Comments on: A Deeper Look Into Blackwater

Bob Orr Examines The Workings Of The Controversial Security Company

[xzavierbrown]

what is the misdeed?? they are guilty of doing what they were paid to do?

[walt1944-2009]

The argument that despite its misdeeds, Blackwater seems untouchable sounds a lot like the thin excuse the Nazis gave when the Brownshirt Storm Troopers beat people up for not thinking their way, or for being Jews, Slavs, Gypsies, or any other "non-Aryan".

The facist state is alive and well in the new USSA!

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!

[byrdjenkins]

I love CBS stories. Now how was this story "A Deeper Look at Blackwater"?

[samthetvcat]

"As one private security source put it, Blackwater, despite any misdeeds, seems to be untouchable - a controversial protection force that may be impossible to replace."

Just because somebody provides an irreplaceable service does not mean they cannot be held accountable - if their actions are causing ill-will rather than winning over ''hearts'' and ''minds'' then in the big picture even their sugar daddies will have a need to rein them in now that their ''misdeeds'' have come to light.

Maybe charging these nuts with murder would be a good start . . .

[l8c6]

If the private sector is better and more efficient why does it need the U.S. taxpayer to subsidize it?

[photogeezer]

What''s next, doing the job the overstretched police, prison system, or border guards can''t do? How about school security guards? Why not turn the entire public safety function over to a crony private contractor with a fundamentalist Nazi mentality? Best argument I''ve seen yet for keeping our Second Amendment rights intact.