<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2a004f91-7f73-4e94-b85c-c5a6aaceaaa1/B25533C1-E4C1-4D84-82AE-C84D3265ACAD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/08/blackwater-too-big-fail" href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/08/blackwater-too-big-fail" style="font-size: 11px;">www.motherjones.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/08/blackwater-too-big-fail"><H1>Is Blackwater Too Big to Fail?</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/08/blackwater-too-big-fail"><A href="http://www.totalintel.com/" target="_blank">Total Intelligence Solutions</A>—emphasis on <EM>total</EM>—is standing by. And for the super-double-secret covert work—the kind that the CIA keeps even Congress in the dark about—Prince has a division for that too. According to the <EM>New York Times</EM>, it's called <A href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_1_aa&usg=AFQjCNFXAm3zFmppuH8iJbjTqvbOsHSq6A&cid=1299300335&ei=w7qOSoDPOY7clQSSgbLIAw&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http:%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2009%2F08%2F21%2Fus%2F21intel.html" target="_blank">Blackwater Select</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/08/blackwater-too-big-fail"><P>Building on its <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/us/20intel.html?hp" target="_blank">scoop</A> that the company <A href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/08/blackwater-CIA-assassination-program" target="_blank">played a role</A> in the CIA's abandoned program to assassinate Al Qaeda operatives, the <EM>Times</EM> <A href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_1_aa&usg=AFQjCNFXAm3zFmppuH8iJbjTqvbOsHSq6A&cid=1299300335&ei=w7qOSoDPOY7clQSSgbLIAw&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http:%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2009%2F08%2F21%2Fus%2F21intel.html" target="_blank">reports</A> today that this secret division also plays a part in the agency's predator drone program.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/08/blackwater-too-big-fail"><P>The division’s operations are carried out at hidden bases in Pakistan and Afghanistan, where the company’s contractors assemble and load Hellfire missiles and 500-pound laser-guided bombs on remotely piloted Predator aircraft, work previously performed by employees of the Central Intelligence Agency. They also provide security at the covert bases, the officials said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/08/blackwater-too-big-fail"> And it illustrates the resilience of Blackwater, now known as Xe (pronounced Zee) Services, </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B25533C1-E4C1-4D84-82AE-C84D3265ACAD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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