Blackwater, as part of the State Department's Worldwide Personal Protective Service, is protecting Barack Obama on his current trip to Afghanistan according to Jeremy Scahill, speaking today at the Gitmo panel at Netroots Nation. Jeremy was vehement in a way I haven't heard him before in exhorting us to let Obama know what we think about his attitude towards these contractors. He's pressing on us to make our voices heard now, when Obama most needs us--before the election, not after.
Update:AllisonInSeattle said it just as I stopped myself from climbing into bed to come back and say it myself. It is NOT a good thing to have OUR candidate being protected by right wing Bush-supported forces! Think about it.
Update 2: I can see that many of us don't know about Blackwater and who they really are. Maybe some Blackwater 101 diaries are in order.
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