A blurb from the latest U.S. News & World Report:
Sen. Barack Obama has not been a fan of private police
like Blackwater in war zones, and some news outlets even reported that
they were spurned for his trip last week to Afghanistan and Iraq. But
Whispers confirms that Blackwater did handle the Democratic
presidential candidate’s security in Afghanistan and helped out in
Iraq. What’s more, Obama was overheard saying: “Blackwater is getting a
bad rap.” Since everything appeared to go swimmingly, maybe he will
take firms like Blackwater out of his sights, the company’s supporters
hope.
For more on Blackwater and its impact on eastern North Carolina, check out Jean Palmer-Moloney’s recent John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society presentation.
