STREET THEATER: CACI exposed: SF firm supplies mercenary torturers in Iraq

Two military contractors, CACI International of Arlington, Va., and San Diego's Titan Corp., had a central role in the "scandal at Abu Ghraib. CACI supplied interrogators and translators to the prison,...according to the 53-page classified internal Army report written by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, a document that has become something of a road map to the Abu Ghraib atrocities.

"CACI (referred to as "Khaki" in military circles) was originally called California Analysis Center Inc. and was formed in the 1960s by a pair of propeller-heads named Herbert Karr and Harry Markowitz, the latter of whom went on to win a Nobel Prize in economics in 1990 for his research on stock portfolio diversification. At a time when other businesses continue to struggle, notably those whose fortunes aren't hitched to the war on terrorism, CACI has enjoyed growth reminiscent of the dot-com era, on April 21 reporting a surge in net income, with profits doubling between 2001 and 2003, shooting from $22 million to $44 million."
--Bay Area Guardian, May 19, 2004
<http://www.sfbg.com/38/35/cover_torture.html>
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