DE Company getting war contracts directed by Bremer and Bush pals:

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Global Secure Corp., a Washington, D.C.-based firm with a plant in Bear, recently acquired a $2 million contract with the Army to provide 2,200 troops with a cooling vest known as a body-ventilation system. Earlier this month, it shipped the first of three installments of the vests to soldiers in Iraq and Kuwait.

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060816/NEWS/608160351/1006/SPORTS03

Here's what I posted as a comment to the Delaware News Journal article:

Behind the rah-rah mentality of "Support Our Troops" there's an awful lot of war profiteering going on instead of war ending.

Believe me, I'm not saying that our troops don't deserve the best equipment they can get. They most certainly do. Not that they've all received it as needed in this war.

The thing is, I'm sure there are lots of good companies that existed that could have helped with these projects. But I found it really interesting to check out when this "D.C. based" company was formed - well look at that, it was created in 2003 with the start of the Iraq war.

Global Secure was founded in 2003. With early venture money from Sky Capital Enterprises in New York, it bought three small companies that year: the maker of a self-contained breathing device, a gas-mask maker and a company that provides training in the handling of hazardous material spills and cleanup. In 2004 it raised an additional $27.5 million in venture financing for acquisitions.

And hey - what an interesting Board of Directors.

Global Secure's ADVISORY BOARD:
L. Paul Bremer III - Chairman
Ambassador Bremer served as presidential envoy to Iraq from May 2003 until June 2004.

Mark Holman - Vice Chairman
From October 2001 through December 2002, Mr. Holman served as deputy assistant to the president at the White House Office of Homeland Security.

Howard Safir
Mr. Safir is currently the chief executive officer of SafirRosetti, a full-service security consulting, investigative, and intelligence firm based in New York City, a position he has held since December 2001. Prior to founding SafirRosetti, Mr. Safir served as New York City's police commissioner under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani from 1996 to 2000

Hey! Is anyone surprised?

Americans need to remember how morally reprehensible it is for the administration and it's pals and cronies to be making big profits by starting new companies to provide services for overblown military and defense contracts. How many other, existing companies could have provided this service -- and most likely more efficiently.


http://www.globalsecurecorp.com/about/

Global Secure is focused on securing the homeland with integrated products and services for the critical incident response community worldwide. Global Secure is made up of three business units – Global Secure Systems, Global Secure Training and Global Secure Safety, each working to provide a comprehensive solution to our customers incorporating information and communications technologies, training and exercise programs, and protective equipment.