HOLY SHIT: Blackwater Head in Iraq Threatened to Kill State Dept. Investigator

[bluesbassman]

97. And how many hearings has Issa held regarding Blackwater? Oh, yeah - ZERO.

In fact, there have only been two by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and those were under Henry Waxman in 2007. Below is the conclusion reach in the hearing on the Fullujah incident.

CONCLUSION
On March 31, 2004, four Blackwater personnel were killed by insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq, and their bodies desecrated. Since then, there have been many unanswered questions about Blackwater’s role in triggering a major incident in the Iraq War with multiple adverse consequences for U.S. interests.

The documents reviewed by the Committee indicate that Blackwater embarked on this mission without sufficient preparation, resources, and support for its personnel. According to these documents, Blackwater took on the Fallujah mission before its contract officially began, and after being warned by its predecessor that it was too dangerous. It sent its team on the mission without properly armored vehicles and machine guns. And it cut the standard mission team by two members, thus depriving them of rear gunners. Blackwater took all of these actions before sending the team into an area known to be an insurgent stronghold. These actions raise serious questions about the consequences of engaging private, for-profit entities to engage in essentially military operations in a war zone.

http://psm.du.edu/national_regulation/united_states/congressional_hearings/house_oversight.html (Under "Reports&quot