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In reply to the discussion: Remember Blackwater? Erik Prince? [View all]forest444
(5,902 posts)72. The trick is finding a "mainstream" source - and we've got one.
I remember first hearing about this on KPFK (Los Angeles) at the time; but because KPFK - also known as Pacifica Radio - is very much on the progressive side, it's easy for any Republican to dismiss it an "unreliable" (never mind that KPFK was taking about 'cost-plus' and other Iraq War corruption in 2005, the looming derivatives crash in 2006, NSA snooping in 2007, the trillions in off-the-books Fed loans to banks in 2008, the Birch Society's Tea Party project in 2009, and so many other things that are today common knowledge).
So here's the article from that time on CNN: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-150837
It's sad that we must rely on CNN to back up mentioning what should be obvious to anyone. Qué será.
Kudos to you, Duppers!
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I have a long bio on the Prince and his parallels with UBL as a CIA contractor, here:
leveymg
Mar 2016
#54
Here's the kicker: HRC's State Dept. granted new contracts to Prince while he was being prosecuted
leveymg
Mar 2016
#55
If Wall Street can fake promise "compliance", then I suppose the MIC can, too, eh?
MrMickeysMom
Mar 2016
#92
Blackwater was hardwired into Defense policy infrastructure - like Halliburton and KBR.
blm
Mar 2016
#79
Yeah, and Prince and the family he married into are supposed to be so super-Christian.
bulloney
Mar 2016
#3
Can't they nail this guy for treason or some other equally punishable offense?
Paper Roses
Mar 2016
#40
Funny to see the intercept callling out someone for links to Chinese intelligence
Blue_Tires
Mar 2016
#56