Blackwater:
http://www.cbs8.com/features/special_assignment/story.php?id=94023
Al Jazeera In Potrero Covering Blackwater Training
Last Updated:
06-20-07 at 7:11PM
Blackwater USA is trying to bring a training camp for its private security forces to Potrero, and now a crew from Al Jazeera’s English-language TV station has shown up at the site.
Former American network news correspondent Rob Reynolds greeted a News 8 camera as he interviewed a Potrero resident for his new boss — the 24-hour Al Jazeera English TV channel, which launched last fall. The Washington-based reporter was in town to do a story on the controversial proposed Blackwater military training project, which would be built on a vacant 800-acre chicken ranch.
Once the three-person unit spotted our camera while they chatted with Blackwater opponent Steve Kowit, they quickly moved out of sight. Minutes after packing up their SUV, they left town after spending just three hours in the area.
“They understood that you guys wanted them to be the news story,” Kowit said.
Kowit, who says the Blackwater project promotes fire danger and is environmentally disruptive, felt the crew was fair.
“They asked me absolutely appropriate questions, they were professionals like you are, and I suspect nothing will be slanted,” Kowit said.
Gordon Hammers is the chairman of the Potrero Community Planning Group. He says he spoke to the Al Jazeera crew about how Blackwater would help revitalize the local economy. In the back of his mind, however, he had lingering questions about the objective of their visit.
“What are you doing here in the first place,” Hammers said. “This is a local land use issue. You really have no business putting this into international politics.”
It was unclear when a story about Blackwater would air on Al Jazeera. The news crew refused to speak with News 8.
A major Republican campaign contributor, he interned in the White House of President George H.W. Bush and campaigned for Pat Buchanan in 1992, finding time to intern for arch-conservative congressman Dana Rohrabacher as well. Prince founded the mercenary firm Blackwater USA in 1997 with Gary Jackson, another former Navy SEAL
Blackwater USA is the most comprehensive professional military, law enforcement, security, peacekeeping, and stability operations company in the world.
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Perhaps you would rather have mosques and Al Queda training camps built rather than training facilities for those who would fight against them and protect American personnel and interests?
Border bump!
http://kepler.ss.ca.gov/corpdata/ShowAllList?QueryCorpNumber=C2596521
WIND ZERO RANGES, INC.
Number: C2596521 Date Filed: 8/7/2006 Status: active
Jurisdiction: California
Address 7345 MISSION GORGE RD STE K SAN DIEGO, CA 92120
Agent for Service of Process
BRANDON WEBB
When I googled the above address (SuiteK), I found it shares an address with something called isecorp.com, pushing hybrid buses and such and has Arnie and his fuel-cells on the front webpage. With the use of transportation bond funds, the state is committed to modifying/replacing many government buses and other vehicles.
http://www.isecorp.com/
It also shares an address with a group called SOFCoast, which said it is “Owned by SOF - For SOF”. Soldier of Fortune?
http://www.sofcoast.com/
An advertisement for Sofcoast says they are experienced in “Uav & Special Technologies Consulting.” Is this one of the scam companies that will be bringing us the “virtual fence” for just a few billion dollars of your taxpayer’s money? Sofcoast was apparently founded by a Johnathan Surmount, an ex-Navy Special Warfare guy. Along with his resume, the link below says the following: “SOFCOAST Group, LLC exists to serve as a guide in helping Industry and Government successfully manage radical change. We provide multi-dimensional, effects based approaches to non-linear problems. Spanning traditional “legacy” concerns to nontraditional concerns, SOFCOAST assesses that the concerns of today’s tactical user community are severely misunderstood by many in industry and government.”
http://www.linkedin.com/in/giftzinger
What does all this mean? I have no idea!
Johnny Sutton will be on Sean’s show.
http://www.wabcradio.com
The thread in case you want to post questions or links.
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=1861324%2C77
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