in war zones overseas in fact blackwater's arbitration was so bad they even had to change their name in two thousand and nine because the helping little rebranding would make everyone forget about their sordid past which includes blackwater contractors being charged with killing civilians in iraq and afghanistan a court case is in fact still pending over a massacre that took place in a sort of square in iraq several years ago that left seventeen civilians dead then or blackwater has also had problems with iraq and afghanistan where they were fined for sending weapons into iraq without proper paperwork then investigated for arriving iraqi officials all in attempt to keep government contractors contracts and two former employees of blackwater have also turned on the company they claim of the private security company and defrauded the u.s. government by filing bogus receipts double billing and charging government agencies for strippers and prostitutes and or blackwater reportedly labeled the strippers in the hookers of expense reports as more ryle welfare recreation panellist forty toda

national security correspondent for the nation magazine he's also the author of this book here blackwater the rise of the world's most powerful mercenary army journey it's great to have you back on the program thank you so much for being with us and before we get to the real news with the an implacable outer quick reaction to netanyahu speech today i mistakenly thought i was watching a twenty eight twelve nomination party before i realized as just his address to congress right i mean he had at least thirty or forty standing ovations depending on who you ask for warmer reception than president obama has received certainly from the republicans but you could argue also from the democrats it seems as we enter a political season here in the united states that you know you could potentially get the nomination for either the democratic or republican party i mean it's really it's incredible the amount of enthusiasm that is thrown on benjamin netanyahu particularly in light of the fact that he made the outrageous statement that base you know free air herbs are those that are living in israel. actu

security correspondent for the nation magazine and he's also the author of this book right here blackwater the rise of the world's most powerful mercenary army and i first asked jani for his thoughts on that and yahoo's super welcome reception in congress take a look. he had at least thirty or forty pending ovation depending on who you ask for warmer reception the president obama has received certainly from the republican but you could argue also from the democrats it seems that we enter the political season here in the united states that d.d. could could potentially get the nomination for either the democratic or republican party i mean it's really incredible the amount of enthusiasm that is thrown on benjamin netanyahu particularly in light of the fact that he made the outrageous statement that based on those that are living in israel here that actually went so far as to say that israel is not like the belgians in the congo like the british in india which i replied no you're like the israelis in doing exactly what the world sees you do and which is condemned regularly by many nations aro

the news then it's an army made up of eight hundred mercenaries and also contentious founder of blackwater is in the middle of it all will bring you details on this business dealing cluing what these mercenaries are going to do and we'll ask the bigger question here is forming an army like this legal then the war on leakers expanse this time will tell you about how the government is taking n.s.a. employee thomas drake to court but we want to know if drake is indeed convicted the president will this set and we all know that personal debt is a serious problem for many americans but could a lot of that stress and anxiety that comes with that be from those nagging and many times of the use of debt collectors so they will take a closer look at how close collectors operate and will challenge the legality of their methods are going to cover all of that and save room for happy hour in tonight's show but first we have our top story. now if the name dominique strauss kahn didn't ring any bells for americans before it certainly does now that i am of managing director is currently embroiled in a sex s

and the tale of the true princess first the founder of blackwater now known as the second the leader of all the gobby as these two princes prepare to create an army for hire in the u.a.e. we explore whether a contractor loyalty is lived. good evening it's tuesday may seventeenth we're joining you live from washington d.c. police and coughing up and are watching r.t. . now super secret the jobs in the economy are on everyone's mind these days you numbers from the fed out today show that the united states factory output actually dropped for the first time in nearly ten months and more evidence that the housing market is continuing its downward slump but the details of all of these little bits of financial information really miss the broader trend of globalization and how it's fundamentally changing life as you know it something that former british prime minister gordon brown actually pointed out in this week's op ed writing in newsweek gordon brown said this year for the first time in industrial history the combined forces of america and europe are being out produced out manufactured o

and it's the tale of two princesses the first founder of blackwater now known as the z. and the second the leader of the dobie and as these princes prepare to create an army for hire in the united arab emirates learn exactly where the contracting loyalties lie. good evening it's tuesday may seventeenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy catherine of and you're watching our team. now it's no secret that jobs in the economy are on everyone's mind these days as the bad news seems to continue to just pour in a new numbers from the fed today show that u.s. factory output dropped for the first time in nearly ten months and more evidence that the housing market is continuing to slump but these details while useful to read about missed the really bigger trend of globalization which is really fundamentally changing life as we know it something that former british prime minister gordon brown actually noted in a recent op ed writing in newsweek this week brown said this year for the first time in industrial history the combined forces of both america and europe are being out

of services to a foreign government technically when someone like erik prince or a company like blackwater or whatever he wants to call it these days runs to export the kinds of training services or armed services that air for instance export into the united arab emirates and remember erik prince is a navy seal who's have access to very sensitive secret u.s. operations was allowed to go into cia headquarters under president bush look at operational intelligence and then offer his services there whether or not he got a license for that is up for debate right now and we'll see how hillary clinton responds blackwater has been fined in the past for not obtaining those licenses so we'll have to see what happens but i don't have any illusions about anyone in the congress making this a central issue i mean basically people don't care because it has no no positive impact on their ability to raise campaign cash no no one is pouring money into the coffers of antiwar congresspeople or people to stand up to the war industry and knowing what you know that erik prince and about the state department and

and it's a tale of two princes the first founder of blackwater the second the leader of al gadhafi and as these princes prepare to create an army for hire in the u.a.e. we explore whether the contracting words used lie with the because. good evening it's tuesday may seventeenth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy captain of you're watching our team. now in a just world those who break the law by lying cheating and stealing are usually tried and prosecuted for their crimes unless of course we're talking about well heeled executives of say i don't know goldman sachs you know in his latest piece for rolling stone magazine back to the revisits the wall street firm that he once called the vampire squid and he got a case for why goldman exactions be plucked from the boardroom and sewn into court earlier i spoke of not about goldman's role in the financial crisis and here's part of that conversation. this report really lays bare a number of instances where it's pretty clear that the jacket is from from goldman lied on national television to senate investigators i'll give you an example

think i want to go now to jeremy scahill he blogs at the nation dot com and also wrote this book blackwater the rise of the world's most powerful mercenary army. hey there jeremy spoof you you know now that we've had some time to digest what's happened many pundits and so-called experts are starting to talk about what it means osama bin laden of course used as an excuse at least a symbol of for the involvement of the war in afghanistan now that he's gone what changes. but i think first of all we have to remember that nine eleven was used to justify the invasion and occupation of iraq a country that had nothing to do with al qaida nothing to do with osama bin laden and nothing to do with nine eleven and the billions upon billions of dollars that were spent on that war the american lives military and civilian that were lost in that war and the hundreds of thousands of iraqi civilians that died should also be remembered this week as people declare that sort of and human error or say that they're getting closure the vast majority of the victims in the post nine eleven world have been iraqi civi

is possibly lucian there's a lot of this contention so there are a lack of water the reason for blackwater is israel controls the source the. protesters we want to go one hundred. percent of the illusion might be democracy will be control peace in syria also peace in the region i fear that a democratic syria would break in much more difficult. regional neighborhood israel for instance would have to refuse it could be destabilizing all the because it's even worse now when you when you talk about neighboring countries or such as israel the control of the water coming out of the golan heights and obviously sparking some stuff there in syria let's talk about the outside pressure how big is the outside pressure influencing the situation in the country think. there is a lot of us so it's pressure from what we see in europe in the united states on the other hand striking israel who is very quiet about this crisis it's also the case of iraq which has a government you can like installed by the united states made possible. also consists of people who were shooting the most recent research before sad

that they're the heirs of amway and actually they are actually the brother in law erik prince of blackwater fame so i mean if you want to talk about basically run the republican machine in the state of michigan i know they were up in michigan you know exactly and these people are pouring millions and millions of dollars into getting these vouchers schemes passed in wisconsin they actually had the seventh largest pac to nations of any and the entire state where the voucher folks and a lot of people didn't see this coming they elected you know they elected up to a dozen people and these people got in and they're starting to try to expand the milwaukee program which already doesn't work which is enriching a lot of private school. so basically this is just i mean there's an ideology here which has been demonstrated not to work and there's a bunch of hustlers for you know for profit companies that are making that and they're basically getting our tax dollars and making a profit on it and there's a bunch of religious groups that have their own obvious agenda who are also now getting our tax dolla

miss jones testified about the arbitration clause in her contract which prevented her from suing blackwater. criminal jurisdiction over these kinds of crimes abroad remains complicated. supervision inconsistent, sometimes impossible. the only person who got locked up was the woman who got raped. i worked with senator sessions in 2000 to pass the territorytorial jurisdiction act. to extend it to members of the u.s. military. and to contracts who work with the military. commit crimes or working abroad, whether with the military or not could be charged and tried in the united states. as the military withdraws from iraq and afghanistan, -- there has to be accountability. they ought to be bound by the same laws that you and i and everybody else are bound by. this explicit jurisdiction will protect americans. we have to ensure criminal accountability to improve our national security. and then our allies have to work with us. and more over, the talented men and women we need to advance our national security efforts, step forward and serve if we stamp out the lawless atmosphere in iraq and afghanis

in september 2007 blackwater security contractors working for the state department shot more than 20 unarmed civilians in the streets of baghdad, killing at least 14 of them. cause the obvious rift in our relations with iraqi government. and efforts to prosecute those responsible, were difficult. our ability to hold those wrongdoers was made out. and jurisdiction of these defense have include. fbi could've been on the scene immediately which could have helped solve the case. other instances show this blog were? was not an isolated incident. private security contractors have been involved in violent incidents, serious misconduct in iraq and afghanistan, including other shooting incidents where civilians have been seriously injured or killed. these cases have not been prosecution. in the last congress the senate judiciary committee heard testimony from jamie leigh jones, a young woman from texas who took a job with halliburton in iraq in 2005 when she was 20 years old. in her first week on the job she was drugged and then she was gang raped by coworkers. when she reported this, she was

it for us. [ music ] >> reporter: married with a toddler and a baby on the way jacob and amelia blackwater are underwater. >> i don't know what we are going to do at all. >> reporter: they owe 40,000 more than the home is worth and struggling with the moral decision keep making payments or walk away. >> that's our main conversation, what are we going to do? >> reporter: if you are thinking about walking away from your house or doing a foreclosure or a short sale now is the time to do it. but everyone should be looking at the value of their home. if you have a home that is 50% underwater or 70% underwater it will never, ever, ever come back. >> reporter: because if you like your house and only 20 to 10% underwater keep making your payments and ride it out. >> do the calculations, everyone. how much is it costing you to actually stay in that house? how many years will it take you to pay more than what that house is currently worth? if it's three years, four years, five years, are you kidding me? that's a house where you really, then, to say bye bye. >> reporter: say your house is now worth $

he is now, he may be dealing a death blow to the block coble -- will blackwater. >> they were supposedt took 20 years. >> exactly. it is only temporary. is temporary now for the next few days until they get all the balance -- ballots counted in and made official. .. especially if they try to make their way to 155 they had to do that by gaining seats in ontario it that they've done. all of the debt the expense of the liberals. let's show you how it's turned out so far in the ontario this is a picture they are going to be very happy with. the have picked up 16 seats at this point. this is leading or elected and the vote share has gone up 5%. so has that translated into dividends for the party so let's show you where some of that strength is taking place will surprisingly the party has actively pushed hard to get the ec that he's in the lead but it's a three-way race and he's actually in third. he's the incumbent and he has won this many times but from the ndp felt they ran a strong candidate so it is a race the conservatives opening up the lead. now we see it's about 1400, hard to come o

they have now hired blackwater with a new name -- guest: she is right. there is a great deal of anger against their own rulers in the muslimorld. for example, the taliban in pakistan were kilng pakistanis constantly. they just blew up some pakistanis and they said they were trying to attack the u.s. consulate. our number one enemy is pakistan, not the united states. this battle is a battle that we have to watch. there are thousands and thousands of those who have given their lives during this fight in the muslim world. they have to emerge and restore a sense of balance, a sense of destiny and identity to is the muslim world. host: as far as moslems and palestinians are concerned, do you see the notion of another negotiator? guest: i hope not. i hope the administration thinks very carefully about what its strategy is going to be. without a strategy, it seems dubious that words in a speech are going to lead to much. we face a prlem here, and i do not know how to resolve it. i tried to provide advice to half a dozen secretaries of state to do that. the gaps

they have now hired blackwater with a new name -- guest: she is right. is a great deal of anger against their own rulers in the muslim world. for example, the taliban in pakistan were killing pakistanis constantly. they just blew up some pakistanis and they said they were trying to attack the u.s. consulate. our number one enemy is pakistan, not the united states. this battle is a battle that we have to watch. there are thousands and thousands of those who have given their lives during this fight in the muslim world. they have to emerge and restore a sense of balance, a sense of destiny and identity to is the muslim world. host: as far as moslems and palestinians are concerned, do you see the notion of another negotiator? guest: i hope not. i hope the administration thinks very carefully about what its strategy is going to be. without a strategy, it seems dubious that words in a speech are going to lead to much. we face a problem here, and i do not know how to resolve it. i tried to provide advice to half a dozen secretaries of state to do that. the gaps

we have black nose this water going to saudi arabia and trying to -- we have blackwater going to saudibia and tried to train people over there. when the public disagrees with the way our money is spent, it is like what the saudis do with their oil money. host: ohio, catherine on the line for democrats. caller: good morning. and two comments. in the southwest state of ohio, we have bridget's and infrastructure falling apart and we do not have enough money to fix them. because of wars we have never funded, that's why we're in the position we're in. secondly, i would like to know -- are you a double dipper? are you receiving a pension? are you also on social security? that's why american taxpayers are told that we cannot have our social security that we pay for. host: to the first part, the current infrastructure. guest: in terms of the responsibilities of my former office, the department of homeland security, we factor in security risk. we do not factor in environmental and wear and tear and operational aging. for example, the transportation infrastructure -- my job was to work with the

we ascending -- we are sending blackwater to saudi arabia, and dealing with people who we say they aremies, and we have wall street sitting here stealing from the american people. you're supposed to protect ourselves from foreign and domestic terrorism. what about corporate espionage or corporate terrorism? basically, if this is what is going on, this is what the government is doing. host: the debate continues today. they voted to proceed to debate yesterday and on, what will you be watching for on the senate floor today? guest: it will be interesting to see on the amendments, will senator paul or leahy introduce their amendments? , the votes might it get? if it were to be adopted, it is would complicate matters? senator feinstein says she expects clean reauthorization to come out of the senate and it would be taken up in the house. host: final vote in the senate? guest: 30 hours of a cloture debate, so it could be as soon as midnight tonight or tomorrow. the house approves consideration of a role in taking up the measure by the same date. by thursday, given that the expiration is the

they have now hired blackwater with a new name -- guest: she is right. there is a great deal of anger against their own rulers in the muslim world. for example, the taliban in pastan were killing pakistanis constantly. they just blew up some pakistanis and they said they were trying to attack the u.s. consulate. our number one enemy is pakistan, not the united states. this battle is a battle that we have to watch. there are thousands and thousands of those who have given their lives during this fight in the muslim world. they have to emerge and restore a sense of balance, a sense of destiny and identity to is the muslim world. host: as far as moslems and palestinians are concerned, do you see the notion of another negotiator? guest: i hope not. i hope the administration thinks very carefully about what its strategy is going to be. without a strategy, it seems dubious that words in a speech are going to lead to much. we face a problem here, and i do not know how to resolve it. i tried to provide advice to half a dozen secretaries of state to do that. the