Blackwater The C.I.A and Aghanistan

Failure and the Bush Administration had a symbiotic relationship from its inception following through to its inglorious end this past January. Even as it pasted into the annals of history its misadventures continue to haunt America its political leadership and its allies in central Asia. So, once again information has come to the fore concerning Blackwater its contracts with the C.I.A and their operations in Pakistan against the Taliban.

Members of Congress have increasingly become alarmed by the implications of what they are learning about Blackwater, notably in regard to questions of accountability. While Congress has direct oversight of the CIA and its operations overseas, that oversight crumbles if some of that work, some of it apparently of the most sensitive nature, is handed over to people who essentially are guns for hire.

The CIA yesterday denied that any line had been crossed in its use of the firm. "This agency, like many others, uses contractors in roles that complement and enhance the skills of our own workforce, just as American law permits," a spokesman, George Little, said in response to the article. However, the current CIA director, Leon Panetta, ordered a review of the agency's relationship with the company in July.

Blackwater has been an embarrassment ever since they became involved with the U.S. government starting with their involvement in Iraq with such incidents as the 4 Blackwater employees killed in Faluja, the murder of an Iraqi security guard who worked for one of the ministries in the Green Zone or the 17 people gunned by a Blackwater convoy in September of 2006. The C.I.A has denied any further Blackwater involvement in its operations yet reporting by Jeremy Scahill of the Nation has shed further light on just how involved Blackwater really is in America's War On Terror.
Blackwater (Xe Services) is nothing more than a mercenary army used by the U.S. the government for operations that are possibly legal violations but these contracts continue much to the detriment of America.