Posts tagged with 'contractors'

TPMtv: Military Contractors D.C. Powwow

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, NOVEMBER 07 2007 01:21 PM | PERMALINK

Military Contractors D.C. Powwow

Not long ago we told you about the IPOA, that's the lobbying organization and trade group for military contractors in Washington, DC. A week ago Monday IPOA (aka the International Peace Operations Association) had their annual summit in Washington. Blackwater, which recently terminated its membership in the outfit in the face of an IPOA ethics investigation (one of the first, apparently), wasn't there. But pretty much everyone else from the private military contractor...
Blackwater Immunity

POSTED BY RALEIGH-ELIZABETH SMITH, OCTOBER 31 2007 11:40 AM | PERMALINK

Oh, Blackwater. The FedEx of the National Security Apparatus. Immune from punishment. Immune from responsibility. And running with Mitt Romney. Just warms the cockles of your heart, doesn't it? The way this works: our government can take out their leaders as criminals (Saddam) but our criminals are protected by our government leaders when in Iraq. If Blackwater were engaging in this kind of behavior at home, we'd be brandishing balls and chains. There, we're passing Get Out of Jail Free cards....