[mac117]

OK....let me clarify my comment....DoS, DSS, and the rest of the Government have turned a blind eye to the conduct and activities of IC's since they set foot in Iraq, BW included. Although alot of the IC's are professional in their duties, a large number of them are nothing more than gun-slingers with inadequate training, turned loose in a lawless environment. Carte blanc, so to speak. Finally the people stood up and demanded retribution for a criminal act, an act that had been brewing since the hangings on the bridge. Do you think the DoS, DSS, and the American Government is going to accept the responsibility for this incident? Hardly. Therefore lies the scapegoat. You have to read and understand the fine print when you sign on as an IC....if you step on your crank, you're on your on. BW had been conducting business like the Regulators of the old West. Now, 4 years later, there is over-sight. That explains the decrease in shooting incidents.
I don't condone any criminal act committed in combat (which is almost an oxymoron) and I certainly don't condone merc's being allowed to run free.....although the money is good if you can get the work.
You don't have to like what I say, and you certainly don't have to agree with me....

As Forest Gump would say...."That's all I'm going to say about that!"