In early June 2012, Jason alerted me to a company
posing as the reborn Executive Outcomes. Not only did Executive Outcomes
Protective Services (EOPS) imply that they traced their origins back to the
real EO, they also claimed that I had died...These lies were placed on their website
(www.eopssecurity.com)
In response to these fraudulent claims, I posted my
view on the matter on my blog on 11 June 2012. See http://eebenbarlowsmilitaryandsecurityblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/my-early-demiseby-eops.html
I also asked a certain Mr M Dominguez to respond to my questions on my untimely
death. He never did.
I was once again alerted to EOPS by Jason who directed
me to an entry at http://wolfesteel2000.blogspot.com/2012/09/eeben-barlow.html
submitted by Charles Wolfe, the newly appointed Regional Manager for the notorious
EOPS. His apology on the net reads as follows:
On behalf of Executive Outcome Protective Services I would like to
apologize for the way our website has been written. Mr. Dominguez greatly
regrets not speaking to anyone for advise on how the Company History should
have been written.
E.O.P.S. had no intentions of portraying that our employees came from
your founded EO company. Mr. Dominguez was very inspired by
your professionalism and dedication and wanted only to be
portrayed in the same manner. We have great respect for what you have done
in South Africa and abroad, and would like for you to understand what we are
trying to accomplish here in South Florida by providing security services with
the same mindset and goals such as yours.
I will be changing the way it is written as the Newly appointed Regional
Manager. And again we apologize for the misunderstanding.
To be fair, it takes some courage to have to write
an apology regarding gross misrepresentation. Charles Wolfe was true to his word and some
changes were made on their website, most importantly writing the “late” me out of
their site.
However, on their website, they still refer to
themselves as “Executive Outcomes”. Some folks just don’t get it. Whereas
imitation may be a great form of flattery, false testimony does not endear one
to the bearer of that testimony.
I would like to wish EOPS well with their business
but as long as they infer their origins, I cannot do that.
