Army Turns to Private Guards

[Trillo]

by T. Christian Miller Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON — Stretched thin by troop deployments in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites) and security needs at home, the Army has resorted to hiring private security guards to help protect dozens of American military bases.
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To date, more than 4,300 private security officers have been put to work at 50 Army installations in the United States, according to Army documents obtained by The Times.
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Two five-year contracts worth as much as $1 billion went to two small Alaska Native firms with little previous security experience. The firms, which operate under special contracting laws enabling them to avoid competitive bidding, subcontracted part of the work to two of the country's largest security firms: Wackenhut Services Inc. and Vance Federal Security Services.
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Democrats, watchdog groups and independent contracting experts said that the Army's contracting arrangement with the Alaska Native firms amounted to a back-door deal to send taxpayer dollars to Wackenhut and Vance, which lost out the only time they faced open competition against other companies for the security contracts.
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[Tempest]

1. This begs the question

Who do they swear their loyalty to, their country or their company?

[tom_paine]

4. Hessians swear loyalty to King and NOT Country

Like the rest of the Imperials and stooges...

[Rose Siding]

2. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x744589

[jackieforthedems]

3. REX 84-FEMA

Check out sites in your search engine under: REX 84-FEMA. It makes you wonder what the heck is up this Administration's sleeves. Is it propaganda stuff, or could there really be something else going on?