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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:48 PM Original message |
Congresswoman: U.S. ties with Xe, formerly Blackwater, must end |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Do the same with CACI, L3, and the rest of the rent-a-torturer agencies |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Not relevant (unfortunately) |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. CACI employed some of the torturers. How is that not relevant? n/t |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Because it is not a violation of the FAR for which they can be banned from Federal contracting |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 06:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Nonsense. Criminal and civil violations are grounds for disbarment - FAR was amended last year: |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Schakowsky needs to read up on the FAR, after 6 terms you think she would know better |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Federal Acquisition Regs don't say that the USG agencies must renew any contract |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Its not so much not renew or not exercise options as much as getting disbarred |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. You need to update your knowledge base, professor. See #11 above. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Kicked and recommended. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. contractors do things that governments do not want to do themselves but need done |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. K&R |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
12. Recommend |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. Agree...although I suspect convergent intere$ts will keep them snug as a bug |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
15. XE is a criminal organization |
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