In Pakistan, Blackwater hires ex-army men on hefty amounts
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By: Kaswar Klasra | Published: November 06, 2009 http://www.nation.com.pk/
pakistan-news-newspaper-daily- english-online/Politics/06- Nov-2009/Blackwater-hires- exarmy-men-on-hefty-amounts ISLAMABAD – In order to achieve desired results as early as possible, Blackwater is said to have hired retired officials of Pakistan’s law-enforcement agencies at highest ever salary packages, TheNation has learnt reliably. To the surprise of many, the agency is said to have hired Pakistani officials at the rate of astonishing $60,000 per month salary package.
Most important thing is Blackwater has hired former CIA intelligence officer Steven Cash to operate as Commander In Charge of its operations in Peshawar. The Blackwater supervisory team in Peshawar includes James Bill William, Copper, Steven Cash, Roderick Christopher and Alisha Cambel.
According to the online edition of “ Pakistan Daily”, Blackwater has approached various journalists to implement the PSYOPs in newspapers and electronic media in Pakistan while offering them lucrative salary packages. They are pushing journalists to publish news stories of Taliban, as the Psychological Operations group of US Army has planned.
According to an article posted at website of “Pakistan Daily”, Blackwater is paying the recruited local journalists as high as $1000 per published news story in their relevant newspapers and online editions.
Meetings are being held in various houses rented in University Town, Peshawar and residents have reported jeeps with tinted glasses during late hours.Steven Cash is a former senior US government official and served as an Intelligence Officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, first as an Assistant General Counsel, and then with the Directorate of Operations. He also served as Chief Counsel to Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, and as Minority Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security. From 2001 to 2003 he was a Professional Staff Member and Counsel for the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. It is pertinent to note that Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has denied presence of Blackwater in Pakistan.