since the disaster that struck blackwater — and you've pulled out of blackwater in 2010 — you have worked army for their uae, then you've moved into business in china and africa. you now get very well paid by the chinese to offer security to some of their biggest businesses, mines and extraction industries inside africa. you said this recently, you said, "this is not a patriotic endeavour of ours, we are here to build a great business and make money doing it." that is what you are all about, isn't it? for a public company that is absolutely what the responsibility, the fiduciary responsibility is... you are going into the great detail of how you think this could be a boom for security in afghanistan. in the end, that is irrelevant to you and your perspective. you, as you said quite frankly, "this is not a patriotic endeavour, we are here to build a great business and make money." you know, stephen, ifunded a loya jirga in 1998 already. a loya jirga is a peace conference. we were trying to get king zahir shar to return from rome, to go back to afghanistan and to make peace — so i have been

people, i think, will associate your name was blackwater and the disaster that struck your company inour personnel were involved in the killing of 14 your personnel were involved in the killing 01:14 iraqi civilians in baghdad. and yet, he worry decade later, making the case to privatise one key element of america's military deployment in afghanistan. how come? i think about that event almost every day. it was 11 years ago on sunday. september 16, 2007. to define the whole company by one day's bad events is probably not fair. they did over 100,000 missions, protective missions to the us government with no—one under their care killed or injured. that said, as america now rolls over 17 yea rs said, as america now rolls over 17 years at war in afghanistan, with over $1 trillion spent, 21100 dead, thousands more wounded and tens of thousands more wounded and tens of thousands of afghans dead, we are still spending, as the country, this year, $62 billion more than the entire uk defence budget. i think it is time, the bbc itself did an exhaustive study .gov afghanistan that shows the govern

a second murder trial of a former blackwater security guard has been ruled a mistrial because slaton is one of four guards employed by the u.s. security firm who was accused of opening fire on a bustling square in iraq killing fourteen civilians let's go to patty cohan in washington d.c. so betty what more can you tell us about this case. well i'm sure we all remember that incident brought widespread criticism of the u.s. military's use of private contractors in iraq it was happening in a baghdad square blackwater convoy protecting state department diplomats come up stop cars they meet search shooting in the end thirty one people were either killed or injured so this happened in two thousand and seven it's been eleven years so how did we get here well nicholas latin was found guilty of first degree more murder he was spending the rest of his life in prison his attorneys appealed in the said he basically should have been tried with his other blackwater guards because there was as did viewed about whether he fired the first shots and that's why he was facing the most serious charges hi

in washingtoton, d.c., a federal court jury deadlocked thursday over whether to convict former blackwater contractor nicholas slatten on murder charges for his role in the 2007 nisoor square massacre in central baghdad, where contractors for ---- where blackwater r contracs killed 17 civilians after opening fire with machine guns and grenades on a crowded public square. the attack has been called the "my lai massacre of iraq." in 2014, slatten was convicted on murder charges over the massacre and sentenced to life in prison. but an appeals court voided thtt conviction and ordered a new trial for slatten, which ended in thursday'y's huhung jury. in cincinnati, ohio, a gunman opened fire at a downtown bank thursday, killing three people and injuring two others before he was shot and killed by police. cincinnati police chief eliot isaac said gunman fired more than a dozen shots from a legally purchased 9 millimeter semi-automatic pistol. in a statement, cincinnati mayor john cranley said -- "random mass shootings, which plague our nation, are not normal and we as a country can't allow them t

in washington, d.c., a blackwater contractor will stand trial for the third time on charges of first-degree murder for the third time for his role in the 2007 nisoor square massacre in central baghdad, where blackwater contractors killed 17 civilians after opening fire with machine guns and grenades on a crowded public space. the attack has been n called the "my lai massacre of iraq." in 2014, nick slatten was convicted on murder charges over the massacre and sentenced to life in prison, but an appeals court later voided that conviction. in addition to throwing out the murder conviviction, the p panel also overtrturn t the 30 terms n to thehe other defendants saying the sentences violated the constitution's prohibition on cruel and d unusual punishment. slatten's second trial ended in a hung jury two weeks ago. president trump has threatened to impose a new round of tariffs on $200 0 billion on chinesese products, ranging from refrigigerators to apple watche. the threat of the 10% tariffs have alarmed wall street executives, including the heads of goldman sachs, morgan stanley, the blacksto

the second murder trial of a former blackwater security guard has been ruled a mistrial nicholas slaton is one of four men working for the u.s. security firm accused of opening fire on a bustling square in iraq in two thousand and seven killing fourteen civilians slaton was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in twenty fourteen the u.s. first yemen talks in two years have been delayed by twenty four hours a day on their start on friday a previous attempt to strike a deal between rebels and the internationally recognized government collapsed the un special envoy for yemen martin griffiths says he is trying to get the two sides to trust each other. building confidence between the parties so they can address this use together resolve issues through compromise concessions and. trust in each other confidence building measures the design partly to help build this trust through reman from them partly to actually deliver some benefits to the people of yemen and partly to send a signal to the international community. that something is happening. gammon like many of t

zero the second murder trial of a former blackwater security guard has been ruled as a mistrial nicholas slaton is one of four men working for the u.s. security firm accused of opening fire on a bustling square in iraq in two thousand and seven killing fourteen civilians slaton was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in twenty four. an emirates plane has been quarantined in new york after several passengers became ill aboard that flight from dubai the flight landed in j.f.k. airport on wednesday morning with the passengers receiving medical attention victoria gate and be reports. the emirates plane had five hundred twenty one passengers on board during the footie now flight from dubai to new york the u.s. sent to the disease control says as many as one hundred people reported feeling sick very very deep intense caused by and let me say i'm going to pass here and i. simply missing this helipad here and like you have to get on a plane and keep her for so intensely sick and nobody checking each question is a spokesman for new york's mass says the flight stopped

. >> there is a way on blackwater road. >> i think his name was early. >> there are three that take place, one is a musical put on at grand central station. >> one more question. >> we were talking about historical fiction. what is the alternative? >> literary fiction, general fiction. i think i feel historical fiction is a ghetto that women are shoved into for marketing reasons and seen as lesser than, nobody writing historical fiction wins a national book award. and exception, she is phenomenal. she doesn't write historical fiction. there are many conversations to be had but for marketing purposes, others put in different categories, i stopped writing books that took place in the past, i didn't know what was going on and all of a sudden i am in a silo. >> it literally says historical fiction on the book, not always but a lot of it benefits itself. >> where is the place in the bookstore or the library? and who takes it seriously, how reviewers react. >> literary fiction is highbrow. >> this is opening up a much larger conversation. i have to table this one for dinner. some riproaring app

a lot of things that are not banks, things like blackwater and blackstone.o warren buffett what a things like berkshire need more regulation -- about whether things like berkshire need more regulation. >> we need more regulation. we need some kind. there is no question about that. david: if the traditional banks were a large part of the last crisis, are the nonbanks going to be a part of the next crisis? larry: there is a real risk of that. the so-called shadow banking system where lending takes place not through banks carries with it real risk and i am not sure around thoseands risks. i think we have a system that has continuing vulnerabilities. david: there is a nonbank risk. how much risk is left with traditional banks? the -- what is comically absurd about the stress tests as they are being applied today? larry: the fed concludes each year that this year being typical, that they take some scenario where house prices fall by substantially more than 2008. in a plum and rickets up near 2% and then they run them through some model and they say that all the b

the "washington post" says a mistrial was declared in the case of a blackwater security guard charged. this was a major blow. nicholas slatten's trial ended in a hung jury yesterday. he was charged 11 years ago. the incident called for the u.s. to end private military performance. >>> "the new york times" finds that statins do not allow people to live longer. the only benefit was those with diabetes from ages 75 to 84. we spoke with our medical contributor dr. tara narula. she said everyone should talk with a doctor before taking statins, especially oh the age of 79. >>> rookie linebacker shaquem griffin will play. he had one hand amputated because of a birth defect. dana jacobson talked with griffin in april about making history. >> people make history all the time every single day. it comings in different weights and shapes and forms. i'm not going the say, because you have one hand, i don't see how you can do it. so you don't put limb taegss on somebody else. >> i love him. griffin will be alongside his twin brother shaquille will plays for the seahawks. >>> ahead, we'll hear from

watch the increase in the popularity and the contracts going to private military contract like blackwater and other ones like that i thought the next step in this process is going to be outsourcing intelligence gathering. maybe analysis and direct action assignments where it allows us government to plausible deniability. i thought that the next big thing coming and i got introduced to someone who is retired from the cia, a man named duane claridge, dewey claridge. dewey had -- i dedicated last summer spoke to dewey who just passed away and we had something that he was doing where he was outsourcing intelligence gathering and multiple different ways, whether atmospherics on the ground in afghanistan to help inform the dod about how to do force protection to keep the troops safe, he wasn't it interesting, fascinating guy and i based horvath's boss on dewey claridge. >> host: do cia intelligence operatives have the unlimited funds that scott horvath -- >> guest: no, unfortunately. [laughter] there was a great book written, nonfiction, that was called the human factor and it was written by a

watch and the in the popularity and the contracts going to private military contracting firms like blackwater and other once like that i thought okay, the next step in this process is going to be outsourcing intelligence gathering and maybe even analysis and maybe even some direct action, assignments were it allows the government to have plausible deniability. i thought this is the next big thing coming and they get introduced to somebody was retired from the cia. a man named duane, do we. i dedicated last summers book to him for just passed away sadly and he had something that he was doing what he was outsourcing intelligence gathering in multiple different ways. whether was gathering in the ground in a a consent to and fm the duty about how to do force protection, keep the troops safe. he was an interesting fascinating kite and i based scot harvath boss on dewey. >> host: do cia intelligence operatives have the unlimited funds that scot harvath has? >> guest: no. they don't. unfortunately. there was a great book written nonfiction that was called the human factor and was written by cia oper