These guys still work for us???

U.S. investigates Afghan shooting by military contractors
From Mike Mount and Suzanne Simons
CNN
15 May 2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. military in Afghanistan is investigating a group of military contractors who shot and wounded two Afghan civilians in Kabul earlier this month, according to the military.

The contractors worked for a company called Paravant, which is affiliated with Xe, the new company name for the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide, according to sources familiar with the incident. Paravant is owned by Erik Prince, who is also the owner of Xe.

Why does this outfit still have a Pentagon contract???

... oh, and then there's this:

Contractors Using Military Clinics
Civilians Also Are Not Paying, Audit Says
By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Military clinics and field hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan have supplied more than $1 million a month in health-care services to civilian contractors during the past two years without seeking reimbursement from their employers, as provided by law, according to a new audit by the Defense Department inspector general.
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Two contractors, Blackwater Worldwide, now known as Xe, and KBR, operated medical facilities for their own personnel and for other nonmilitary people. The cost of those facilities was included in their overall contracts, but the IG investigators said the contractors did not break out what they were charging the Army overall for the medical treatment they were providing.

Ah, yes: Blackwater (aka Xe) and KBR!

Again: why do these folks still have Pentagon contracts???

How many IG investigations and reports of wrong-doing, criminal acts, and gross incompetence will it take before these companies are de-certified as government contractors?
How long will it be till we are no longer paying these folks with OUR TAX DOLLARS???