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Originally posted by Not Me
Where are you getting your information? From what I can tell, many if not most of these security firms are employing former navy seals and other former special forces. Not exactly guys who are working in factories stateside. Anyhow, unless they live in China, I doubt they work in a factory. Last I checked, there wern't too many factory jobs left in the US.
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Unfortunately, demand is outpacing supply right now. While many of these companies were founded by SEALs/Special Ops guys, the recent spike in demand has required them to spread their nets a bit wider. According to a story on Marketplace (I think), these firms have had to hire lots of former South African, Eastern European, and Chilean soldiers. I think that they've exhausted their inventory of Demis and Viggos.
So what's the problem with that? A few of the South Africans turned out to have been confessed war criminals who had been involved in massacres and assasinations of anti-apartheid activists (and, yes, some of the victims were probably ANC). The SA Truth and Reconciliation Commission apparently has a website which lists the names of those who confessed to such stuff in testimony, and some reporters have matched the name of a wounded contractor to their list.
I think that it's fair to assume that the companies (and the US gov't, which hired the companies) would prefer not to have such people in service. The lack of any accountability for bad acts by these contractors makes this a special concern.
