Monsanto Turns To Blackwater For Increased Security, Intelligence And ‘Infiltrate Activist Groups’ [View all]

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reposting, as a reminder of how private contractors are employed to work against the public interest. Why on earth would any citizen trust private contractors to respect democratic principles and individual rights?

http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/monsanto-turns-to-blackwater-for-increased-security-intelligence-and-infiltrate-activist-groups-23474/

Monsanto, a biotechnology farming development company, has hired the private security firm Academi, formerly known as Blackwater, to perform security work and gather intelligence amid growing public opposition to genetically modified foods, or GMOs, according to documents obtained by The Nation.

One of the most incendiary details in the documents is that Blackwater, through Total Intelligence, sought to become the “intel arm” of Monsanto, offering to provide operatives to infiltrate activist groups organizing against the multinational biotech firm.

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