How did Blackwater end up guarding U.S. diplomats in Iraq? The answer’s becoming clearer.
The Washington Post reported yesterday that the State Department, under the gun to create an embassy security staff after the Coalition Provisional Authority disbanded in June 2004, decided to stick with the CPA’s Blackwater bodyguards, awarding the firm a no-bid contract. That much State Department logistics official William H. Moser told Congress earlier this month. But the Post supplies a wealth of detail about just how dependent State is on security contractors for conducting diplomacy in war zones.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179561