Thinkprogress:
ABC News reports that the State Department has hired the private firm U.S. Investigations Services “to fill positions in the newly created Force Investigation Unit (FIU),” which was created after last year’s deadly Blackwater shooting to investigate possible crimes committed by contractors in Iraq. However, it is illegal to hire contractors for jobs “considered to be inherently governmental functions” including “the direct conduct of criminal investigations.” Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) has written to the State Department about these “highly troubling” hires but has yet to receive a response.
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Now we know why the rush was put on the Law Makers to pass this bill. Many hands will be fulled with this 700 billion dollars and Rudy will get his share. Most of those corrupt Law Makers too. Now let's see just how much is really used for the problem. I can see it now, we allowed 700 billion to be given to Henry aka Hank Paulson with 500 million going to the problem the rest to friends and pay offs to off shore accounts. Then in December 2008 the White House will come back for more and again the American people will cry but give up the money. In the end our US Debt will be 15 Trillion dollars waiting for Obama to fix.
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