Blackwater Seeks New Chief for State Dep’t ContractsThe State Department is floating the idea that Blackwater’s Iraq contract should be allowed to expire in May. But Blackwater clearly doesn’t want that to happen. And it’s seeking some new blood to reignite the spark that’s gone out of their relationship.
Via R.J. Hillhouse’s excellent contractor blog, it seems that Blackwater is investing in a new head of Iraq contracts. Yesterday, Blackwater posted a job opening for a regional coordinator on State’s Worldwide Protective Services Contract, the official title for State contractor services on Iraq. Perhaps Blackwater just wants to have a good caretaker during its final months in Baghdad. Or maybe, as Hillhouse writes, it’s “a sign that Blackwater is not planning on leaving Iraq anytime soon.”
The job will operate out of Blackwater’s Moyock, North Carolina offices. Interested applicants should be able to work “in a busy office environment” that’s “subject to frequent interruptions” (which may or may not include FBI agents executing search warrants).