From the files of things you cannot make up, comes this: Erik Prince was CIA.
Blackwater was not just a contractor, not just covered under arcane rules about State Department security overseas, but The Ultimate Contractor (cue music).
When Bush bragged (paraphrase), 'some have been brought to justice, others have had justice brought to them', we start to get the whole picture.
People with a long memory will recall that UBL or his minions once accused the USA of being the largest 'irregular army' sponsor, so ... thanks again, Bush Administration, I guess, for keeping the moral high ground. I mean, there are obvious and important differences, but ... I think we just saw another line blithely ignored, right?
Friday, December 4, 2009
More on Cheney's Private Army
