News Updates from Citizens For Legitimate Government 18 Mar 2009 <http://www.legitgov.org/>http://www.legitgov.org/ All items are here: <http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news>http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news
Obusha quietly gave Blackwater (Xe) $70M in February: <http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/blackwater-still-works-us-iraq/story.aspx?guid=%7B8C076A77-37D4-4E13-9BAA-44D48274A2DA%7D>Blackwater still works for U.S. in Iraq 17 Mar 2009 The U.S. State Department re-signed the security mercenary firm formerly known as Blackwater despite Iraq saying it didn't want the company there, records show. The State Department said $22.2 million deal signed with Blackwater, since renamed Xe, in February was a contract modification concerning aviation work, The Washington Times first <http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/17/new-deal-for-blackwater-bucks-decision-by-iraq/>reported. The contract expires in September, months after its contract for work in Baghdad was to have run out. <http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/17/new-deal-for-blackwater-bucks-decision-by-iraq/>New deal for Blackwater 17 Mar 2009 Days after the Baghdad government decided it no longer wanted the mercenary contractor then known as Blackwater in Iraq, the State Department signed a $22.2 million deal in February to keep the embattled contractor working there through most of the summer, contract records show. The decision keeps Blackwater - since renamed Xe - in Iraq months longer than anyone has suggested publicly, while raising questions about why the U.S. would pay a contractor terrorists for work in Iraq if it may not be able to operate there legally. <http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/132171/president_obama,_why_did_you_pay_blackwater_$70_million_in_february/>President Obama, Why Did You Pay Blackwater $70 Million in February? By Jeremy Scahill 17 Mar 2009 The Obama administration has paid the mercenary firm formerly known as Blackwater nearly $70 million to operate in Iraq and, <http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/17/new-deal-for-blackwater-bucks-decision-by-iraq/>according to The Washington Times, may keep the company on the payroll months past the official expiration of its Iraq contract in May. I reviewed Blackwater's recent transactions with the Obama State Department and discovered a $45 million payment to Blackwater on February 4, 2009 for "protective services-Iraq." It is described as a "funding action only." Here is the interesting part: The estimated "Ultimate Completion Date" is 5/07/2011. The Washington Times reported on a $22 million payment to Blackwater on February 2. Combined with the $45 million payment I discovered, that's nearly $67 million in 72 hours. <http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/aig-repay-taxpayers-165-million/story.aspx?guid=%7B3B94EA58%2D048F%2D41CC%2D9DCF%2DBB48BC6989E6%7D>AIG will 'repay' taxpayers for bonuses, Geithner says --Treasury will deduct that amount from the $30 billion in government taxpayer bailout that will soon go to the company. [Unless we stop them.] 17 Mar 2009 The Treasury Department will order failed insurance giant American International Group Inc. to 'repay' the taxpayers up to $165 million that the company is giving employees as bonuses, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Tuesday. In a letter to congressional leaders, Geithner said the government can't block the payments, which are being made under [illegal] contracts signed before the government stepped in with $173 billion to prevent AIG from going bankrupt. <http://minnesotaindependent.com/29178/aig-bonuses-contract-unions>Business collapse can end union contracts, but not AIG bonus contracts By Chris Steller 16 Mar 2009 Contracts guaranteeing bonuses to executives at collapsing businesses -- like American International Group (AIG) -- are held inviolable, while labor union contracts regularly get voided or reneged-on when corporations declare (or even threaten) bankruptcy. Labor experts say it's the law of the land. Those who wish to be added to the list can go here: <http://www.legitgov.org/#subscribe_clg>http://www.legitgov.org/#subscribe_clg and add your name. 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