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Private military company given green light in Iceland
ECA Program - a private company specializing in military consultancy with governments around the world - has apparently already been given the green light by the government to use the old base in Keflavík.
ECA Program has already begun a PR campaign of sorts, having told the news aggregate website Eyjan that their permit to operate in Canada was denied for strictly political reasons. According to the source, the residents of Goose Bay, Newfoundland were actually positive towards the company, but the authorities in the region rejected the permit.
Social Democrat Björgvin G. Sigurðsson has told reporters that the company has already received the go-ahead from the Icelandic government to use the old NATO base in Keflavík. Óskar Þórmundsson, former police chief of Keflavík airport and NATO employee, has been slated to assist ECA in Iceland. He told reporters that his past connections and current assignment are a complete coincidence.