[Lancey Howard]

Why not to the Mafia, which would have had more experience with that kind of stuff?

No they wouldn't.
Using firms like Blackwater for "sensitive" missions against the enemy is good strategery. Problems only arise when America-hating scumbags like Holder and the Demorats decide to go after intelligence agencies because going straight after the military is too politically risky for those cowards.

[af_vet_rr]

Using firms like Blackwater for "sensitive" missions against the enemy is good strategery.

It may sound good if you don't look too deeply, but Blackwater/XE has plenty of contracts with other governments. It's very dangerous and very risky as far as national security to rely on a company such as Blackwater/XE for something this sensitive when they are also under the employment of other countries. Their loyalty is to money, not to the United States. Anybody who thinks otherwise has never been around these people or doesn't understand just what a mercenary/PMC is.