BILL MOYERS JOURNAL | Jeremy Scahill | PBS


Bill Moyers interviews investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill about Blackwater -- in this clip Scahill tells the incredible story of armed Blackwater troops being sent into New Orleans on the order of Blackwater CEO Erik Prince in the aftermath of Katrina.Bill Moyers Journal, airing Friday, October 19th at 9 on PBS, examines what's behind Prince's recent blitz of television interviews defending his private security firm when officials in Iraq said they wanted the company out of their country in the wake of the shooting deaths of Iraqi civilians onSeptember 16. Scahill is the author of the bestselling book: Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army.

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Channel: News
Uploaded: October 19, 2007 at 2:53 pm
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RagHeadKiller4Life (November 22, 2008 at 6:01 pm)
Amen bro! I was in N.O. for Katrina ( I am from Thibodaux, Louisiana) and I saw that going on everywhere. The man in this vid didnt speak of that huh?
MustangGirlxyz (November 19, 2008 at 3:48 am)
No. He's an American.

People need to learn to recognize.

"I wasn't born a Republican, Democrat, or yesterday" ~Me
thruid3 (October 20, 2008 at 4:04 am)
Erik Prince "crosses the Rubicon". I am glad there are reporters like Scahill who notices and has the guts to report and speak out against it. I wouldn't want Erik Prince to think I was an enemy of his. I wonder what all those mercenaries will be called on to do once they return from Iraq ?
leevi1234 (October 16, 2008 at 4:48 pm)
Where is Scahill now? Wink wink

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