Monday, January 10, 2011

Blackwater (or Xe) in the West Bank

"A company closely associated with the security firm once known as Blackwater has won a new State Department contract worth more than $84 million over five years.  The contract was won by International Developments Solutions, a joint venture that includes U.S. Training Center, a company until recently owned by Xe Services, which changed its name from Blackwater following a cascade of legal problems over several years.  The consortium will provide protective security in the Israel-occupied West Bank, “services that are based from the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner said.