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U.S. | Health, Housing, and Public Services | Police State and PrisonsAs Hurricane Gustav Approaches, Blackwater Seeks Personnel to Deploy to Gulf Coast
Monday, September 1, 2008 :The private military firm, Blackwater Worldwide is seeking personnel that could possibly be deployed into areas affected by Hurricane Gustav. We speak with Democracy Now! correspondent, Jeremy Scahill who first broke the story of armed guards working for the private security firm Blackwater being deployed in the streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Jeremy Scahill, Democracy Now! correspondent. He is author of the international bestseller, “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.”
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§"It's a Chance for [Republicans] to Make Some Gesture About Katrina" - David Brooks Reacts to Hurricane Gustav and
Monday, September 1, 2008 :Democracy Now! runs into New York Times columnist David Brooks at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport. We get his reaction to Barack Oabam's nomination acceptance speech in Denver, John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin for the vice-presidential nomination and the effect Hurricane Gustav will have on the Republican convention. "McCain should go down to New Orleans, grab onto a light post, Geraldo-style and do the speech sideways, holding on while the wind blows him," Brooks says.
David Brooks, New York Times columnist. LISTEN ONLINE |