1.0 link 67224 <![CDATA[Blackwater and Beyond in Congress]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nick-bicanic/blackwater-and-beyond-in-_b_67224.html The morning of October 2nd was shaping up to be a key moment in understanding the little known world of private security contractors.

Congressman Henry Waxman's Committee on Oversight and Government reform was scheduled to be in session again -the main witness was Erik Prince, former Navy Seal and billionaire founder of Blackwater USA, while not the largest, certainly the most visible private security company working in Iraq.

Erik Prince had been called on by Rep. Waxman before but this was the...

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