New America Fellow Janine Wedel was quoted by WBAI-FM New York City Radio on the Blackwater quagmire in Iraq. Ms. Wedel's WBAI interview follows her op-ed titled “The Shadow Army,” appearing in Boston Globe on September 30, 2007, where she argues against the privatization of military and intelligence forces.

"One of the major problems is that, while military contracting is increasing, the number of Defense department people that are available to oversee contractors has declined."

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