Monsanto Turns To Blackwater For Increased Security, Intelligence And ‘Infiltrate Activist Groups’

[G_j]

reposting, as a reminder of how private contractors are employed to work against the public interest. Why on earth would any citizen trust private contractors to respect democratic principles and individual rights?

http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/monsanto-turns-to-blackwater-for-increased-security-intelligence-and-infiltrate-activist-groups-23474/

Monsanto, a biotechnology farming development company, has hired the private security firm Academi, formerly known as Blackwater, to perform security work and gather intelligence amid growing public opposition to genetically modified foods, or GMOs, according to documents obtained by The Nation.

One of the most incendiary details in the documents is that Blackwater, through Total Intelligence, sought to become the “intel arm” of Monsanto, offering to provide operatives to infiltrate activist groups organizing against the multinational biotech firm.

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[Ichingcarpenter]

1. I thought they owned it

bought it a few years ago.

Don't have time to chek but I think its true.

[bunnies]

3. Im pretty sure this has been the case for years.

At least since 2010. But no, Monsanto isnt evil. Not at all.

[xchrom]

4. du rec.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Wow...a corporation... hiring mercenaries... to spy on citizens..

kinda makes the gov't obsolete, doesn't it?

[timdog44]

13. I have mentioned

this in some of my other posts. Of course it wrong for our rights to be infringed. But surveillance by big shit like this only serve to prevent good things from happening for our people. Green energy is thwarted. So is good,clean food, prescription meds that truly work without side effects, and good health care. Our rights are being sneakily taken from us in this manner that is just as bad as the infringement of our constitutional rights.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

18. Or, they could just buy the information from the NSA.

[cliffordu]

20. Or one of the blackwater dudes can just call his buddy at the

subcontractor the NSA is using.

Easy Peasy.

[WovenGems]

26. You stated the goal

If a corporation is attempting to corner the food market then that isn't their goal it is simply a step on the road to total control. And given Nestle has already stated that water should be a commodity BlackWater has to think they have been handed a hot potato. For doubts about the food grows daily.

[hamster]

6. Why does Monsanto need Blackwater

when the current administration is already protecting them?

[Poll_Blind]

7. I'm calling it: Genetically-modified super mercenaries in the next 20 years. nt

PB

[siligut]

15. The scifi fan in me is fascinated with this idea

The most recent Bourne movie had the lovely and brilliant female scientist virally inserting genetic material into Bourne to keep him extra smart and fast without drugs.

My bet is that you are right, but step up your time table.

[cynzke]

23. Wouldn't Work...

with mercenaries. Need to be dumb, just take orders.

[siligut]

25. That is where mind control comes in

Mercenaries aren't necessarily dumb, just lacking in morality. Or in the case of the "Christian" white supremacists, they believe they answer to a higher authority.

[dixiegrrrrl]

28. So how many years after that will it take for the average citizen

to become immune to them.

[MynameisBlarney]

8. GODDAMMIT!

Monsanto needs to be forced into non-existence.

[Civilization2]

10. the fascism is getting rather thick,.

for-profit military contractors work for their own interests alone,. not the people. This racket needs to be outlawed by the people.

[MattBaggins]

14. Call them what they are... mercenaries

[felix_numinous]

11. How on Earth are we going to

overcome the MIC? We play by the rules, vote, petition, demonstrate peacefully and these thugs are hired to defend the corporations.

[CanonRay]

12. Nothing like good ole Mussolini Facism

Monsanto, a state with the state

[Zorra]

16. Mussolini: "Fascism...is the merger of state and corporate power".

FDR: "The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."

Occupy: "The only solution is world revolution."

[tblue]

17. Yup. And even people on this site

defend the govt spying on us, not realizing that it absolutely will be used for nefarious purposes despite what any politician tells us or tells him/herself. That is the nature of this data collecting beast. It doesn't take a whole lot of imagination to know who the PTB considers the real enemy.

[ReRe]

32. Thank you Zorra for inserting these quotes...

I think the liberty of this democracy has been slowly hypnotized out of us and now it feels like there's a noose around our necks, and every day it gets a little tighter.

[nineteen50]

19. These huge corporations have become

their own government answerable to no-one and backed by bailouts, subsidies, the supreme court and now government contract created mercenaries and spies. Privatization turned loose.

[Catherina]

27. +1000000 n/t

[Rex]

21. How does Blackwater still exist?

So, as a company, all you have to do is change your name and you are scott free on any nefarious charge brought against you? I guess crime really does pay!

[HiPointDem]

29. +1

[dixiegrrrrl]

30. Prince stepped down and sold Blackwater/Ze

to another company which changed the name again.
He may or may not be part of that other company.

[Rex]

31. It makes me sick that they got away with murder in Iraq.

And the changing of names...just imagine if a serial killer changed his name and used that as his defense!

"But yer honor...I have a different name now, so therefore cannot be held responsible for what I did under my prior name."

Corporations really are more important than we The People.

It is pathetic and makes America suck.

[Peregrine Took]

22. But who cares (say the lib'ruls) we all go on Facebook!!

So we don't give a damn about privacy!!

[2naSalit]

24. Pure hearsay at the moment but...

I was told by a knowledgeable person quite recently...
that not only is the EU really pissed off at Monsanto but so is Russia. What I heard is that Putin warned the prez about his protecting that corporate entity could lead to hostilities we really don't want to see. This was not too terribly long ago, like in the past month.

That's all I can say about it but take heed... we, in this country, aren't the only ones seeking to thwart those who want to control the entire human population of the world through manipulation of the food supply. There has to be a way to starve this beast, and we'd better figure that out and implement it asap or we lose.

[duhneece]

33. I can't think of a more destructive 'couple'

Blackwater & Monsanto. Worse than Cheney & Halliburton (one is a mere man, as powerful & evil as that one man is/was).

It is horrible to consider the destructiveness, the absolute lack of care, compassion or concern for the environment and 99.9% of the world of these two corporations (or evil empires if I'm feeling a bit dramatic).

[arikara]

34. They always did have goons

and they always did get away with it. I guess they just have worse goons now.

[glinda]

35. K&R n/t