Erik Prince 7) Q&A Elijah Cummings (D)

Q: Doesn't BW actions reflect on the USA and thus hinder the military mission?
A: BW does not make apologies for rogue employees, they fire them that's the most they can legally do as a private organization.

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[malagent]

It should also be noted that the services of BW would be in considerably less demand if not for Congress refusing to continuously fund and authorize military expenses. In the long run BW may cost more but it fills a void left wide open by the inaction and theatrics of Congress.

[madashelldude]

geez, this republican admin is bankrupting America with unconstitutional off budget war spending and you want them to flush more of our treasure down the toilet?! btw, I wish they refused just once this crazy drunken sailor in the WH, we would probably be much better off economically.

[TheDolfingurl]

Blackwater is a national security risk for America. No amount of $Money in NO BID contracts is worth the stain(damage) they have done to America's reputation of building up Iraq.

[TheLamelyNamed]

The Justice department should have detained the idiot, gather the evidence and witnesses and put his ass through a proper trial.

You cant blame a private company who has no jurisdiction or power to confine and prosecute an American citizen for their lack of effort to do so, because they CANT. It would be illegal for them to do it.

It would be like blaming the general public for not apprehending and prosecuting a robber, a task that the police and court system are responsible for.

[TheLamelyNamed]

Elijah and the other dumbass republican is trying to pin the incompetence of the Iraqi media, the US justice department and the drunkass murderer on Blackwater.

Retardation much?

I dont like the idea of PMC either but these people are asking all the wrong questions.

If they want to blame Blackwater for the actions of individual employees, they might as well blame the US military too because they have hundreds of cases whereby US soldiers killed Iraqi civilians without provocations.

[XxMG42gunnerxX]

Elijah Cumbag oughta be more concerned about keeping Baltimore City's crime from spreading into the counties than trying to ridicule Prince for someone elses misjudgements about who the drunk idiot was. If Cummings had any intelligence he should question the common sense of the Iraqi governement officials. All those officials yet a faliure of correct identification? Cummings tried to hold ALL responsibility to Prince and BW and failed.

[XxMG42gunnerxX]

Good god, does it really take a rocket scientist to distinguish contractors from the military? I dont think contractors are allowed to wear camouflage.

[mspencer1085]

Maddude: You think we are finacially burdend now? This "drunkin sailor" has put into motion, systems like Homeland Security. which when I served was privied to secret level inteligence and w/o giving specifics, DHS twarted an attack to LAX. Ca. is the #7 economy in the world! Had the attack been a success, what would happen to the export of Ca. goods to the rest of the US? Not to mention emmotional strain. That's money better spent than on global warming. IMO

[malagent]

If Congress would approve military budgets in the first place we would not need to fill in the gaps with private contractors. In the long run it might save money. And who's bankrupt?

[malagent]

Read the thing before you insist you know what it says.

[madashelldude]

LOL,you sure have no problem making stuff up on the fly! Better tell Mr Prince u think that Iraqi code would apply when they are off duty because he told Betty McCollum during these hearings that it doesn't. In fact Directive 17 immunized all contractors from criminal law, as Mr Prince said he doesn't trust Iraqi law. Also tell this to user "malagent" who wrote in a comment "The immunity is a damn good idea, I would not want any of our people, PMC or military tried in Iraqi courts"

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