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In May, Jeremy Scahill testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense on the way private military contractors like Blackwater have affected the conduct of the war. Read the text of his testimony and watch the video here.
Jeremy ScahillTwitterJeremy Scahill is the author of the best-selling Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, published by Nation Books. Nation Books released his second book, Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield, in 2013. He is the writer, with David Riker, and a producer of the documentary feature film Dirty Wars, released by IFC Films in 2013.