Carol Leonig of the Washington Post has this headline today:
2 ex-employees say Blackwater billed government for prostitute
Two former employees of Blackwater Worldwide have accused the private security contractor of defrauding the government for years with phony billing, including charging for a prostitute, alcohol and spa trips.
Sure is a good thing that the military budget has an exemption from the spending freeze.
For the past nine years, the terror pimps have demagogued any opposition to outrageous increases in defense spending as “hating America.” Meanwhile, the Bush Administration resisted any investigation into no-bid contracts handed out to big campaign donors without any experience by claiming it would compromise national security. If the priority was truly “fiscal responsibility” and not manipulating approval numbers, one would think the black hole they’ve been stuffing all the graft into would be a good place to start.
And then there’s this:
In one instance, the Davises claimed the company was paying inflated prices to a vendor whose work was billed to the Department of Homeland Security for services related to post-Hurricane Katrina security. They said the overpayments allowed the vendor to provide a barbecue pit grill for Blackwater staff parties.
Why would anyone think that Joe Lieberman, whose job as Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee seems to be insuring that this stuff never gets investigated while the Democrats control the Senate, should have his gavel removed?
Well, I just can’t imagine why myself. Anyone who thinks Joe isn’t doing a fabulous job must be a “purist” who wants to “purge” the sensible “centrists” from the party.
