Romney Withholds Comment on Killings

[951-Riverside]

Source: Associated Press

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Monday he was troubled that private security guards working in Iraq for his top counterterrorism adviser have been accused of killing civilians.

But he said he would wait for the results of an investigation before deciding on a response.

Cofer Black, who joined the campaign in April as senior adviser on counterterrorism and national security, also is vice chairman of Blackwater USA, whose workers have been accused of killing up to 11 Iraqi civilians during a Sept. 16 firefight in central Baghdad square.

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[tanyev]

1. "troubled that they have been accused" is not the same as

"troubled that they may have done it"

[harun]

4. I wish the media would point out things like this, there is a lot

in the language they let the Repugs get away with.

[acmavm]

2. And I bet he'll hold those comments until doomsday.

[Trillo]

3. Are they inferring that Cofer Black was in the

"Black limousine" that Blackwater was protecting, and further, the Cofer Black is likely a witness to the killings?

The article doesn't say that precisely, it seems inferred, but maybe I'm reading it wrong, or perhaps it's poorly written.

[xxqqqzme]

5. he won't have a comment until polls tell him

what to think & his handlers tell him what to say.

Is saurove a senior advisor as well?

[rodeodance]

6. easy way out

[Supersedeas]

7. It is a small circle that the Repuke elite keep to

[cosmicdot]

8. a principal player in Blackwater joined Romney's campaign?!!?

isn't that comforting :sarcasm:

holy cow!


BLACKWATER

Subsidiaries:

* Aviation Worldwide Services
* Greystone, Ltd.
* Presidential Airways, Inc.

Principals:

* Erik Prince
* J. Cofer Black
* Robert Richer

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blackwater_USA

In February of 2007, Black merged his own company, The Black Group with two others to form Total Intelligence Solutions, LLC, an commercial-inltelligence company which services are meant to "bring CIA-style intelligence services to Fortune 500" companies
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=J._Cofer_Black#Corporate_Positions


wonder if any of Total Intelligence Solutions' solutions involve recommending Blackwater as a corporation's personal and private army

Total (did that come from the Total Information Awarness's 'total'?)
Intelligence Solutions aka TIS offers to the business community:

* Identify transactional risk
* Manage reputational risk
* Comply with AML/CFT requirements
* Safely travel to international destinations
* Secure events and other venues
* Surveillance and countersurveillance
* Deployed intelligence collection
* Rapid safeguarding of employees or other key assets.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Total_Intelligence_Solutions%2C_LLC

website http://www.totalintel.com/index.php

Strategic Partners

- NetWitness
- Greystone, LTD
- C-HET Solutions, Inc

might as well take up permanent residency down the rabbit hole ~ it's like the blob, and growing