Do you remember Blackwater?  The security private army that works for the US government.  UPI is reporting the results of an audit into Blackwater:

An audit by the U.S. government found the Department of State overpaid security contractors with the company formerly known as Blackwater by about $55 million.A joint audit by the inspector general for the U.S. State Department and the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, a temporary agency examining the abuse of funds intended for Iraq reconstruction programs, found the State Department overpaid security contractors by at least $55 million.

The audit also alleges Xe, as Blackwater is known currently, did not provide a sufficient number of guards, marksmen and other securitydetails for the protection of U.S. representatives to Iraq.

The audit comes as Xe lobbies for new government security contracts in Afghanistan potentially worth tens of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reports.