CIA Hired Private Military Firm Blackwater for Secret Assassination Program

Democracy Now by Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Jeremy Scahill | Aug. 20, 2009 (Interview)

The New York Times is reporting the CIA hired contractors from Blackwater in 2004 as part of a secret program to locate and assassinate top operatives of al-Qaeda. The CIA spent several million dollars on the program, which the Times claims did not successfully capture or kill any terrorist suspects. We speak to independent journalist Jeremy Scahill, author of the bestseller Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army. Full Story »

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Scahill fills in more information surrounding the story of the CIA integrating state murder missions with Blackwater/Xe as warlords outside of rules of the military and intelligence operations, with a murk of plausible deniability.

Military and intelligence operations need to come back under the control of the government. Warlords are definitely unAmerican.

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C.I.A. Sought Blackwater's Help In Plan To Kill Jihadists

Associated Press by Pamela Hess | Aug. 19, 2009 (News Report)

The CIA hired private contractors at Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al-Qaida, a person familiar with the program said Wednesday.

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