Ma ka Pōʻakahi, ua kono ʻia ʻo Torres, nona ka hui e hoʻolako i nā unuhi a me nā kiaʻi palekana i Iraq, e hōʻike i mua o ke Komisina o Wartime Contracting (CWC), kahi kino i hana ʻia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2008 e noiʻi i ka ʻōpala, ka hoʻopunipuni a me ka hoʻomāinoino i nā lawelawe ʻaelike kaua ma Afghanistan a ʻIlaka.
Ua noi ʻia ʻo Torres e hōʻike e pili ana i kona loaʻa ʻole ʻana i nā ʻae i koi ʻia no "he mau haneli" mau koa kiaʻi koa Sierra Leonian āna i hoʻouna aku ai e pale aku i ka Forward Operating Base Shield, kahi kahua kaua US ma Baghdad, i Ianuali 2010.
ʻAʻole i hōʻike ʻia ʻo Torres.
Ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia kahi noho kaʻawale ma ka papa ʻaina hōʻike nona me kahi palapala me kona inoa ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka poʻe no nā ʻelele o ʻekolu mau hui ʻē aʻe e hana ana ma Iraq - ʻo Aegis ma Lākana, a me DynCorp a me Triple Canopy, ʻelua ma Virginia. hui.
USAID Ducks kuleana pili kānāwai
Ua komo pū ka US Agency for International Development (USAID) no ka hoʻohewa ʻana i ka wā i haʻi aku ai ʻo David Blackshaw, ke poʻo o ka māhele no ka palekana o nā ʻāina ʻē, i ke komisina ʻaʻole kuleana o kāna ʻoihana i nā hana a nā kiaʻi kaua i hele pū me kā lākou mea hāʻawi. "ʻO ka hana a ka USAID's SEC's International Security Programs Division i kaupalena ʻia i ka ʻōlelo aʻo a me ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Blackshaw i nā komisina.
Ua huhū nā komisina. Ua huki kekahi o lākou i nā kope o kahi hōʻike o ka USAID Office of Inspector General e pili ana i ka ʻaelike pilikino i hoʻopuka ʻia i ka mahina i hala aku nei i ʻōlelo ʻia he hapakolu o nā ʻaelike palekana pilikino USAID ma Afghanistan ʻaʻohe pono palekana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Komisina Christopher Shays, he lālā Repubalika mua o ka Congress mai Connecticut, ua hoʻāʻo ʻo USAID e "holoi i ko lākou mau lima" i kekahi kuleana.
"ʻAʻole ke Akua i hiki mai kekahi mea me kahi ulia pōpilikia ma Afghanistan e hoʻopilikia i kā mākou kulekele aupuni ma Afghanistan a e hoʻāʻo ʻoe i kēlā laina hoʻopaʻapaʻa hoʻopaʻapaʻa," wahi a Komisina Robert Henke, he Kakauolelo Kokua mua no ka Manaʻo ma ka 'Oihana o Veterans Affairs. . "ʻAʻole e hana."
"E nīnau ana kēia komisina iā ia, ma lalo o ka hoʻohiki ʻana, no ke aha i ʻae ai kāna hui iā Ianuali e lawe i nā kuleana palekana pilikino ma FOB Shield me nā haneli he nui i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia a ʻae ʻia," wahi a Michael Thibault, kekahi o nā luna hoʻomalu. o ke komisina a he hope luna hoʻokele mua o ka Defense Contract Audit Agency.
"E ninau aku ana keia komisina ia Mr. Torres no ke aha la oia i lele pono aku ai i Iraq, i FOB Shield, a ua manao ikaika ia Torres AES e hookau i na kiai i apono ole ia, na kiai e hoomalu aku i na koa Amerika, a laila e 'hopu-up. ke kaʻina hana ʻae '."
Akā, ua haʻi aku kahi loio i nā limahana komisina ʻo Torres "ka hopohopo no ka hele ʻana".
ʻO ka hiki ʻole o ka mea hana ʻaelike e hele mai no ka hoʻolohe manaʻo i ka hala ʻana he hoʻokahi wale nō hiʻohiʻona o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi 18,800 mau mea kaua "kūpono palekana" ma Iraq a me 23,700 ma Afghanistan e pale aku i nā convoys, diplomatic a me nā limahana ʻē aʻe, a me nā kahua kaua a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole hana nā hale hana ma Afghanistan a me Iraq.
ʻO ka ʻaelike Afghan Hou a Blackwater
Malia paha ʻaʻole i kono ʻia ka ʻoihana koa pilikino kaulana loa ma Afghanistan a me Iraq - ʻo Blackwater ma North Carolina - e noho ma ka papa ʻaina hōʻike, ʻoiai ʻo ka hui ke kumu o kekahi mau noiʻi ʻana i ka hewa.
No ka laʻana, i ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa 2007, ua pana nā kiaʻi palekana mai North Carolina e nā kiaʻi Blackwater a pepehi i 17 mau kānaka kīwila Iraqi ma Baghdad's Nisour Square.
Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia nā limahana ʻo Blackwater no ka pepehi ʻana i nā mea hana palekana pilikino ʻē aʻe - i Dekemaba 2006, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo Andrew J. Moonen no ka pepehi ʻana i kahi kiaʻi kiaʻi o ka hope pelekikena Iraqi, ʻo Adel Abdul Mahdi. A i ka Mei 2009, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻehā mau mea ʻaelike Blackwater no ka pepehi ʻana i kahi Afghan ma ke alanui Jalalabad ma Kabul.
Ua ʻike nā lālā o ke komisina me ka haʻohaʻo i ka hāʻawi ʻana aku o ka Moku'āina iā Blackwater i kahi ʻaelike 120-miliona kālā e kiaʻi ai i nā consulates US ma Heart a me Mazar-i- Sharif ma Afghanistan i kēia Pōʻalima i hala.
Nīnau ʻia e wehewehe i ke kumu i hāʻawi ʻia ai ʻo Blackwater i ka ʻaelike, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Charlene R. Lamb, hope kākau ʻōlelo kōkua no nā papahana honua ma ke Keʻena Moku'āina, ʻaʻole kūpono nā mea hoʻokūkū no ka ʻaelike - DynCorp a me Triple Canopy.
Akā, ua hōʻike ʻo Don Ryder o DynCorp lāua ʻo Ignacio Balderas o Triple Canopy ua kūpono lāua a hiki ke hana i ka ʻaelike. Ua ʻōlelo nā kāne ʻelua e noʻonoʻo lākou i ka waiho ʻana i kahi kūʻē kūʻē ma ke Keʻena Moku'āina i ka Pōʻalua ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana me ke aupuni.
ʻO ke koho ʻana o Blackwater, ka mea i pāpā ʻia e ke aupuni o Iraq, ua waiho i nā komisina me ka kānalua liʻiliʻi no ka hewa ʻole o ka ʻōnaehana ʻaelike. "He aha ka mea e pono ai no ka hana aelike maikaʻi ʻole e hopena i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ʻaelike a i ʻole ka hāʻawi ʻole ʻia o nā ʻaelike e hiki mai ana?" i haohao ai o Thibault.
Kūʻokoʻa Aupuni
I ka hoʻolohe mua ʻana o ke komisina i ka pule i hala, ua waiho ʻo John Nagl, ka pelekikena o ka Washington, DC-based Center for a New American Security, i kahi hōʻike e pili ana i ke kumuhana e wehewehe ana i ke kumu e huli ai ke aupuni i kēia mau hui: "Hoʻomālamalama ka matematika maʻalahi i kahi. ʻO ke kumu nui o ka piʻi ʻana o nā mea ʻaelike: ʻAʻole lawa ka nui o ka pūʻali koa US e lawelawe i nā misionari āpau i hāʻawi ʻia iā ia.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ke aupuni ka mākaʻi i nā ʻoihana i hoʻolimalima ʻia e hoʻopiha i ka hakahaka.
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi mau mea hōʻike a me nā poʻe loea ma ka wehewehe ʻana ʻaʻole pono e hāʻawi ʻia kēia hana i nā ʻaelike pilikino ma ke kahua kaua.
"Ua ʻae ʻia nā ʻaelike palekana pilikino e hoʻohana i ka ikaika make e pale aku ai i nā ola ʻAmelika ma kahi kahua kaua a iaʻu inā he aupuni maoli kekahi, ʻo ia nō," wahi a Komisina Clark Kent Ervin, he luna nānā nui ma ka moku'āina a me ka Homeland Security. Oihana. "ʻAʻohe o mākou pilikia wehewehe, loaʻa iā mākou kahi hōʻoia o ka pilikia maoli."
Ua ʻōlelo ka loea non-government Danielle Brian, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Project on Government Oversight (POGO): "Ua maopopo iā POGO ʻo ka pane ʻae, ke hana nei nā PSC i nā hana aupuni. ʻO nā hana koʻikoʻi i ka kūleʻa o ka misionari a ke aupuni US ma kahi ʻāpana kaua e hoʻomalu ʻia e nā limahana aupuni."
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