WASHINGTON — Blackwater Worldwide created a web of more than 30 shell companies or subsidiaries in part to obtain millions of dollars in American government contracts after the security company came under intense criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq, according to Congressional investigators and former Blackwater officials. . . . .

Conservative response: estimates abound but the generally accepted number of "fronts" for the ACORN organization is around 270. Remember the good old days, just before Christmas eve of 2009 ? Remember the constant whining about ACORN's financial situation? Whatever happened to that ?? Could it be that someone in the Administration took money from Frannie/Freddie and gave it to ACORN's housing fronts? You know - kind of like what they did for GM. ACORN certainly did not go away. We mention Christmas eve because that was the time the Congress gave Obama free rein over Fannie/Freddie funding -- with no requirement to report to congress or seek approval.

ACORN has grafted 10 times the money Blackwater is accused of collecting.