Everyone here should see this interview by Bill Moyers with Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater!

[Up2Late]

It's just on here in Atlanta for the first time (it's preempted here on Friday night), but it's now available on-line at the links below:

<http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html>

<http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/index.html>

<http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/10192007/watch.html>

[babylonsister]

1. Recommend-it was riveting, and scary as hell. nt

[Maribelle]

2. His book: Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

Synopsis

Meet BLACKWATER USA, the world's most secretive and powerful mercenary firm. Based in the wilderness of North Carolina, it is the fastest-growing private army on the planet with forces capable of carrying out regime change throughout the world. Blackwater protects the top US officials in Iraq and yet we know almost nothing about the firm's quasi-military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and inside the US. Blackwater was founded by an extreme right-wing fundamentalist Christian mega-millionaire ex- Navy Seal named Erik Prince, the scion of a wealthy conservative family that bankrolls far-right-wing causes.

Blackwater is the dark story of the rise of a powerful mercenary army, ranging from the blood-soaked streets of Fallujah to rooftop firefights in Najaf to the hurricane-ravaged US gulf to Washington DC, where Blackwater executives are hailed as new heroes in the war on terror. This is an extraordinary exposé by one of America's most exciting young radical journalists.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9781560259794&itm=1

[SeattleGirl]

3. It was an excellent interview.

And as someone else said, it was scary as hell.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. This is absolutely required viewing.

Jeremy Scahill is frighteningly well informed.

[peacetalksforall]

5. Thanks Bill. Scahill was interviewed for an hour on Dem Now a couple

of weeks ago, but it takes Bill Moyers to reach more. Here's to the day when Democracy Now will be as well known because Amy and Juan bring us something five days a week (and more through fstv, linktv, and sometimes, rarely?, C-span).

[Up2Late]

6. kick n/t

:kick:

[Lisa]

7. thanks for posting!

Saw this on Friday night -- highly recommended. Interesting and very disturbing. History buffs may want to take a look at Terry Jones's "Medieval Lives" book, particularly the "Knight" chapter, which examines the rise of mercenary armies in Europe in the 1300s -- and how they literally held cities for ransom.