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.

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.