State Department Struggles To Oversee Private Army« Thread Started on Oct 22, 2007, 9:36am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------State Department Struggles To Oversee Private Army read at source> http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W9RH0 ... 406DF40The State Department Turned to Contractors Such as Blackwater Amid a Fight With the Pentagon Over Personal Security in Iraq (By Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post)