CIA gives Blackwater firm new $100 million contract
Jeff Stein
Washington Post
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The Central Intelligence Agency has hired Xe Services, the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, to guard its facilities in Afghanistan and elsewhere, according to an industry source.
The previously undisclosed CIA contract is worth about $100 million, said the industry source, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the deal, which is classified.
Two other security contractors, Triple Canopy and DynCorp International, put in losing bids for the CIA’s business, the source said.“It’s for protective services … guard services, in multiple regions,” said the source.
The revelation comes only a day after members of a federal commission investigating war-zone contractors blasted the State Department for granting Blackwater with a new $120 million contract to guard U.S. consulates under construction in Afghanistan.
CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano stopped short of confirming the contract, saying only that Xe personnel would not be involved in operations.
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