Price: Rein in Blackwater 'cowboys'

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:20:27 -0400

U.S. Rep. David Price thinks it's time to rein in rogue security contractors.

In a guest column in the Miami Herald, the Chapel Hill Democrat writes that Blackwater USA and other private security contractors are not covered enough by U.S. laws and the Bush administration has chosen not to uphold those that do apply.

Rogue contractors have been accused of acting like cowboys in the Wild West. But should we be surprised, when neither U.S. nor Iraqi law can hold them to account? If this administration chooses to replace military personnel with private contractors, it has a clear responsibility to ensure that such contractors operate under the rule of law. If it cannot uphold this basic duty, then the contractors must come home.

Price's bill to bring private contractors under U.S. law passed the House earlier this month. It awaits action by the Senate.

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