A Senate investigation accuses the Army of turning a blind eye when a Blackwater subsidiary hired violent drug users to help train the Afghan army and declared “sidearms for everyone” even though employees weren't authorized to carry weapons. The inquiry by the Senate Armed Services Committee found that contractors for Paravant, the Blackwater subsidiary under investigation, also took hundreds of weapons intended for the Afghan National Police. On at least one occasion, someone signing for a weapons shipment used the name “Eric Cartman.” The Washington Independent http://washingtonindependent.com/77476/blackwater-the-senate-and-south-park added by: atomiclegion
