Waxman Wastes No Time Exploiting Blackwater Headlines
Blackwater founder Erik Prince
The Blotter:
The founder and chairman of Blackwater USA, the private security contractor, has been told to appear next month before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
In a letter today to Blackwater chairman Erik Prince, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said the hearing would concentrate on “the mission and performance of Blackwater USA and its affiliated companies in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
Blackwater’s role in providing security for the State Department in Iraq has been the focus of intense scrutiny this week after a firefight in Baghdad left as many as 20 civilians dead, allegedly killed by Blackwater guards.
The incident, which is now under investigation by both Iraq and the United States, is not the first time Blackwater has been accused of shooting Iraqi civilians.
In his letter, Waxman touched on that performance record.
“Another question will be whether the specific conduct of your company has advanced or impeded U.S. efforts,” he wrote.
Blackwater says its employees “heroically defended” the U.S. officials they were assigned to protect. As for Prince’s requested appearance before the congressional committee, Blackwater did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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September 20th, 2007 at 9:01 pmStonewall these assholes all you can boys. All these hearings are these fucktards vain search for policies of their own. They haven’t had an original idea in 40+ years.
September 20th, 2007 at 9:47 pmMore useless investigations by another useless Dhimicrat. No wonder their ratings are at 11%. Trying that same mine again huh? Great. The dude in the pic is no slouch. I hope he gets up from his seat, and punches Waxman in his smug ass traitor face.
September 20th, 2007 at 10:16 pmFuck these civvies. Do what must be done compatriots.
September 21st, 2007 at 12:31 amI wonder if Blackwater is taking applications?
September 21st, 2007 at 3:42 amOff the subject but I just read a great article: http://www.indcjournal.com/archives/003114.php,
September 21st, 2007 at 5:23 amAbout a Marine and very powerful and inspirational words from the IA about this Marine. I wish the asshole dummycrats could see the forest through the trees and admit that even though progress is slow, there is progress.
And let our people do their jobs!!!!
Waxman has a long history of being a pain in the ass. All of you in his district really need to Vote this MF out.
“Another question will be whether the specific conduct of your company has advanced or impeded U.S. efforts,” he wrote.
This same question needs to go right back to Waxman and all Dems actively trying to cause a defeat for America.
September 21st, 2007 at 2:25 pmI, being an patriotic American, take great offense to the causal slaps at Congressman Henry Waxman, a great American.
Waxman is one of the few to escape the republican slime machine because he has led a scandal free life, and he is one of the few who is pushing for rule of law in the United States, a rule of law that has been suspended by the illegal and criminal doings of the current occupants of the White House. Waxman is a champion of the citizens of the USA, rooting out corruption and demanding accountability. It is shameful to me, a long time conservative republican, that the only thing that my local representative has done to help this great American hero is to filibuster against him, in order to let the corruption continue.
There will be no progress in Iraq until Cheney and Bush have left the White House. They are the problem, not the troops, not the democrats. They botched this war, and the only fix to it is now political. And Cheney and Bush have no credibility left at all after years of repeated half-truths and lies, which means they are incapable of fixing what they
October 25th, 2007 at 9:52 amcaused.