The Army awarded a new "no bid" contract to CACI, the private company running prisons in Iraq, at the same time as CACI is being prosecuted for prisoner torture in Iraq.
That's right, the same folks who brought us images of U.S. soldiers taunting naked Iraqi prisoners and led to an on-going series of investigations by the Pentagon. The same outfit found responsible in a report by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba of serious abuse of prisoners by U.S. military personnel and private contractors at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison were just re-hired without any bids or competition.
The Army said that coalition forces were "satisfied" with CACI's performance, and said that there had been no evidence to date that CACI itself was responsible for wrongdoing in connection with the scandal. An Army official said CACI was awarded the contract without competitive bidding in order to avoid any lapse in providing private interrogators to question prisoners held at U.S.-run facilities in Iraq. "We awarded to CACI because they were in place, and we couldn't get another contract in place" before mid-August.
The official said the Army planned to award a competitive contract for private interrogators in coming months.
Los Angeles Times: Army Gives Contract to Company in Jail Scandal
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