Why Is Obama Still Using Blackwater?

Ridgeway, the Blackwater operative, admitted that he and the other Blackwater operatives "opened fire with automatic weapons and grenade launchers on unarmed civilians." None of the victims that day "was an insurgent," he said, adding that "many were shot while inside of civilian vehicles that were attempting to flee." Full Story »

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Chris Finnie
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by Chris Finnie - Sep. 22, 2009

Scahill has done more than any journalist to expose Blackwater and its various criminal acts. For all its detail, this is simply a rehash of his earlier work. And it completely fails to answer the question of the headline--which is a good one. If you haven't read his earlier pieces, by all means do read this. If you have, then this will be little more than a repeat.

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