Pentagon Bomb Squad: Half Contractor

Source: Wired - DANGER ROOM Blog

After the recent revelations about all those military contractors working in Iraq and inside the CIA, maybe it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to learn that Pentagon's office for beating improvised bombs is packed with outsiders-for-hire. More than half of the people working for the Defense Department's Joint IED Defeat Organization -- 266 of 455 -- are contractors, according to documents obtained by DANGER ROOM. Of those outsiders, the vast majority (233), work at JIEDDO headquarters in Crystal City, Virginia. I'm even told -- and this is unconfirmed, so take it with a large, large heap of salt -- that JIEDDO's chief, retired General Montgommery Meigs, is himself an independent contractor.

Read more: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/07/pentagon-bomb-s.html

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