Thursday, August 20, 2009

CIA Hired Private Military Firm Blackwater for Secret Assassination Program


Democracy Now!
With Amy Goodman

"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......"

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