[Agamemnon]

Everyone should understand, there at least 3 organizations that have the goods, on his Highness...in order of priority...

Never under estimate what the Brits over at MI-6 have on their Kenyan "subjects" either.

[Mouton]

My guess about blackwater is they are exactly as promised: contractors. They do the bidding of the defense department and perhaps the CIA as needed so each organization can have deniablity.

The CIA has been on a downside trajectory since the Church Committee castrated them in the 70’s. Most of those wide eyed nuts who supported that as drones then are now at the upper echelons of power now so don't expect much from the CIA IMO. A good insight into how bad things had become would be to take a gander at the movie Charlie Wilson's war especially the part dealing with Wilson's visit to Pakistan and inquiring from the CIA station chief. Yeah in the mid 80s there were still some good people there under the radar but they are now long retired or purged so The Agency has become a bureaucratic morass relying on “technical surveillance” rather than agents and informants. Someone above hit it right on the head, in any handbook 101 dealing with informants, NEVER TRUST THEM...7 dead.

Ever wonder about why nothing further has been heard from the commander who ordered the Somali Pirates shot? He made Ozero look like a fool and you don't want to mess with father Muslim.

Vince