U.S. War on Drugs Outsourcing Contract Worth $15 Billion

September 28th, 2007

Security for the CIA’s private opium plantation?

Via: CNN:

The U.S. Defense Department has invited five contractors to bid on elements of a new, multibillion dollar effort to combat the global flow of illegal drugs allegedly used to finance terrorism.

Awarded by the Pentagon’s Counter-Narcoterrorism Technology Program Office in Dahlgren, Va., the contract vehicle has a potential value of $15 billion over five years. One participant is ARINC, a Maryland-based provider of airline communications systems.

“This gives us the opportunity to bid on this work,” said Linda Hartwig, an ARINC spokesperson. “We don’t have a lot of details yet, but we do know that this is an expansion of what [the U.S] is already doing to fight drug trafficking, and that 80 percent of the work will be overseas.”

Hartwig said the other participating vendors are defense giants Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon, and security contractor Blackwater USA. Blackwater confirmed its participation, but the other vendors did not respond to inquiries.

The vendors will compete for a series of task orders covering a wide range of products and services. These could include anti-drug technologies and equipment, special vehicles and aircraft, communications, security training, pilot training, geographic information systems, and in-field support.

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One Response to “U.S. War on Drugs Outsourcing Contract Worth $15 Billion”

  1. remrof says:
    September 28, 2007 at 10:01 pm

    i would like to direct everyone to ron paul’s recent commentary on the war on drugs:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8S8N2OG7sU

    that asshole to his left is my own sack of shit senator. i wonder what amazing thoughts he has on the issue?

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