US reliance on contractors quadrupled over last four years
War is profitable, and the State Department is .
Over the past four years, the amount of money the State Department paysto private security and law enforcement contractors has soared tonearly $4 billion a year from $1 billion, administration officials saidTuesday, but they said that the department had added few new officialsto oversee the contracts.
It was the first time that the administration had outlined theballooning scope of the contracts, and it provided a new indication ofhow the State Department’s efforts to monitor private companies had notkept pace. Auditors and outside exerts say the results have been vastcost overruns, poor contract performance and, in some cases, violencethat has so far gone unpunished.
It's like a two-for-one deal for the neocons. By not reinstating the draft to provide for the needed security, they keep the American public detached from the war. By getting contractors to do the job instead, money is to be made, and lawmakers are lobbied by those companies to keep the war going to the President's liking.
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