In another wonderful of example of the left being able to ask really good questions, Jeremy Scahill writes for The Nation today on the role of mercenaries from companies like Blackwater to help “keep order” in post-Katrina New Orleans: Blackwater is not alone. As business leaders and government officials talk openly of changing the demographics of what was one of the most culturally vibrant of America’s cities, mercenaries from companies like DynCorp, Intercon, American Security Group, Blackhawk, Wackenhut and an Israeli company called Instinctive Shooting International (ISI) are fanning out to guard private businesses and homes, as well as government … Continue reading The Steadily Emerging Police State