Navy SEALs are considered an elite force. The connections between Blackwater and Navy SEALs seems to be a concern for some people. Are Blackwater personnel sticking to core SEALs values?
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Those who have covered-up for Blackwater in the State Dept. seem to think the Blackwater victims don't matter - because they are Arabs. It's that type of institutional attitude by the US government that leads to many Arabs hating us in Iraq and elsewhere.

Checks and Balances, remove them and you have yourself an uncontrolable entity, like a teenager without supervision.

Considering there are more contractors in Iraq than military personnel, this is just another example of the giant gravy train that is the war in Iraq. We have paid Blackwater over $1 billion? That is a lot of money people. Can you say re-distribution of wealth? From us to them. Nice.

Blackwater has had over one billion dollars in no-bid contracts with the US government. That's quite a return on their campaign contributions to the republican party.

Blackwater is providing a service that is a necessity in Iraq. That being said there is no excuse for these actions. I believe there should be some major investigations into how they have received these contracts. I am willing to bet that someones pockets on capital hill are getting fat. That will answer the questions to how these actions have been swept unfortunately swept under the rug!

Its called getting the job done.

We're not there. They are.

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Corruption, handing out No bid contracts, no accountability, no respect for the people, wasteful spending... I could just go on.
This government is more of a threat to the US people than Iran or Syria.

Is there a law that says if both the executive and the legislative branch of the govt. fail to represent the people then we get to kick them out and hold them responsible for their actions?

Blackwater - Mission not accomplished! For 1 Billion Dollars my expectations would be that Osama would be incarcerated today. The task seems to be too much for this group; killing innocent individuals and covering up is not acceptable. Mission not accomplished!

This Blackwater thing is going to end up big. There is far more to it than meets the eye...

What about all the other contracted killers we have there? As guilty as Blackwater is, I think they are being made a scapegoat while the SAME THING CONTINUES with other murderous corporate outfits.

Blackwater's problems should not be a reflection on the military service's their employees happen to come from. It seems they haven't been doing a good job of checking references for some of their hire. The star shooter in the famous/infamous "An Najaf Turkey Shoot" Video was a case in point.
He was kicked off the Navy Seals and is an embarrassment to the Special Forces community by promoting himself as such.
When there is one bad apple that shouldn't have been in the basket, would expected to be more.

Well, first let's ask ourselves a question? Who are the insurgents or terrorists, whatever you want to call them. Are they the americans or arabs?
Who blows up people, cars and buildings?

I have an uncle who was a NAVY SEAL and at a recent reunion my uncle learned that he has little in common with the modern NAVY SEAL. I heard the sadness in his voice and now i get to see a picture of one of these modern day seals...bark like a seal torture grease...

Sounds like these Blackwater executives should be brought up on war crimes and murder charges.

As a two-time US Marine Corps combat veteran, I think its laughable that "Monday Morning Quarterbacks" who have never placed themselves in harms way would have the audacity to question the actions of some that has. In no uncertain terms to condone the alleged criminal behavior of Blackwater Personnel, many of whom served in the Special Operations community. Just as the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice) governed their conduct while they were in the military, federal law should govern their conduct as civilians. Violate and suffer the consequences. In short, don't be so quick to judge.

Hire mercenaries, get thugs.

I would not believe one word presented by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Mr Waxman is a chronic whiner, he and Schumer, Levin, Fiengold, Fienstein, Boxer and the rest of the whiners should be impeached. I guess this clown Waxman did not realize it was Blackwater personnel that protected him during his visit to Iraq. Next time just give him a gun and let this clown defend himself.

Most of the comments here are from people who don't have a clue as to what they are talking about. All they know is what they have heard from bias news media reports, and propaganda from all types of unreliable sources, one of which being the so called 'reporter' Jeremy Scahill who wrote the book about Blackwater USA. Most people don't know that he is a confirmed left wing Socialist, working for the Socialist media outlet 'The Nation'. I think before you Hammer Blackwater so hard you should see where all this is coming from and why...It really doesn't have a whole lot to do with the way Blackwater specialist protect their diplomats, but more the political means to suit the desired result that can be played by the left.

these people are in a war torn country and yet you want them to act like they were in the USA?
come on now.They are defending people and themselves when anyone can walk up to them with a bomb strapped to themselves.
sorry, this is a non story.bet if it was a abc reporter over there depending on these people to protect them, they wouldnt be so biased against them.