The Terrifying Background of the Man Who Ran a CIA Assassination Unit
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#2Having NGOs conduct killing on behalf of the government is a tried-and-true method of counterinsurgence (South American paramilitary death squads for example). The plausible deniability introduced by working through a proxy allows the government to conduct more politically risky operations (including false flag attacks if public support is waning). Criticizing the government becomes riskier. And, if not held in check, the paramilitary elements will inevitably use their power for their own objectives.
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#3Maybe I've missed something here but how is this question relevent to hacker news?
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#4Maybe I've missed something here but how is this question relevent to hacker news?
Typo. Belongs on whacker news.
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#5Maybe I've missed something here but how is this question relevent to hacker news?
See the guidelines [1]. One could argue that it "gratifies intellectual curiosity", and it is certainly "evidence of some interesting new phenomenon" (for varying values of new; it is nevertheless interesting new evidence).
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#6So, we should all stop outsourcing and do our own dirty-work.
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#7The book on Blackwater written by the journalist Jeremy Scahill has a lot of interesting background on Prado. Also, "American Desperado" (great book, also by Evan Wright) talks about some of Prado's interesting involvement in drug importation into Florida in the 1980s.
Sounds like an interesting guy, but probably not someone you want to meet in a dark alley.
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The Scahill book is http://www.amazon.com/Blackwater-Powerful-Mercenary-Revised-...
The Wright book is http://www.amazon.com/American-Desperado-Life---Soldier-Gove...
I've read both and highly recommend them.
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#8Maybe I've missed something here but how is this question relevent to hacker news?
See the guidelines [1]. One could argue that it "gratifies intellectual curiosity", and it is certainly "evidence of some interesting new phenomenon" (for varying values of new; it is nevertheless interesting new evidence). [1] http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
>"evidence of some interesting new phenomenon"
Accountability hacking perhaps.
Re: The Terrifying Background of the Man Who Ran a CIA Assassination Unit
#9The book on Blackwater written by the journalist Jeremy Scahill has a lot of interesting background on Prado. Also, "American Desperado" ( great book , also by Evan Wright) talks about some of Prado's interesting involvement in drug importation into Florida in the 1980s. Sounds like an interesting guy, but probably not someone you want to meet in a dark alley. Edit: The Scahill book is http://www.amazon.com/Blackwate…
That's an interesting expression. What kind of people would you LIKE to meet in a dark alley?
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#10"The administration then awarded Blackwater (which is now called Academi) a $250 million contract to perform unspecified services for the CIA."
Your tax dollars at work.