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Bush’s Shadow Army

BY JEREMY SCAHILL


Bush’s “Whores of War,” or, maybe, more appropriate, the boys from the “Coalition of the Billing.”

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Crosspost at THE NATION, where it originally appeared, and to whom we are grateful: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070402/scahill_vid

[first posted online on March 15, 2007]

Jeremy Scahill reports on the Bush Administration’s growing dependence on private security forces such as Blackwater USA and efforts in Congress to rein them in. This article is adapted from his new book, Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army (Nation Books). [Read more →]