Mercenaries "deployed" to Ferguson. Seriously... WTF.

[TalkingDog]

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/08/breaking-special-ops-contractors-former-navy-seals-deploying-to-ferguson/

"When responding via Twitter to a request for information, a spokesperson said “we cannot professionally hand out that information, regardless of client or location. We put a security team of former SOF personnel into the STL area at the request of a client.”



https://twitter.com/AsymmetricUSA

[underpants]

1. The Gateway Pundit. Seriously .... WTF

[TalkingDog]

6. Which makes the Twitter feed incorrect in what way? (which is why I included it)

Are you going to hit and run snipe or do you care to address the core issue?

[underpants]

7. No it doesn't. Gateway appears to be one of the conduits

To get the Ferguson PD / Wilson talking points out for the media to dutifully report. I would not be surprised if there is a direct link between Gateway (and others) and the PR firm the Ferguson PD hired a few days ago.

[TalkingDog]

11. Word salad is not a response. I'll ask again...simply: Is the Twitter feed fake or inaccurate?

I get that they are probably pushing propaganda. But shouldn't provocative or intimidating bullshit be exposed to the light of day as provocative or intimidating bullshit?

[underpants]

12. My response was clear

It wasn't word salad.

The twitter is probably accurate but we don't what size of an operation it is, if they using this merely for their own marketing reasons, or if it is part of a PR operation. We do know that it is from a junk site - gatewaypundit

[TalkingDog]

13. On that we can agree.

Except a junk site does not invalidate the reality of the Twitter feed. But I will grant you, they don't appear to be the brightest bulbs in the box.

[catnhatnh]

16. I'll take a shot...

...it is inaccurate where it attempts to spell "Peshawar" and also "Ferguson".

[AnalystInParadise]

22. Yeah......about that

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/peshwar/

Been to Kunar and Nuristan Province in Afghanistan more than once and the U.S. military spells it Peshwar on many occasions also

Edit: Kunar and Nuristan are on the border with Pakistan so we hear a lot about Peshwar.

[GoCubsGo]

2. "furgeson"?

Oy.

[valerief]

3. A Blackwater by any other name is still a Blackwater. nt

[libodem]

4. WTF

Where is the NRA to defend these black Americans against the police state the 2nd amendment gives us protection from?

. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/19/why-isn-t-the-nra-defending-ferguson-s-blacks.html

[951-Riverside]

5. Looks like these private contractor firms have been in Ferguson for quite a long time

Uploaded Sep 10, 2012, Recorded August 25, 2012. Ferguson, MO:

I have no doubt they would love to scoop up contracts and deploy on this town.

Makes you wonder about why the police is trying to provoke a violent reaction every night.

[pinboy3niner]

8. I wonder if they'll be guarding Darren Wilson

Or, as someone suggested in another thread, providing supplemental security for AG Holder's visit.

[VanGoghRocks]

14. I hope they have better GPS skills than the 4 Blackwater Mercs who took a wrong turn

at Fallujah in April 2004. OTOH . . .

[linuxman]

20. Stay classy.

[ManiacJoe]

9. If you have the money,

armed security guards can be a good thing.

I would love to know what the billing rate is.

[JEB]

10. Somebody has way too big of a budget.

Cut the cop budget by 90% and spend the savings on our Public schools.

[gldstwmn]

15. Are they guarding the cop?

Did he testify before the grand jury today? Otherwise why are they there?

[ManiacJoe]

19. Guarding the businesses that are getting looted.

[gldstwmn]

21. Ah. Thank you. That makes sense. n/t

[Paper Roses]

17. Good grief, what next? I am disgusted! n/t

[chrisa]

18. Fake