USMC03
But If you go back to the original article. It says that Black water wasn't just protecting static sites they were hired to do, but active foot and car patrols on NO streets, not in the vicinity of the FEMA areas they were supposed to be protecting.
I can accept the fact they might have limited powers in the areas they were hired to protect, many security companies do. But I didnt see anything that remotely permitted to do foot and vehicles patrols on the city Streets as stipulated in the Article. Thats seems like a VAST enlargement of their mandate.
Secondly, if what you say is true they wouldn't they have deputized everybody in BW. That isn't what the artricle is saying. It is saying that only some were Deputized and some weren't. And it also says that some were deputized directly by the Govornor and others by the DHS.
My problem with the story is that their isn't one statement from the Blackwater side of the argument that remains constant. In other words the story is told a couple of different ways. They cannot all be right.
I have no doubt that they got a contract from DHS, I knew about that way before bd showed up. The devil is in the details. To me, The DHS contract doesnt accurately explain what their role really was.
For example. If I am walking down Bourbonne Street (a Public Street) and a BW patrol attempts to stop/detain me for (whatever) reason, do they have the legal justification to so without actual deputization from the govornor. That is the heart of my question.
Can you shed any light?