Interrogation contractor on PR warpath

CACI, the infamous contractor to the CIA used for interrogation in Iraq until the Abu Ghraib scandal broke in 2004, continues to attack its critics even when it seems the public has largely forgotten or overlooked their role in abuse of detainees.

A Minnesota alternative magazine recounts the reponse of irate CACI president J. P. London, who wrote a strange letter contesting a recent story by the magazine about CACI's lobbying efforts in Congress. The prior article referred to the fact that CACI and other contractors spend hundreds of thousands of dollars indirectly promoting conflict, or the expansion of conflict, in order to further profit from them.

In his "I wish to protest in the strongest possible terms" letter, London quotes various figures in the Abu Ghraib investigation out of context and constructs his case over two pages . This would be a laughing matter for the Minnesota magazine, if it were not for the threat of legal action by CACI, as the firm recently sued Air America radio for $10 million dollars for defamation.

This posturing can only be intended to distract from the fact that CACI is involved in a class-action suit for its role in the abuse of various Iraqi detainees, and that the company, which had virtually no experience in the field of interrogation, has seemingly soiled its reputation for good by getting involved in it.