US contractor bought Afghan policemen drugs, little boys, cable reveals

[babsbunny]

US contractor bought Afghan policemen drugs, little boys, cable reveals

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/contractor-bought-afghan-policemen-drugs-boys-cable-reveals/

By David Edwards
Friday, December 3rd, 2010 -- 1:14 pm

US State Dept. called ownership of Afghan 'dancing boys' a 'culturally sanctioned form of male rape'

The Afghanistan interior minister was so concerned about an incident where DynCorp, a US contractor charged with training Afghan police, bought drugs and paid for young "dancing boys" that he asked the US embassy to work to "quash" the story, a secret US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks indicates.

In Afghan society, "dancing boys" are little boys dressed as girls, commonly abused and kept by some men as possessions.

[Angry Dragon]

1. NATIONAL SECURITY

Goes the cry from DC
It is vital to our National Security to keep this secret
If this ever got out then the terrorists would all be
knocking on our doors.

How about just stopping this shit and arrest and fine these idiots.
Officials put this country more at risk than any disclosed document ever could

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2. Thank God we indmenified them! I'd hate to think they'd be held accountable for this! nt

[NNN0LHI]

3. DynCorp has a history of this stuff

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2002/08/06/dyncorp/index.html

Sex-slave whistle-blowers vindicated

DynCorp, a private military powerhouse, fired two employees who complained that colleagues were involved in Bosnian forced-prostitution rings. The employees went to court -- and won.

By Robert Capps

Aug 6, 2002 | Two former employees of DynCorp, the government contracting powerhouse, have won legal victories after charging that the $2 billion-a-year firm fired them when they complained that co-workers were involved in a Bosnia sex-slave trade.

The court actions -- one in the United Kingdom, the other in Fort Worth, Texas -- suggest that the company did not move aggressively enough when reports of sexual misconduct among its employees began to emerge in 1999. The tribunal in the U.K. found that DynCorp employee Kathryn Bolkovac "acted reasonably," but that the company did not.

"DynCorp is an enormous operation, with strong ties to the U.S. government," Bolkovac's legal representative, Karen Bailey, said in a prepared statement. "She took on the big guns and won. The plight of trafficking victims is appalling and I'm glad that Kathryn's case has gone some way to bringing it to wider attention."

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4. None of these stories

are getting any coverage in the mainstream press. Every important cable that alleges corruption on our part and on other countries part, are being completely ignored. The one about Honduras, the one about Kazakhstan and now this one are hugely important but no one is covering them.

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5. Does anyone remember the story yesterday about how we, the taxpayers, are liable for these...

contractors if they are sued. We indemnified them. They are protected from liability and you and me get to pay for their transgressions.

I find this of interest in light of that.