Blackwater - CIA cooperation deeper than previously known (DER SPIEGEL)

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Blackwater - CIA cooperation deeper than previously known (DER SPIEGEL)

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Blackwater Accused of Creating 'Killing Program'

DER SPIEGEL 08/22/2009

A memo obtained by SPIEGEL indicates that cooperation between the CIA and private security firm Blackwater was deeper than previously known. SPIEGEL has uncovered further details about a plan to set up squads for targeted killings of suspected al-Qaida leadership in Afghanistan.

On Wednesday, the CIA disclosed that it had hired private security contractor Blackwater to kill senior al-Qaida members. The program has since drawn strong criticism in Washington. However, SPIEGEL has learned that the level of cooperation between the CIA and the paid mercenaries at Blackwater was even deeper than previously known.

In a memo obtained by SPIEGEL, two former employees describe details of cooperation between the firm and the intelligence agency that then-Vice President Dick Cheney asked the CIA not to disclose to the United States Congress. Even today, members of Congress do not have a complete image of the activities Blackwater undertook on behalf of the government.

Editor's note: This has been translated from a German-language press release published by SPIEGEL on Saturday. The full version of the story will be posted on the SPIEGEL INTERNATIONAL Web site on Monday.

Read article so far here.

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NightWatcher

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Sat Aug-22-09 09:02 AM
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1. we are finally tip toeing towards the truth

fwiw, I'm at the other end waiting for most to catch up

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Call Me Wesley

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Sat Aug-22-09 09:06 AM
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3. I'll post the full article as soon as it's online on Monday.

DER SPIEGEL's always good for a bit more digging.

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Solly Mack

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Sat Aug-22-09 09:04 AM
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2. K&R

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Call Me Wesley

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Sat Aug-22-09 01:42 PM
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8. Thank you again.

:hi:

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Solly Mack

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Sat Aug-22-09 03:23 PM
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11. My pleasure!

:hi:

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shadowknows69

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Sat Aug-22-09 09:08 AM
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4. People need to start going to jail soon

Or I will start to believe we're still headed for the same fascist police state that Bush was steering us toward and Obama may be powerless to stop it.

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guruoo

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Sat Aug-22-09 01:19 PM
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6. Cheney's the one. n/t

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Call Me Wesley

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Sat Aug-22-09 01:41 PM
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7. There's at least one guy after him.

Unfortunately, Cheney may have canceled his vacation in Spain; like Kissinger will not visit France anymore:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltasar_Garz%C3%B3n

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Call Me Wesley

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Sat Aug-22-09 01:44 PM
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9. We'll see.

I wouldn't be surprised if some of them will wake up to a hard knock on the doors.

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RagAss

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Sat Aug-22-09 09:10 AM
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5. It's not like anyone will ever be held accountable.

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Call Me Wesley

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Sat Aug-22-09 01:45 PM
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10. Dunno,

perhaps it'll change. Not swift, but it will.

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