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Obama's Blackwater? Jeremy Scahill on Triple Canopy, the New Lead U.S. Mercenary Force in Iraq

by via Democracy Now
Thursday, April 2, 2009 :The Obama administration has confirmed the hiring of mercenary firm Triple Canopy to take over Blackwater's contract to protect U.S. diplomats in Iraq. Part of the firm's job will be to protect the "monstrous" U.S. embassy in Baghdad. We speak to independent journalist Jeremy Scahill, who's also just revealed that administration is using Triple Canopy to protect U.S. diplomats in Israel.

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