Salon.com > Academi http://www.salon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 21:55:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Blackwater still making major deals with U.S. in Afghanistan http://www.salon.com/2012/12/05/blackwater_still_making_major_deals_with_us_in_afghanistan/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/05/blackwater_still_making_major_deals_with_us_in_afghanistan/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:49:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13115888 Blackwater, which now goes by the name "Academi" to sound less like an army of pillaging mercenaries, is still making major no-bid deals with the U.S. military in Afghanistan. Wired's Spencer Ackerman reported Wednesday that Blackwater will play "landlord" to U.S. Special Operations Forces in the country.

Thanks to a no-bid deal worth $22 million, U.S. Special Ops have moved to a new Blackwater-owned and operated base -- Camp Integrity. "It’s highly unusual for U.S. military forces to take up official residence on a privately owned facility, " reported Ackerman, noting, "According to Lt. Col. Tom Bryant, the spokesman for Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan, it’s only supposed to be temporary, as the command plans to move to Bagram Air Field by summer 2013. But Camp Integrity is already shaping up to be a crucial location for an Afghanistan war that’s rapidly changing."

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