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Lawsuit Mars Abu Ghraib Contractor's PR Blitz
Talk about bad timing! Just as CACI International was ramping up for its book tour -- the company's CEO has penned "Our Good Name," which according to the flap copy is "CACI's story of facing one of the biggest scandals in recent history...and coming out honorably with its head high" -- an Iraqi man has sued CACI, saying that employees tortured him when he was held in Abu Ghraib.
Cruelly, the lawyers for Emad al-Janabi, which include lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights, have used CACI's own book against the company. The suit alleges that the book reveals that CACI's internal investigation failed to include any interviews of detainees or of a former employee whistleblower. The suit was filed in Los Angeles in order to target former CACI contractor Steven "Big Steve" Stefanowicz.
Note: For those looking for another beach read this summer from the same genre (self glorifying autobiography by an infamous contractor's CEO), there's also Erik Prince's "We Are Blackwater."
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They supposedly knew enough to write a book, but didn't bother talking to all the witnesses. By analogy, the Senate blocked the DOJ IG from reviewing DOJ Staff counsel for the same reason -- They didn't want to know:
The GOP Senate likes the Sgt Schulz-like CACI example: Make statements, but don't talk to the people who have a different view of reality, the law, or evidence.
May 6, 2008 1:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Can't wait for summer to read books at the beach? Check out the 'industry's' self-serving periodical:
http://www.serviammagazine.com/
Features in the current issue include:
Partnership Against Heroin
Contractors help the U.S. combat narcoterrorists in Afghanistan
Beyond Government Accountability
A challenging look at U.N. Peacekeepers
Good News! PSCs and NGOs Get Along… Sometimes
Mutual tolerance may be the best outcome in the relationship between PSCs and NGOs
Cost Efficiency
How can we tell if it’s cheaper or costlier to outsource?
Special Report
Activity-Based Costing (ABC): A Defense Department approach
May 6, 2008 1:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
These bogus books are all part of the
collection that will be part of the
great GWBush Library, which will also
and only contain tombs of history-altering
essays on the greatness of GWB.
Can't you just see a crowd of visitors rolling
on the floor in gales of laughter when they
see the "true stories" of this "wonderful administration."
May 7, 2008 8:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
What about Titan ? Titan was at the heart of the abuse at Abu Gharib. It was alleged that they even had ex Ben Sheit/ Mossad contract operators there.
One employee was tried and convicted of torture - but never served the sentence > What about Titan ?
May 7, 2008 9:19 PM | Reply | Permalink