CIA Gave Blackwater Millions in Secret Payments

For some sort of unspecified, probably highly illegal, shit that may be part of Cheney’s “Program X.”  The New York Times certainly wants you to think it was part of Cheney’s secret program.  The hiring of mercenaries was definitely both secret and improper, and put the Bush administration in a compromised position as Blackwater racked up civilian death after civilian death, including outright murders.  If they had been prosecuted, Cheney’s program would have been exposed.