t they watch “24”? Blackwater is plotting bio-warfare attacks on the US!


12 posted on 03/17/2009 10:34:22 AM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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+1


13 posted on 03/17/2009 10:34:42 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (Barter Now! (Starve our socialist government))
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The decision keeps Blackwater - since renamed Xe -

Xe????????? WTH?

14 posted on 03/17/2009 10:36:32 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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Dumbo hypocrisy BUMP.


15 posted on 03/17/2009 10:36:56 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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This just makes me smile. After making the big stink about Blackwater, Obama’s State Department extends their contract.

Of course they would, there isn’t anyone else. As I always say, reality always gets a vote.

But it entertains me to see Obama continuing Bush’s policies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, CIA black sites, and so on down the line.


16 posted on 03/17/2009 10:39:39 AM PDT by marron
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The future? Hahhahaahhaah..!!

17 posted on 03/17/2009 10:40:59 AM PDT by gaijin
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Had occasion to talk with a Blackwater employee down in San Diego last Halloween.

Guy was a shaped charge demolition expert. It is his job to blow the door down right before the guys with guns go in.

He works security, anti-kidnapping, body guard, etc.

Quite an interesting fellow. We were discussing liquid bandages and their application during what he called “pig lab” where brutal things are done to your pig and you have to keep it alive.

Good practice for when your buddy has his limbs blown off, etc.

We were pretty deep into it when my little sister wandered into the conversation. She is a farm gal, but even she said “I wandered into the WRONG conversation” and backed out.

I learned a lot talking to that guy. He had quite an interesting take on things, and quite a few hair raising stories.

18 posted on 03/17/2009 10:43:56 AM PDT by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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Blackwater proshop: Men's Apparel
19 posted on 03/17/2009 10:44:27 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: Jim Robinson
On to Haliburton!

I love the irony. LOL!

20 posted on 03/17/2009 10:47:52 AM PDT by batter (Wolverines!)
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