State Dept. gave bonuses to staff overseeing Blackwater.
By on Dec 4th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
State Dept. gave bonuses to staff overseeing Blackwater.
Spencer Ackerman reports that the State Department has quietly given bonuses for “outstanding performance” to two officials who had “direct oversight” over Blackwater:
On November 20, an internal cable, listed as State 158575, went out to State employees announcing the recipients of bonuses ranging from $10,000 to $15,000 for “outstanding performance.” Among them: Kevin Barry and Justine Sincavage. You can read the cable here. Barry’s name is listed on page 2, and Sincavage’s is on page 5. Both Barry and Sincavage already earn approximately $150,000 annually. Their bonuses are scheduled to take effect on December 20, in time for the holidays.
In October, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice also promoted Barry and Sincavage.
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As a taxpayer, I WANT MY FUGGIN’ MONEY BACK, A$$HOLES.
December 4th, 2007 at 4:55 pmHush money.
December 4th, 2007 at 4:55 pmHeiluva job!!
December 4th, 2007 at 4:56 pmNow we can Condi to the impeachment gaggle.
December 4th, 2007 at 4:56 pmWell of course they get bonuses…. no one’s been convicted yet, have they?
That’s the new gold standard for the current regime, doncha know?
December 4th, 2007 at 4:56 pmGovernment employees get bonuses? You mean getting 150k for doing f–k all isn’t enough?
December 4th, 2007 at 4:56 pm#1 The only recourse left to the people is another Boston Tea Party, 2000 style.
December 4th, 2007 at 4:57 pm$150,000 for NOT doing their job is a bit much, I’d say.
December 4th, 2007 at 4:57 pmIt started out being a ten-dollar-a-head bounty on “insurgents”, but this go-getter parleyed it into 15K simply by huddling in the GZ and letting Mercs shoot up the countryside – if that’s not the American Way, I don’t know what is.
someone promote that fella to head of something – pronto!
December 4th, 2007 at 4:57 pmComment by Veritas
I’ve been thinking about that very idea A LOT lately.
December 4th, 2007 at 4:59 pmThe State Dept. has no regard for Iraqi civilians so what’s the difference if a few are killed by their security detail?
December 4th, 2007 at 5:01 pmAnd what makes it worse is that these criminals will slide right into jobs over at Blackwater and Halliburton where they will be rewarded even more handsomely for turning the blind eye while at the State Dept.
December 4th, 2007 at 5:03 pmHa ha ha, they’ll get paid more then the families of the Iraqis they killed. If it wasn’t so sad & predictable it would be funny. How anyone can support this administration is beyond me. They have set the bar soooo low that the next President can eat children & not be criticized.
December 4th, 2007 at 5:07 pm13…or they could actually try to HELP children and get attacked mercilessly by the right-wing media.
December 4th, 2007 at 5:09 pm2 washers = $1,000,000.00… anyone smell the stench of republican corruption?
December 4th, 2007 at 5:10 pmFailing upwards, the hallmark of the corrupt Bush regime.
Bush the Wrecker, always wrong. You could hardly f*** it up more if you tried.
December 4th, 2007 at 5:12 pm15 – just like back in the good’ol days of Ronny Raygun tricklevoodoo little dick guy muscle flexing.
The thing is, wealthy, connected defense contractors DO deserve (lots of)welfare, but no one else does.
Hey folks, never mind we gave these guys billions to fail, the real important thing is that there are Mexicans.
Never mind the plane load of diappeared tax $ – there are Mexicans!!
Never mind 120 suicides a week in the military – there are Mexicans!
Never mind your $3.25/gal gas – THERE ARE MEXICANS!!!!
Never mind someone stole a thousand bucks from your wallet – THAT MEXICAN HAS A DIME!!!!!
I’m back in that “America gets exactly what it deserves” frame of mind, and it looks like we deserve to become Canada’s Mexico, which is exactly what’s happening.
If you think there are White, Christian American billionaires who give a rat’s ass whether that happens, you’re a bigger sucker than Barnum could ever have hoped for.
December 4th, 2007 at 5:20 pmIraq’s Interior Ministry Eyes Power to Arrest Foreign Guards
Cabinet approved the draft law at the end of October in the wake of a September 16 shooting involving U.S. security firm Blackwater in which 17 Iraqis were killed. Blackwater said its guards acted lawfully, but the shooting enraged the Iraqi government.
The bill on foreign security guards has yet to be debated in parliament but it should pass easily. Iraqi officials have previously made clear it would make foreign guards liable under Iraqi law, but they have not been specific about carrying out arrests.
Asked if Interior Ministry forces could arrest foreign security contractors involved in shootings, Bolani said: “Yes, when the law is passed”.
This could spark tense scenes on Baghdad’s streets if foreign security convoys are involved in a shooting and then confronted by Iraqi security forces.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldnews&storyID=2007-12-03T212213Z_01_L03335409_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-MINISTER-GUARDS.xml
They need bonuses there finished soon
December 4th, 2007 at 5:26 pmDo the democrats read my posts or something ????
US Democrats: Time for new Iran policy
Senior US Democrats urge President George W. Bush to consider ‘a top-to-bottom review of his Iran policy’ after the US intelligence report.
Now that the intelligence community has confirmed there is no evidence Tehran is pursuing nuclear arms ‘President Bush’s heated rhetoric on Iran, including comments about a potential World War Three, is even more outrageous,†said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
“He should announce that his Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense are prepared to meet anytime, anywhere with their Iranian counterparts to conduct vigorous diplomacy to advance US interests,†he added.
Meanwhile, US Democratic presidential candidates have criticized President Bush’s claim that ‘nothing has changed’ despite the new report.
“This president will not let facts get in the way of his ideology,†said Senator Barack Obama. â€They should have stopped the saber rattling, should never have started it,†he added.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton also said Bush “should seize this opportunity†while her rival Senator Joe Biden termed Bush as ‘not trustworthy’.
http://www.presstv.ir/ detail.aspx?id=33714§ionid=3510203
December 4th, 2007 at 5:32 pmJoe Biden on Bush’s Press Conference:
“Are you telling me a president who is briefed every single morning, who is fixated on Iran, is not told back in August that the tentative conclusion of 16 intelligence agencies in the United States government said they had abandoned their effort for a nuclear weapon in ‘03?†the Delaware senator said in a conference call with reporters.
“That’s not believable,†said Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Biden added, “I refuse to believe that. If that’s true, he has the most incompetent staff … and he’s one of the most incompetent presidents in modern American history.â€
December 4th, 2007 at 5:45 pm#16- be wary of the mass media’s solution…’oh they’re just idiots’. Bush et al ARE trying to screw things up! More ‘instability’ requires more ’security’… which requires more ’support the troops money’ [for war-profiteers]… which requires more indebtedness to China… which requires forgoing ‘domestic spending frills’ [read: health care] now and in the future…which requires us to lose other self-determinative options and become a police-state.
December 4th, 2007 at 5:51 pmSo, be wary, Neo-cons are right on track.
There must be some system for calculating BlackDeathWater bonuses.
December 4th, 2007 at 5:52 pmTen dollars for every bullet that found an Iraqi target, and Twenty five if it killed one.
Either way Mr. Biden, it’s a disaster isn’t it?
December 4th, 2007 at 5:54 pmIt’s amazing how similiar the Bush Administration operates like the Mafia.
December 4th, 2007 at 6:57 pm25 – exactly why they should be taken down on racketeering charges – any other group in the land would’ve been by now.
December 4th, 2007 at 7:01 pmer – 24 – u know what i meant
December 4th, 2007 at 7:03 pmNice bonus. Just think how much it would have been if Blackwater had massacred 30 innocent civilians. It would have been almost double. So are these people Baptist or Pentecost?
December 4th, 2007 at 8:29 pmThis is the Bush doctrine – reward incompetence and corruption.
December 4th, 2007 at 11:56 pmJust a side note. Iowa poll taken among “Repuglicans” on Bushs’ popularity shows that 80% give him a favorable rating.
December 5th, 2007 at 8:48 amDo you not find that fuggin’ amazing?
There are truly zombies among us.
where is Kilo telling us about how Blackwater has more oversight than any other company working for the government?
December 6th, 2007 at 12:24 am