TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE

Just like Teh Surge, the criminal Bush regime takes corrective actions years too late. That's the cost of ideological purity, AKA Loyal Bushism.

Rice Issues New Rules for Blackwater USA
Oct 5, 10:58 PM (ET)

By MATTHEW LEE

WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ordered federal agents on Friday to ride with Blackwater USA escorts of U.S. diplomatic convoys in Baghdad to tighten oversight after a shooting in which private guards are accused of killing 13 Iraqi civilians.

She also ordered video cameras installed in Blackwater vehicles.

The new rules initially will apply only to Blackwater details because the initial recommendations cover just Baghdad, where the company operates. This could be expanded to include the other two firms, Dyncorp and Triple Canopy, which work in the north and south of Iraq, McCormack said.

I can bet some of the wingnuts will be claiming that the Blackwater scandal is nothing more than a conspiracy by the liberal media, moonbats, appeasers, Dhimiicrats, etc. Just to push back a little, here's a little information:

Blackwater faulted by U.S. military: report
Fri Oct 5, 2007 5:24pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military reports from the scene of a shooting incident in Baghdad involving security contractor Blackwater indicates its guards opened fire without provocation and used excessive force, The Washington Post reported on Friday.

Citing a senior U.S. military official, the Post said the military reports appear to corroborate the Iraqi government's contention that Blackwater was at fault.

"It was obviously excessive. It was obviously wrong," a U.S. military official speaking on condition of anonymity told the newspaper.