So State wasn’t thrilled about issuing Blackwater a no-bid contract in 2004 to protect its diplomats in Iraq. It turns out, in State’s telling, that the audit conducted of the contract in January 2005 helped with one thing, at least: it pushed the cost of the contract down. However, State still re-upped with Blackwater later in 2005.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179115