Baghdad on the Bayou

Baghdad on the Bayou

On the Oct. 19 edition of Bill Moyers’ Journal The Nation ‘s Jeremy Scahill tells of how Blackwater USA President Erik Prince sent armed guards to New Orleans to provide security to affluent neighborhoods in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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Since the days of the notorious Pinkerton guards, private security firms have been a reality in America, but the Bush Administration is relying to unprecedented degree on these firms for everything from emergency relief to military campaigns. A guest on October 19 edition of Bill Moyers’ Journal, Nation correspondent Jeremy Scahill describes his encounters with operatives of Blackwater USA, who had been sent to provide post-Katrina security in New Orleans even before FEMA arrived on the scene.

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