From the Center for Public Integrity:
Computer Sciences Corporation is an IT consulting firm founded in 1959. It currently generates $11B in revenues, mostly from it's 1000+ government contracts. On the war front, CSC operates through its new subsidiary, DynCorp. DynCorp is a defense technology and security services contractor. DynCorp Intl. was recently awarded a contract to provide private security forces to Iraq and also to train local police agencies, the value of which may exceed $83M. DynCorp also provides security for the president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai. The value of this contract could exceed $43M.
Interesting facts:
1. For those really paying attention, they will know that DynCorp was the employer of a group of security officers who bought and sold Bosnian sex slaves in the aftermath of the fighting in Kosovo. These officers confessed to such things as prostitution and photographing themselves raping young girls. The officers were dismissed from DynCorp, but so were their fellow employees who blew the whistle on their repugnant behavior. One employee successfully filed a wrongful termination lawsuit in a British court.
2. DynCorp is also contracted by the US government to fight the drug war in Colombia. A group of Ecuadorian peasants have filed a class action suit against the company because of the pestisides it uses to destroy the Colombian cocaine fields. The peasants assert that the pestisides are drifting over the border and causing massive environmental problems.
3. DynCorp/CSC has given over $1.2M in campaign contributions over the past 10 years. It is the fourth-largest corporate contributer. The company was also a sponsor of the Democratic National Convention.
4. Several of CSC's board members are former military and intelligent officers. They have ties to NASA, the Army and Navy, and the FBI.
5. Resent extensions were made to DynCorp's contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, both without a competitive bidding process. The State Department insisted that there was no other company that could do the job.
