Blackwater chief getting lightly grilled

Come on. It is Eric Prince. This guy is well bred. Good school. Military training. Sitting in front of some Congressmen isn’t going to get him to crack. Get real. He was smooth and cool just as one would have expected.

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From WaPo:

The chairman of the Blackwater private security firm said yesterday that guards working for his company have “acted appropriately at all times” while protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq and accused critics of making “baseless allegations of wrongdoing” against them.

In a contentious hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Erik Prince said it is up to the Justice Department, not Blackwater, to investigate shootings and other acts of violence involving Blackwater employees and, if warranted, prosecute personnel involved in the deaths of Iraqi civilians. (more…)

 
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2 Responses to “Blackwater chief getting lightly grilled”

  1. Mr. Prince made that men’s room (in)famous (in August 2002, long before senator wide stance was arrested for solicitation there. He is widely known in San Francisco’s Folsom Street leather bars, and prefers the bottom stance or in a sling with loads of poppers. He frequents The Eagle, The Hole In The Wall, The Lone Star Saloon, but you most likely will find him in The Power House. Yet another anti-gay right wing extremeist hiding in the proverbial closet who needs to be outed!

  2. Interesting.

    Thanks for your comments.