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MichaelHarris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 04:37 AM
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U.S. official overseeing security contractors quits

WASHINGTON -- The State Department's diplomatic security chief resigned Wednesday, marking the first departure of a government official with oversight responsibility for the administration's troubled private security contractor program.

Richard J. Griffin, the assistant secretary of State for diplomatic security, did not give a reason for his resignation when he met with Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte. State Department spokesmen confirmed the departure, which is effective Nov. 1, but declined to elaborate on the reasons behind ithttp://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-blackwater25oct25,1,4397022.story?coll=la-headlines-nation.

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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 07:05 AM
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1. I can see how that meeting went
Necromante: You fucked up Richard, your guys got caught. You have two choices at this point. The pinkslip or the bullet.

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TheLastMohican Donating Member (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 08:31 AM
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2. The Necromancer has got some other jobs for him
South America anyone? Venezuela needs a good coup, their leader hasn't been listening much to the Emperor lately.
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