For two years, military officials, defense experts, lawyers and Iraqi officials tried to warn the U.S. against relying so heavily on unaccountable private security contractors in Iraq. Until Blackwater’s fateful September shooting at Nisour Square, the U.S. answer was always the same: meh. One reason the Pentagon didn’t care: one of its chief advisers on security contractors was on the contractors’ payroll.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179110