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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 on September 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 & Politics
Uploaded: October 19, 2007 at 10:53 am
Author: PBS

Length: 00:04:21
Rating: 4.98
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Video Comments:
thruid3 (October 20, 2008 at 12:04 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 12:48 pm)
Where is Scahill now? Wink wink
epik5150 (October 7, 2008 at 11:28 pm)
So I guess raping woman and stealing electronics are considered perishable items...
RagHeadKiller4Life (November 22, 2008 at 1:01 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?
USFella (September 26, 2008 at 10:27 pm)
In October, the Army plans to station an active unit inside the US for the first time to serve as an on-call federal response in times of emergency. The division will be under the control of US Army North. The Army Times says this mission is the 1st time an active unit has had a dedicated assignment to Northern Command. The unit may be called to help with civil unrest & crowd control. Soldiers are learning to use "nonlethal" weapons designed to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals and crowds.
kevjo66 (September 26, 2008 at 11:33 am)
Welcome to Amerika.
jaschnelle (September 21, 2008 at 8:30 pm)
What abuses did the blackwater guys commit whie they were in new orleans? and as for the looters only stealing persihable goods i have heard sory after story of people raiding department stores and there being nothing left on the shelves. I guess televisions stereos and Cds and movies are non perishable items now. i cant blame a rich person for hiring personal security. I would want to do everything to keep my shit from getting looted if i had the money also
Jaegermeister42 (September 18, 2008 at 9:12 pm)
Is scahill a democrat
USFella (September 26, 2008 at 10:21 pm)
Why do you assume he's a Democrat-because he talks like he has a brain in his head? Because he actually reports the news?
MustangGirlxyz (November 18, 2008 at 10:48 pm)
No. He's an American.

People need to learn to recognize.

"I wasn't born a Republican, Democrat, or yesterday" ~Me