Posted on Tue, Sep. 14, 2004
In Iraq, outsourced abusers out of
control
More than 20,000 private contractors are working for the U.S. government in Iraq, performing a
wide range of military functions. Employees from CACI International Inc. — whose motto is “Ever
Vigilant” — made up more than half of all the analysts and interrogators at Abu Ghraib, while all
the translators who made it possible for the interrogators and guards to communicate with the
prisoners were employees from the Titan Corp.
While Pentagon officials previously testified to Congress that contractors were never in
supervisory roles, Army investigators documented numerous instances in which contractors
“supervised” military officers (as specified in the job advertisements they answered) and other
instances in which contractors demonstrated disdain for their uniformed clients. One CACI
contractor (who, the Fay report said, tossed about and dragged a handcuffed prisoner)
allegedly drank alcohol at the prison and refused to take orders from a military officer, saying, “I
have been doing my job for 20 years and do not need a 20-year-old to tell me how to do my
job.”
http://www.thestate.com/mld/state/news/opinion/9657270.htmContracts
CACI International Inc., Arlington: $103 million prime contract with three base years
and two two-year options from the U.S. Navy. Contract will support Navy Enterprise
Maintenance Automated Information System Data Center operations at the Navy Sea
Systems Command site in Norfolk. (PR Newswire)
http://www.virginiabusiness.com/magazine/yr2003/apr03/record.shtml