Essential reading if you care about this subject-- Bush's Shadow Army. Except for the recent news scrawls that don't begin to probe the true extent and depths of this threat, most of mainstream America is totally in the dark about this matter.
I've seen him several times on FSTV giving talks about his book. If you ever get a chance to hear him. don't miss it. He's an incredibily gifted young speaker and writer, very committed to his subject matter (and has the most intelligent, gorgeous eyes!)
ARTICLES BY Jeremy Scahill
2007
Making a Killing
Jeremy Scahill | Who will mete out justice for America's merchants of death?
October 15, 2007 issue
Blackwater: Hired Guns, Above the Law
Jeremy Scahill | Acting with impunity and immune from prosecution, a shadow army funded by US taxpayers is fueling the spiraling violence in Iraq.
October 8, 2007 (web)
Blackwater Banned
Jeremy Scahill | Nation correspondent Jeremy Scahill explains in this September 17 CNN interview the impact of the Iraqi government's decision to ban Blackwater USA from operating in the country, following an incident in which its operatives were implicated in the killings of eight Iraqis.
October 1, 2007 (web)
Outsourcing the War
Jeremy Scahill | Testimony to Congress on the impact of private military contractors in Iraq.
May 28, 2007 (web)
Pull the Plug on the Mercenary War
Jeremy Scahill | Who will stop the shadow US army in Iraq? Don't count on Congressional Democrats.
May 14, 2007 (web)
Bush's Shadow Army
Jeremy Scahill | A VideoNation report on the Bush Administration's growing dependence on private security forces such as Blackwater USA and efforts in Congress to rein them in.
April 2, 2007 (web)
Bush's Shadow Army
Jeremy Scahill | An investigation into Blackwater USA reveals a frightening picture of a politically connected private army that serves as the administration's Praetorian guard.
April 2, 2007 issue
KBR's $400 Million Iraq Question
Jeremy Scahill & Garrett Ordower | Did the Pentagon's biggest Iraq contractor violate military policy by hiring Blackwater and other private military companies?
March 26, 2007 (web)
2006
From Whitewater to Blackwater
Jeremy Scahill & Garrett Ordower | Blackwater USA has a new attorney to defend it against a wrongful death lawsuit by families of four contractors killed in Iraq: Kenneth Starr.
November 13, 2006 (web)
Blackwater Shot Down in Federal Court
Jeremy Scahill | A federal appeals court has ruled a wrongful death lawsuit can proceed against Blackwater USA: Families claim the firm cut corners in pursuit of profit in Iraq, leading to the brutal deaths of four employees in Fallujah in 2004.
September 11, 2006 (web)
Mercenary Jackpot
Jeremy Scahill | As the United States decries the private militias of Lebanon and Iraq, GOP-connected, privately owned global mercenary firms receive blank checks and little oversight.
August 28, 2006 issue
In the Black(water)
Jeremy Scahill | Hurricane victims are still homeless in New Orleans, but thanks to the federal government's $30 million contract bonanza, Blackwater USA's profits are soaring.
June 5, 2006 issue
In the Black(water)
Jeremy Scahill
May 29, 2006 (web)
Blood Is Thicker Than Blackwater
Jeremy Scahill | Lawsuits by families of soldiers-for-hire killed in Falluja have put a major war profiteer in the cross-hairs.
May 8, 2006 issue
Exile on K Street
Jeremy Scahill | Scandals abound in the smoking remains of the Alexander Strategy Group.
February 20, 2006 issue
2005
The War on Al Jazeera
Jeremy Scahill | A top-secret memo detailing George W. Bush's proposal to bomb Al Jazeera is not "outlandish," as the White House claims. The Bush Administration had been threatening, insulting and imprisoning Al Jazeera staffers and other unembedded journalists long before Bush reportedly floated the idea to Tony Blair.
December 19, 2005 issue
Did Bush Really Want to Bomb Al Jazeera?
Jeremy Scahill | Given the Administration's record of attacking Al Jazeera verbally and militarily, is it conceivable that President Bush tried to convince Tony Blair to bomb its international headquarters? Only publication of an explosive memo will prove it.
December 12, 2005 (web)
Germ Boys and Yes Men
Jeremy Scahill | Stewart Simonson is a former Amtrak corporate attorney with zero medical experience. So why is he in charge of emergency health and bioterrorism in the federal government?
November 28, 2005 issue
Blackwater Down
Jeremy Scahill | With military and law enforcement forces combing New Orleans in the wake of the storm, why did the federal government feel compelled to hire private security firms Blackwater USA and BATS to keep the peace?
October 10, 2005 issue
The Other Bomb Drops
Jeremy Scahill | Bush began the Iraq invasion before he went to Congress.
June 13, 2005 (web)
Shooting the Messenger
Jeremy Scahill
March 7, 2005 issue
2003
Inside Baghdad
Jeremy Scahill | Iraqis, exhausted by years of sanctions and oppression, just want it all to end. SUBSCRIBERS ONLY
April 7, 2003 issue
Letter From Iraq
Jeremy Scahill | Resigned to war, even government opponents say they'll fight their attackers.
March 3, 2003 issue
To read all these offerings by Scahill-- go here.:
http://www.thenation.com/directory/bios/jeremy_scahill