Blackwater private security in New Orleans?

[mburbank]

Blackwater is a private security firm specializing in very heavy duty paramilitary shit in Iraq. Reports are coming out of New Orleans that they are there, they are armed with automatic weapons, and they were hired by the department of Homeland Security.

Now I know we need all the help we can get, but is it even legal for the government to privatize domestic policing?

It's very early in the reporting of this story and honestly I don't even know if it's credible or not, but if it is and it isn't shady as hell, why no announcement on it from Homeland security of the state of Louisianna. Blackwater is known for two things. Mercenary work for foreign nationals and security for western firms in nations with a major anti western population.

For those of you with Liberatarian leanings, let me put it this way. If this story is true, our govt. is sending a force of privately hired paramilitary into a US city where private citizens are being disarmed and coerced to leave their property. Ho does that sit with you?

Me? I think everyone should be evacuated, but I don't think anyone should be forced no matter how stupid it is to stay. I think they should be disarmed, but that's because I'm personally in favor of strict gun control, not just when a hurricane hits. I am totally not in favor of private militaries for hire, and when the US govt. hires private military I'm really worried, 'cause don't they already have a military? With for real policemen from all over the country ready to go and in many cases already ther, what ppossible reason could their be for Blackwater's presence?

I sincerely hope I am jumping the gun.