Pelton Book Says Mercenaries Are Big Business -- for Suppliers Bloomberg.com
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- How lucrative is being a soldier of fortune? The $500 to $600 per diem beats the alternative for the men who fight in Iraq and Afghanistan on private contracts, according to Robert Young Pelton, author of ``Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror.''
Rick Jacobs: Blackwater Hires Ken Starr to Defend Against Charges made in "Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers." HuffingtonPost
As stated in the terrific blog post and Nation article by Jeremy Scahill, Blackwater Security Consulting, a company hardly on the lips of the American public, hired Ken Starr to try to use the Supreme Court as a blunt instrument to dismiss murder charges against it. As evocatively depicted in the film Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers , Blackwater sent four men to their deaths in Fallujah in
U.S. Senate New Bay Times
48-year-old resident of Prince George’s County. Elected lieutenant governor as Robert Ehrlich’s running mate in 2002, becoming the first African American to win Maryland statewide office; received Bethune-DuBois Institute 2005 Award for support of quality education .
Lieberman widens gap in Senate race Norwich Bulletin
NORWICH — A Quinnipiac University poll released this morning shows U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman opening a wide margin against his chief rival in the U.S. Senate race, now leading Democratic nominee Ned Lamont by 17 points with less than two weeks before the election.

Windfalls of War - The Center for Public Integrity
Blackwater Security Consulting, a strategic division of Blackwater USA, Today, in addition to Blackwater Security Consulting, Blackwater USA comprises
Blackwater USA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blackwater Security Consulting was formed in 2002 and initially operated by Blackwater USA's then-VP Jamie Smith, who became the first Director of
Blackwater USA - SourceWatch
Blackwater itself consists of Blackwater Training Center, Blackwater Target Systems, Blackwater Security Consulting and Blackwater Canine.
Contractors with Guns, by Nicholas Von Hoffman [Iraq, Americans
The contractors were employees of Blackwater Security Consulting, four of some 400 Blackwater employees in Iraq who are making up to $1000 a day.
Four US mercenaries are torched, dismembered and hung in Iraq
The four US mercenaries employed by Blackwater Security Consulting where traveling in two SUV vehicles when they were ambushed and their vehicles set on