Basically, what Bush/Cheney did is to turn this private paramilitary organization into a 'license to kill' organization for the purpose of appearing to have control.
When a private organization can be placed above the law, the USA military still controls sovereignty of its troops when an incident occurs. In this case, Blackwater decided to carry out its contracts successfully and could kill anyone in sight to achieve a paycheck. That is a human rights violation of the highest magnitude. This methodology, at some level (even the level of the paramilitary soldier alone), was consented to by the 'corporation.' The civilians were disposable by Blackwater while its 'bottom line' was not.
Blackwater could never handle its own potential and a threat to American soldiers for its blundering status. No private paramilitary organization should have been allowed to grow to this size and now poses enormous threat to the USA, its operations with American police and sheriff forces should be ended. Any police brutality and or wrongful deaths occurring by Blackwater graduates should result in lawsuits against those that trained the officer.
Additionally, Blackwater will ultimately compete with the USA military for recruits. That alone is a sovereignty issue within the borders of the USA.
Private Paramilitary Organizations that reach a size attracting 'Wall Street Wealth Merchants' will result in perpetual war and never peace.
...The fortunes of Blackwater (click here) – the security firm that has come to represent the unacceptable face of privatised warfare – have closely mirrored the trajectory of America's military efforts to combat terrorism in the wake of 9/11.
Before the attacks, Blackwater was a little-known security training firm based in Moyock, North Carolina, with just over $200,000 in federal contracts. By 2006 its work for the US had mushroomed to almost $600m. Its turnover is now well over $1bn....
When a paramilitary organization attempts to exonerate itself by intimidating governments and potentially American judges, they are threat to sovereignty. It would have been better if there was a better outcome for control of this maniac group in the American courts.
If Blackwater employees' words were used against them when they were stupid enough to say them to authorities that is ADMISSIBLE evidence.
The facts were completely plain. The people killed that day were innocent civilians. If a paramilitary organization cannot discern innocent people from insurgents they are ineffective in their operations. Any death of innocent people is treated with great severity by the USA military, so therefore, perhaps such incidents should be handled through military tribunals in the country where the attack occurred for such an organization. These are private contractors and should not carry the weight of a USA military soldier in any country on Earth subscribing to the Geneva Conventions in relation to POWs. Besides Eric Prince would tell anyone he has god on his side, so, he doesn't really need the Geneva Conventions, now does he?
WASHINGTON — The CEO of the company formerly known as Blackwater issued a statement praising a judge's decision to dismiss charges against five of his firm's security guards charged with fatally shooting 14 unarmed Iraqis.
"The company supports the judge's decision to dismiss the charges," (No clue.) said Joseph Yorio, chairman and CEO of the newly christened Xe Services, in a statement appearing in several US media....
With the realization the USA cannot control its' paramilitary private contractors, all contracts with any country should be easily cancelled as a threat to sovereignty.If one is to speak to an expert, such as General Stanley McCrystal, he will state counter-insurgency measures includes 'being careful' of the civilians as to not alienate them from a 'return' of control to their government. THEREFORE, the methods used by Blackwater 'aids' the insurgency and does not thwart it. The contracts Blackwater holds with the USA government currently can be thrown out as worthless based upon USA military directives. The group is INCOMPETENT.
If a paramilitary organization AIDS an insurgency, it is endangering USA soldiers' lives and needs to be removed from any battlefield IMMEDIATELY.
...According to The Nation and other Pakistani bloggers the infamous Blackwater (click here) –notorious for being kicked out of Iraq–is now consolidating its position in Pakistan. This is seriously disturbing as the company is known for its excessive use of force and for its disrespect for the local laws of Iraq. Will they repeat the same idiotic practices in Pakistan all in the name of providing security to high ranking US officials?...
Rehman denies visa issuance for Blackwater (click here)
Updated at: 2303 PST, Friday, January 01, 2010
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Friday neither the Blackwater was registered in Pakistan nor its officials were issued Pakistani visas.
He also denied any contract between Blackwater and Pakistani Intelligence Agency.
Addressing business community at Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Malik said no such agency named Blackwater is working in Pakistan while he provided his mobile phone number for information in this regard.
He further said discussions with religious extremists failed in the past and the militants are getting foreign aid.
“Militants’ objective is to split Pakistan,” he added.
He urged the business community to give 0.2 percent of its earning to the fund established for the improvement of the police.
