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NPR- Blackwater Eyes Domestic Contracts in U.S. (podcast and text)

npr.org — Their thinking is simple. The Iraq war won't last forever, so if the company wants to stick around, it needs an alternate business plan. Work here at home is one solution. "The only difference between Blackwater in Iraq and Blackwater in New Orleans is that they are mercenaries in Iraq and they are vigilantes in New Orleans," ..."media blackout"

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  • Bushlied, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Vigilantes? More like a Authoritarian Militarized Police, ready to free the ***** out of you.
  • dencontdv, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3It is already difficult to manage the roughly 40 organizations that have the ability to enforce laws and arrest people in America. Do we really want private organizations with sophisticated weapons to do the same?
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