Chapter 1626 Dirty Deal

? The Pentagon once stated that private security companies are an integral part of the entire armed forces of the United States.

Hiring private security companies with excellent equipment and high combat quality can solve many difficult problems for the US government. It can not only overcome the problem of insufficient US troops in Iraq, but also avoid domestic political pressure caused by excessive casualties of the regular army. Solving the aftermath issues such as the compensation for the casualties is simply the best backer and taker.

Critics even pointed out: "The benefits of private security companies are obvious. With them, there will be no coffins of fallen American soldiers covered with the Stars and Stripes in the evening TV news reports."

Therefore, the former U.S. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld claimed that "without them, it is almost impossible for the United States to successfully win any war."

However, in the face of Andy Smith, who is not bad for money, I look down on the face of a local tyrant and the blunt "truth" of the little money earned by military contracting, the corners of everyone present twitched unnaturally a few times.

Maybe Andy Smith is telling the truth, but in the minds of this group of people, it is inevitable that the little fox in front of him is going to suppress and then raise, and a lion will open his mouth.

Now it seems that we have to negotiate terms and stop this little fox's mouth. I'm afraid that three melons and two dates will never satisfy his appetite.

However, fortunately, the timing is right, and the chips in their hands are still sufficient. Besides, as a smart man, Andy Smith will not really offend them to death. After all, he broke up with the military, which is not in line with the Smith family. For the benefit of the old fox, Old Smith, who sat there and pretended to be dead, would never allow it.

Rumsfeld exchanged glances with the gloomy current Secretary of Defense Gates. Although they had exchanged opinions before coming here, Gates, who used to be the director of the CIA, was still a little upset. After all, he had not fallen into Iraq. In the quagmire of corruption.

However, Gates, who extended his favor to the Bush family, is facing out of control in Iraq and Iraq, the war situation in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate, the Elephant Party lost a lot in the mid-term elections, the US military and political discord, and the US military's internal conflicts. He was strongly recommended to serve as the Minister of Defense, which can be said to be ordered in a crisis.

The purpose of his appointment is twofold, one is to reverse the security situation in Iraq and Iraq that seems to be on the verge of getting out of control, and the other is to repair the rift with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Congress, and help the US military re-establish its prestige.

And in this incident, he very much hopes to use this to dig out those greedy rats in the US military, so as to eliminate the corruption problem within the US military. It will cause an earthquake in Washington's political arena. After all, there are very few people who have not reached out to the huge profit cake brought about by the two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

"Mr Smith,

I think you should have heard that because Blackwater shot innocent civilians in Iraq, the contract between the Ministry of Defense and Blackwater will not be renewed when it expires, and they are looking for new partners in the face of the increasingly serious security situation Changes, the security of global diplomats and government agencies has become a big problem. Although Freedom Eagle is a new company, as far as we know, it is the best security company in terms of personnel and equipment. The Ministry of Defense listed it Selected for priority cooperation.

Beginning this year, the annual funding for global diplomatic and security services will be increased to US$100 million, and the contract period will be five years. . . "

Hearing the chips thrown by Gates with a serious expression on his face, Andy's eyes lit up slightly, and he knew that the big game was coming, but they wanted to dismiss him for the 100 million a year business, which was because they thought too much. The scandal involving the squandering of more than 100 billion US dollars, the unknown whereabouts, and the direct evidence of the corruption case of 50 billion US dollars, this small amount of money is not enough for Andy's teeth.

"...The $500 million government contract does not include secret projects operated by U.S. intelligence agencies, private companies or foreign governments. Once there are other secret projects, the commission will be calculated separately!"

"That's really thanks to the trust of the Ministry of National Defense. In fact, compared with the military contracting business, Liberty Eagle Security Company pays more attention to the business of training and logistics. The company has the most advanced and abundant weapons and equipment and tactical training centers. , including indoor, outdoor and urban simulation training areas, with a total area of ​​more than 28 square kilometers, spanning many cities and counties in Montana. It has a team of experienced instructors, but it is a new company after all, and the personnel to be trained are somewhat few..."

Andy thanked Gates with a smile, but he could see that Gates didn't seem willing to offer too many bargaining chips. In this case, Andy didn't mind cutting the flesh himself!

Gates' face visibly twitched a few times, and after pondering for a moment, he nodded helplessly under the flickering eyes of everyone and said: "The future training services of the Ministry of Defense, the State Department, the Department of Transportation, the police, and federal law enforcement agencies can be contracted to the Freedom Eagle. "

"By the way, the Freedom Eagle has also established a new department in recent months. The intelligence department is headed by the former cia's counter-terrorism chief, Kover Black, and the former U.S. Department of Defense Inspector General Joseph Schmitz. Director Deng, is there any opportunity for cooperation in the future?" Andy knew that there was no more money to be squeezed from the Ministry of National Defense, and it was not easy to get these two main businesses, so he knew how to move forward and retreat. The target looked at the director of the CIA, Michael Hayden.

As Rumsfeld's confidant and the CIA director who will be retiring in two days, Michael Hayden has definitely been quite happy these years. After all, Iraq and Afu Khan are his people everywhere, small money money Don't earn too much!

There are still two days left before resigning. This kind of shit happened suddenly, and important scandalous evidence fell into the hands of a hedgehog who had no way to deal with it. When he heard the news, he was almost pissed off. To be honest, He really wanted to send someone to kill Colonel Whiteford right away, but reason told him that the investigation by the Donkey Party's Supervision Bureau has already begun, and maybe Whiteford has been targeted, instead of killing him , Get yourself burned, it's better to push him to the front desk and let him be the end of this investigation.

Looking at the smiling Andy Smith, Director Hayden pondered for a while and said: "There is indeed an opportunity for cooperation. Tomorrow, we will send people to the CIA headquarters. The task is to protect the CIA's intelligence base in Afghanistan. After signing the contract, due to the war situation in Afghanistan It continues to deteriorate, and security needs to be strengthened urgently, so I will pay the commission to the partner at one time, and hope that the cooperation will be happy!"

"Thank you for your attention, happy cooperation." Andy smiled with satisfaction, stretched out his hand and shook hands with the other party, and reached a consensus. Everyone present was also slightly stunned by Michael Hayden's decisive hand, and he was indeed the one who was about to resign , It’s really a sudden spending of money, well, anyway, the person who takes over is a member of the donkey party, and the one who should cry is also a member of the donkey party, as long as the greedy little fox in front of him is dealt with, it is not personal money anyway.

"By the way, I heard from the company's CEO..."

"Ahem, well, now that everyone has settled, let's talk about the follow-up treatment plan..."

Hearing Andy's opening again, everyone's expressions changed slightly. When they were a little tired of this little fox's greedy appetite, Old Smith, who had been wandering around, put the cigar in the ashtray, coughed twice, and interrupted directly. The greed of my grandson, the transaction can already be over!

"Andy, you inform your staff and let them release immediately."

"Okay, I'm going to make a call now." Andy knew that there was nothing to be done, so he didn't struggle, but immediately took out his phone and made a call, plus the money left by the dead Stodale Life money, this time Andy can be regarded as earning a lot of money.

The dirty deal was over, and soon the group of bigwigs got together to decide the follow-up development of this corruption case. Just like Michael Hayden thought, the corruption case headed by Whiteford will be brought to the fore , to disperse and end the entanglement of the Donkey Party in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"This matter, you still need Andy to ask your people to promote it and focus the investigators' attention on this murder case..." Michael Hayden told Andy about the arrangement in detail.

Well, it is never the big fish who are pushed to the front of the stage. Washington will never really pursue the high-ranking people who get the most benefits.

After listening to the whole plan, Andy felt like he had become an accomplice. However, he didn't reject it. After all, the cooperation can bring huge benefits to him. Why not do this favor?