Blackwater = Murder, Inc.? »
Posted By jovial 3 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The Nation magazine headline was sensational: Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder . The article, written by Jeremy Scahill, an investigative journalist and author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army , exploded on screen during a must see Aug. 4, 2009 segment of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann ( video posted below ). It was summarized by Amy Goodman on Aug. 5 when Scahill appeared on Democracy Now! :
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Grew up In Brooklyn. Joined the Navy in 1976 stayed in 10 years. Aircraft Electronics tech. Worked for Major Govt. contractor then settled in California ...
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jovial3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Prince has been accused of gun running, murder, providing young prostitutes for blackwater personnel in Iraq, and indiscriminate killing of Iraqi's for as part of a heathen cleansing campaign. Again this story is slowly falling through the cracks. Not hardly a peep from the MSM, but Olbermann.
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Charlson3 months, 1 week ago
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Wasn't it Rumsfeld and Cheney who wanted to privatize many of the duties and responsibilities that our military had been doing for years and rewarded their friends large contracts which many with no-bid contracts. Theses private contractors answered to no one and had a free rein until January of this year. The DOD and the Justice Department turned a blind eye to their excesses and allowed them to gouge the government for financing shoddy work and criminal activity.
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crespi3 months, 1 week ago
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We have been warning about and unearthing bits of Blackwater's heinoussness since the old Netscape.
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I'm glad it is finally all coming out.
The plan seems to have been to invoke martial law, engage the Con Infra-Gard local thugs and then send Blackwater door to door (to capture "terrorists") ultimately using that cover for Blackwater to murder American dissidents.
Sound paranoid?
Not when the Unitary Executive had a private Fundamentalist Army, not answerable to American law, that murders for sport, and pushed for sending in "troops" to AMERICAN cities, it doesn't. -
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unome23 months, 1 week ago
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This story has it all. Sex, Murder and corruption in the highest levels of Government. That this is not the leading story on every media outlet is proof positive that our media is controlled by a handful of war profiteers and other scummy weasels.
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CHAM3 months, 1 week ago
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I guess my question is directed to those who dropped this article. And that question would be Why?
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Now that Blackwater has a new Corporate name ( Xe) they are eligible to continue being a "gun for hire " organization.
I believe that they are guilty of just about any vile thing we could think of. Just think about the conversations about torture these days. I was listening to a speaker for the past Administration just about an hour ago.
He was saying that nobody from the Bush bunch could be convicted for torture because Waterboarding didn't meet the definition of torture ( cruel and or/harmful because waterboarding will not kill anyone).
This type of framing an issue ignores the death of hundreds of detainees tortured to death by simply talking about waterboarding and saying it wont kill anyone. I agree it wont. But then how did all those die who were tortured to death.
I know some died from being beaten to death, one well documented case over a two week period.
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jovial3 months, 1 week ago
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They (some conservatives) drop the article because they are hypocrites. Why do i say that? We have given billions of dollars to Blackwater. That's money that adds to the deficit. Instead of being good stewards of that money they squandered a good deal of it doing things that bring shame on our country and danger to our soldiers. Neoconservatives could care less, because in their world the ends justify the means. In other words as long as their ongoing conflict against "terrorist" countries who cares how they do it as long as they do it. Who cares how much is spent as long as we "Git 'er done". Now if we propose to give uninsured Americans healthcare, then they want to go over the whole bill with a fine tooth comb. They whine and whinny about the cost and how their children and grandchildren are overburdened. Billions mispent in Iraq, isn't even on the radar for most conservatives. So that's why I feel that they are hypocrites. Hypocrites of a most fiendish type, because their interest is in war and killing without the care of Americans and their general welfare.
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CHAM3 months, 1 week ago
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jovial, my point exactly. One thing they are not is true to the American Ideal. I often refer to the Neo-Cons and their partners in crime as the "Blood Merchants".
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Killing and strife are their livelihood. Those who drop this piece are the enablers of the Merchants of Death such as Blackwater or Xe if you will.
But I will still give them the benefit of the doubt, I say they do it out of ignorance, please don't let them do it out of immorality.
Hopefully, soon, the true American People will have had enough and will throw out the criminals.
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DarkWizard3 months, 1 week ago
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I'm not making light of the rest of the allegations, but I recall the downfall of a certain Al Capone and the government may have the IN they need to bring this man down.
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FTA - "(John Doe 2 also alleged Prince and his associates engaged in money laundering and tax evasion; that Prince's chief financial officer resigned, telling Prince he was unwilling to go to jail for him.)"
Uh oh! Tax Evasion! This could get ugly if the IRS gets involved. This guy sounds more like a Mafioso than a business leader. Better get his CFO under wraps quick. Prince could become the next Public Enemy #1! -
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vegasmark603 months, 1 week ago
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its kind funny or sad ..they always call themselves christians!!! but they are as evil as they come
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this guy should be tried as a common Nazi street thug !!!!( early nazis in Germany where street thugs too) ....and if convicted shoot him the next day as the Chinese do with their murderers and criminals....and give all the money and properties he has to his victims!!!!!! -
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svfortuna3 months, 1 week ago
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Since when do "investigations," and "airings,' by people with a political agenda become news-- but here we are talking the ike of Kieth Olberman. Where are the investigative stories of ACORN of Obama's earlier days in the political cess pool of Cook County Illinois. Blackwater is a defense contractor who takes on missions considered to dirty or dangerous or important for regular army units. When Washington dignitaries go to war zones, it is Blackwater who protects them. This is just one more story to "get Bush,"! The US has turned into a Banana Republic justice system where the last administration in condemned and tried. The Republicans started it with the impeachment of Slick Willy and the Dems continue the march.
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