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They're not moonlighting for the Zetas or the Russian mob because if they were, they'd lose billions of dollars of CIA money.
by Zakharov 14y ago
They're not moonlighting for the Zetas or the Russian mob because if they were, they'd lose billions of dollars of CIA money.
- Someone 14y agoIf you were the government looking to hire a third party to do this kind of things for you, wouldn't you prefer someone with experience? Yes, you could only hire people that went through your own training program, but hiring ones that went through other training programs would give more plausible deniability. It also could be an excellent Way to sow seeds of distrust between otherwise friendly parties.
- knowtheory 14y agoReally. And do you think the CIA is auditing Blackwater's books, and tracking all of its operatives? Or are we just taking their word for it?
- Spooky23 14y agoReally? Sounds like a great opportunity to blackmail the CIA to me. One of the disadvantages of committing illegal and morally questionable acts is that you become vulnerable to the consequences of the disclosure of those acts.
- runjake 14y agoCount the number of shell corporations Academi (formerly Blackwater) has. I lost count at about 100 of them, and I'm sure there's many, many more. Now, track what each shell corp does and who their customers are. I hope you have a vast team dedicated to sorting that out. Academi is staffed by experienced, former CIA personnel who know the ins and outs of the trade. And if you further need convincing, look at Air America and South American CIA operations where the CIA didn't even know what was going on under their OWN chain of command. The CIA is (mostly) not some mystical, all-seeing spy organization. They suffer the same problems as any company/agency of their size. Bureaucracy, and especially PHBs.