Never mind conspiracy theory, we have evidence openly showing how our government is doing bad things for the "right reason".
The Terrifying Background of the Man Who Ran a CIA Assassination Unit
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#12The 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?
ice cream vendors, flower salesmen, flashlight dealers...
Re: The Terrifying Background of the Man Who Ran a CIA Assassination Unit
#13The 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?
Well, prostitutes and drug dealers if you're into that kind of thing.
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#14Maybe I've missed something here but how is this question relevent to hacker news?
Dispatches from the twilight zone twixt sectors public and private. Highly relevant to hackers everywhere.
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#16Maybe I've missed something here but how is this question relevent to hacker news?
Belongs on Reddit along with the comments here... (including this one)
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#18Well, to be fair, every government uses or at least has plans for these kind of tactics. KGB/FSB, Mossad, MI6, DGSE, otehr variations of a DSS agency - you've got to be very naive to believe they don't conduct covert operations and planned assassinations themselves or through third parties. It's only shocking when it comes to light (or maybe because it comes to light, when it shouldn't?)...
Re: The Terrifying Background of the Man Who Ran a CIA Assassination Unit
#19The 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?
People who are much smaller and/or less threatening than me, I suppose.
(But even a mouse can spook a grown man when he's tense and anticipating bad things happening.)
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#20"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.
I thought they had changed their name to Xe services. What sort of name is Academi for a private mercenary company?