'We need the security,' says Panetta
(NEWSER) - Despite criminal charges against former Blackwater security guards, CIA chief Leon Panetta has passionately defended a new $100 million contract with the controversial company. "We've got to have security," Panetta tells ABC News . “Unfortunately, there are a few companies that provide that kind of security. The State Department relies on them, we rely on them." The firm is now known as Xe Services instead of Blackwater, but its notorious reputation still sticks to it "like crude oil on a Gulf bird," notes correspondent Jake Tapper. More»
