«The C.I.A. in 2004 hired outside contractors from the private security contractor Blackwater […] to locate and assassinate top operatives of Al Qaeda, […]»
— Mark Mazzetti, New York Times
«[…] Blackwater has followed […] as “spray and pray”—use heavy firepower in an urban setting and pray that some of it actually hits the enemy. […]»
— Scott Horton, Harper’s Magazine
Read the full article at Harper’s Magazine: Cheney’s Snuff Program Involved Blackwater
Why I post this you may ask.
Well, first I stumbled upon this by reading my bird wires William Gibson … and second while following the footprints …
«Now, Cheney sends out his Blackwater assassins from his mobile office in a Maryland Starbuck’s (decaf)»
… I thought the future I read about and played 20 years ago is right here:
«A mercenary, his employers vast corporations warring covertly for the control of entire economies.»
— William Gibson, Count Zero
«[…] The private security industry is rapidly growing, currently being a $100 billion a year industry, with projected growth to $200 billion by 2010. […]»
— wikipedia/U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
… and where that can leads to— imagination assumed — Ravenwood, a private security company in the TV show Jericho
Update – further articles:
