1.0WAMUhttps://wamu.orgadminhttps://wamu.org/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hQoAx4YHaG"><a href="https://wamu.org/story/13/11/24/were_blackwaters_civilian_warriors_unfairly_maligned/">Were Blackwater’s ‘Civilian Warriors’ Unfairly Maligned?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://wamu.org/story/13/11/24/were_blackwaters_civilian_warriors_unfairly_maligned/embed/#?secret=hQoAx4YHaG" width="600" height="338" title="“Were Blackwater’s ‘Civilian Warriors’ Unfairly Maligned?” — WAMU" data-secret="hQoAx4YHaG" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Erik Prince, a military contractor during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, says the Blackwater firm was unjustly pegged as the face of military evil. Prince joins host Rachel Martin to talk about his new book, Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror.https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/wamu-default-og-image.png1200630