Thursday, September 27, 2007

Blackwater

Now, it's Waxman's turn to report.  And, what a report it is -


Waxman: Blackwater Cost-Cutting to Blame For 2004 Fallujah Ambush



Right on the heels of a Brookings Institution report detailing the problems private military companies create for counterinsurgency efforts in Iraq, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) has released a study [...]



But. Wait.  There's more. via TPMmuckraker -


Blackwater Employee: Operations in Baghdad Were 'Flat Out Sloppy'



Also in Waxman's report on the 2004 lynching of Blackwater contractors in Fallujah is an expletive-laden internal assessment of the quality of the company's Baghdad shop at the time. "One Blackwater [...]



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