[austinaero]

http://www.washingtonguardian.com/red-flags-embassy-security The State Department took several corrective actions and subsequently selected a new contractor to take over the Afghan’s embassy’s security. But that selection quickly created new controversy when the Senate Armed Services Committee issued a report finding that the contractor had relied on warlords with possible ties to the Taliban to staff its security forces. The inspector general recently concluded that the State Department’s vetting of the contractor met federal regulations but somehow failed to uncovered the information found by Senate investigators. “The Department was not aware of the selected contractor’s past performance, as reported by the Senate Armed Services Committee, until after the report was publicly released in October 2010, which was after the contract and the task order had been awarded. OIG also determined that the Department had used the proper systems to obtain,” the IG reported ************ The Obama/Clinton State Dept vetted and approved a security contractor who was known to possibly reaching out to Taliban warlords to staff the security positions,,,

[austinaero]

I understand the reference is to Afghanistan,,it’s the stupidity of the State Dept that I highlight

[little jeremiah]

Please do not confuse “Stupidity” and “Treason”.

It isn’t stupidity. It’s evil. Big difference. Phil, could you post your graphic and comments on this thread? I’d copy it but I don’t know how to exactly. My heart is burning.

[SteveH]

[reformatted for convenience]

http://www.washingtonguardian.com/red-flags-embassy-security

The State Department took several corrective actions and subsequently selected a new contractor to take over the Afghan’s embassy’s security. But that selection quickly created new controversy when the Senate Armed Services Committee issued a report finding that the contractor had relied on warlords with possible ties to the Taliban to staff its security forces. The inspector general recently concluded that the State Department’s vetting of the contractor met federal regulations but somehow failed to uncovered the information found by Senate investigators. “The Department was not aware of the selected contractor’s past performance, as reported by the Senate Armed Services Committee, until after the report was publicly released in October 2010, which was after the contract and the task order had been awarded. OIG also determined that the Department had used the proper systems to obtain,” the IG reported.

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The Obama/Clinton State Dept vetted and approved a security contractor who was known to possibly reaching out to Taliban warlords to staff the security positions,,,