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As Hurricane Gustav Approaches, Blackwater Seeks Personnel to Deploy to Gulf Coast

As Hurricane Gustav Approaches, Blackwater Seeks Personnel to Deploy to Gulf Coast

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. [includes rush transcript]

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