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June 8, 2008
Blackwater’s Private Spies
By Sheila Samples
Blackwater’s creator, Erik Prince, has aggressively built an empire paralleling the US national security apparatus. “Prince wants to vault Blackwater into the major leagues of US military contracting, taking advantage of the movement to privatize all kinds of government security,” reported the Wall Street Journal shortly after Nisour Square.
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Blackwater’s creator, Erik Prince, has aggressively built an empire paralleling the US national security apparatus. “Prince wants to vault Blackwater into the major leagues of US military contracting, taking advantage of the movement to privatize all kinds of government security,” reported the Wall Street Journal shortly after Nisour Square.Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.