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Politics : Obama Watch
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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (200)3/23/2009 12:41:35 PM
From: LTK007   of 290
 
Stealing this:) <<To: Mark Anderson who wrote (95603) 3/23/2009 12:03:03 PM
From: Broken_Clock 2 Recommendation of 95605

President Obama, Why Did You Pay Blackwater $70 Million in February?
By Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. Posted March 17, 2009.
For those already outraged at the AIG bonus scandal, here is a fact that should add more fuel to the fire: The Obama administration has paid the mercenary firm formerly known as Blackwater nearly $70 million to operate in Iraq and, according to The Washington Times, may keep the company on the payroll months past the official expiration of its Iraq contract in May. I reviewed Blackwater's recent transactions with the Obama State Department and discovered a $45 million payment to Blackwater on February 4, 2009 for "protective services-Iraq." It is described as a "funding action only." Here is the interesting part: The estimated "Ultimate Completion Date" is 5/07/2011.
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