Infamous security firm gets €80m CIA deal

The CIA has signed a $100 million (€80m) contract with the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, to guard its facilities in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Infamous security firm gets €80m CIA deal

The Washington Post, quoting an anonymous industry source, wrote that the classified contract with the renamed Xe Services “is for protective services . . . guard services, in multiple regions.”

The daily reported that two other security contractors, Triple Canopy and DynCorp International, put in losing bids for the Central Intelligence Agency’s business.

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