jeremy scahill at Brave New Filmshttp://bravenewfilms.org/topics/jeremy-scahill2008-10-13T14:52:49ZMeet the Bloggers: Marcy Wheeler's Plan End War Profiteeringhttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56929-meet-the-bloggers-marcy-wheeler-s-plan-end-war-profiteering2008-10-13T14:52:49Zmeetthebloggers
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<p>On <em>Meet the Bloggers</em>, Empty Wheel blogger Marcy Wheeler spoke about turning war profiteering into a cultural issue that the press pays attention to.<br /><br /><em>Meet the Bloggers</em> airs Fridays at 1pm ET/10am PT. Catch all the episodes on <a href="http://meetthebloggers.org/">http://meetthebloggers.org/</a></p>
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John Cusack Takes on War Profiteers Friday on Meet the Bloggers (1pm ET/10am PT)http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56543-john-cusack-takes-on-war-profiteers-friday-on-meet-the-bloggers-1pm-et-10am-pt2008-10-13T14:52:49Zmeetthebloggers
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<p><p>Celebrated Actor and filmmaker John Cusack will be our special guest this Friday to discuss an issue neither presidential candidate is talking about: war profiteering. <em><a href="http://www.myspace.com/johncusack">War, Inc.</a>,</em> Cusack's latest film which he starred in and co-wrote with Jeremy Pikser and Mark Leyner, satirized the outsourcing of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Cusack will discuss his thoughts on the war and his influences for the film, including the works of Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill. </p><p>Joining Cusack will be bloggers Marcy Wheeler (<a href="http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/">Empty Wheel</a>) and Liliana Segura (<a href="http://www.alternet.org/">AlterNet</a>), and this week, we have a special announcement. Since <a href="http://meetthebloggers.org/"><em>Meet the Bloggers</em></a> will be pre-taped, these bloggers will take part in the live blog discussion. </p><p>So check out some of the material below, and join us for a live conversation with bloggers Wheeler and Segura Friday at 1pm ET/10 am PT on <em><a href="http://meetthebloggers.org/"><em>Meet the Bloggers</em></a>.</em> </p><ul><li><a href="../../blog/42358-why-we-write">Why We Write</a> - Jeremy Pikser, Mark Leyner & John Cusack, Brave New Films<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/85726/john_cusack%3A_outsourced_warfare_represents_a_%22radical%2C_dangerous%2C_disgusting_ideology%22/">John Cusack: Outsourced Warfare Represents a "Radical, Dangerous, Disgusting Ideology"</a> - Joshua Holland, AlterNet</li><li><a href="../../blog/38173-john-cusack-s-3-trillion-shopping-spree">John Cusack's $3 Trillion Shopping Spree</a> - John Cusack, Brave New Films</li><li><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/87235/the_war_in_iraq_is_pure_murder/">The War in Iraq Is Pure Murder</a> - Chris Hedges, Tomdispatch.com</li><li><a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080804/scahill">Blackwater's Not Going Anywhere</a> - Jeremy Scahill, The Nation</li><li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/25/huffpost-video-john-cusa_n_65861.html">John Cusack Interviews Naomi Klein</a> - Huffington Post</li><li><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/93891/afghanistan%3A_iraq_all_over_again/">Afghanistan: Iraq All Over Again</a> - Liliana Segura, AlterNet</li><li><a href="http://iraqforsale.org/"><em>Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers </em></a></li></ul></p>
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Meet the Bloggers: John Cusack Says If McCain Wins, We've Rolled Overhttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56542-meet-the-bloggers-john-cusack-says-if-mccain-wins-we-ve-rolled-over2008-10-13T14:52:49Zmeetthebloggers
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<p>Meet The Bloggers with John Cusack</p>
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GRITtv Live at Noon: What Would a Continuation of the Last Eight Years Look Like?http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52620-grittv-live-at-noon-what-would-a-continuation-of-the-last-eight-years-look-like2008-09-14T15:31:50ZGRITtv
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<p><p>Here's a clip from yesterday's live panel on Sarah Palin and how Obama/Biden should respond. <a href="http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/">Join us today</a> with guests Jeremy Scahill, Roberto Lovato, Malia Lazu, and Arun Gupta. </p><p>What would a continuation of the last eight years look like? In a speech yesterday at the National Defense University, George Bush called his administration a success. Can we survive four more years of success? What would a McCain presidency look like and what’s at stake? Here to take on the question of US foreign policy after Bush/Cheney are Jeremy Scahill, Roberto Lovato, Arun Gupta, and Malia Lazu. </p><p>* <a href="http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/">We'll be streaming live at noon ET. </a></p><p>* POST your comments at <a href="http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/">GRITtv.org</a>. </p><p>* CALL in at 866-466-2961 </p></p>
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Inside the RNC (part 2 of 3)http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52232-inside-the-rnc-part-2-of-32008-10-13T14:21:04ZBig Noise Films
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<p>Jeremy Scahill - Democracy Now Correspondent and Author of the book "Blackwater"- takes to the floor of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.</p>
<p>Part 1: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtlVK9q4_Hw">www.youtube.com</a>
<br />Part 3: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGdVyFbn2IA">www.youtube.com</a> </p>
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Inside the RNC (part 3 of 3)http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52231-inside-the-rnc-part-3-of-32008-10-13T14:21:04ZBig Noise Films
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<p>Jeremy Scahill - Democracy Now Correspondent and Author of the book "Blackwater"- takes to the floor of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.
<br />Part 1: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtlVK9q4_Hw">www.youtube.com</a> </p>
<p>Part 2: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrnoTdLeN68">www.youtube.com</a> </p>
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Inside the RNChttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52212-inside-the-rnc2008-10-13T14:21:04ZBig Noise Films
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Scahill Interviews Democrats on Blackwater (part 2)http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50842-scahill-interviews-democrats-on-blackwater-part-22008-09-09T18:31:25ZI Want Democracy Now
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<p><p>Congressman Henry Waxman, chair of the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee calls on Sen. Barack Obama to cancel the private military firm Blackwater's Iraq contract if Obama is elected president. Serious questions remain about what Obama will do with this massive private, shadow army in Iraq.</p><p>Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill reports. </p></p>
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Would Obama Ban Blackwater and Other Mercenary Companies?http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50818-would-obama-ban-blackwater-and-other-mercenary-companies2008-10-08T05:34:58ZI Want Democracy Now
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<p><p>Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill talks with Congressman Henry Waxman, chair of the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, about whether Sen. Barack Obama would cancel the private military firm Blackwater's Iraq contract if Obama is elected president. Serious questions remain about what Obama will do with this massive private, shadow army in Iraq.</p><p><a href="../../blog/50842-scahill-interviews-democrats-on-blackwater-part-2">Watch part 2 of this report here. </a></p><p>And for more on the war profiteers, check out <a href="http://iraqforsale.org/">Iraq for Sale</a>. </p></p>
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Final dispatch from te DNChttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50767-final-dispatch-from-te-dnc2008-10-13T14:33:47Zstimulator
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<p>Off to Saint Paul. Stay tuned next week for RNC updates</p>
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Scahill Questions Lawmakers About Obama's Afghanistan Policyhttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50626-scahill-questions-lawmakers-about-obama-s-afghanistan-policy2008-09-07T18:43:20ZI Want Democracy Now
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<p>In Wake of Deadly US Air Strike, Jeremy Scahill Questions Lawmakers About Obama's Afghanistan Policy</p>
<p>A UN probe in Afghanistan has backed claims of a massive civilian death toll from a US air strike last Thursday. The UN mission in Kabul says investigators found some ninety civilians, including sixty children, were killed in the attack. Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill goes inside the Democratic National Convention to ask lawmakers about Barack Obama's foreign policy plan to deploy an additional 7,000-9,000 more troops to Afghanistan. [includes rush transcript]</p>
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Scahill Grills Democrats at convention!!-1/3http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50340-scahill-grills-democrats-at-convention-1-32008-09-03T18:18:21ZI Want Democracy Now
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<p>Jeremy Scahill Grills Democratic Lawmakers on the War, Obama's Foreign Policy Team and the Corporate Money Behind the Big Show</p>
<p>As the Democrats gather under a massive banner proclaiming that change is on the way, serious questions abound about some of the key issues that have brought protesters here to Denver. We sent Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill into the Pepsi Center to ask Senators Carl Levin, Charles Rangel, Reps. Maxine Waters, Dennis Kucinich and others the questions the corporate media is failing to ask, from the war in Iraq and Obama's foreign policy team to impeachment and the death penalty. [includes rush transcript]</p>
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Scahill Grills Democrats at convention!!-2/3http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50339-scahill-grills-democrats-at-convention-2-32008-09-03T18:18:21ZI Want Democracy Now
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<p>Jeremy Scahill Grills Democratic Lawmakers on the War, Obama's Foreign Policy Team and the Corporate Money Behind the Big Show</p>
<p>As the Democrats gather under a massive banner proclaiming that change is on the way, serious questions abound about some of the key issues that have brought protesters here to Denver. We sent Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill into the Pepsi Center to ask Senators Carl Levin, Charles Rangel, Reps. Maxine Waters, Dennis Kucinich and others the questions the corporate media is failing to ask, from the war in Iraq and Obama's foreign policy team to impeachment and the death penalty. [includes rush transcript]</p>
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Scahill Grills Democrats at convention!!-3/3http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50338-scahill-grills-democrats-at-convention-3-32008-09-03T18:18:21ZI Want Democracy Now
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Massive Security Operation Mobilized for DNChttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50264-massive-security-operation-mobilized-for-dnc2008-09-03T10:18:17ZI Want Democracy Now
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<p>Massive Security Operation Mobilized for DNC</p>
<p>Thousands of delegates descended on Denver over the weekend for the Democratic National Convention, as did thousands of journalists, as well as protesters from across the country. We hear some of the voices of the protesters and speak with Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill, who covered the events from the ground. [includes rush transcript]</p>
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Riz Khan- Private warfare in Iraq- 20 Aug 08- Part 2http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49642-riz-khan-private-warfare-in-iraq-20-aug-08-part-22008-08-25T12:57:59Zaljazeera
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<p>The US military has used private contractors since the days of the revolutionary war but the scale of their use in Iraq is unprecedented.
<br />Riz hosts Navy veteran David Isenberg along with award winning journalist Jeremy Scahill to discuss the role played by private armies in Iraq</p>
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Riz Khan- Private arms private wars- 20 Aug 08- Part 1http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49641-riz-khan-private-arms-private-wars-20-aug-08-part-12008-08-25T14:59:35Zaljazeera
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<p>The US military has used private contractors since the days of the revolutionary war but the scale of their use in Iraq is unprecedented. Riz hosts Navy veteran David Isenberg along with award winning journalist Jeremy Scahill to discuss the role played by private armies in Iraq</p>
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Winter Soldier ll: A Grassroots Viewhttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47700-winter-soldier-ll-a-grassroots-view2008-08-02T18:48:06ZPHubbard
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<p><p>Check out the trailer for <em>Winter Soldier ll: A Grassroots View. </em>Produced and Filmed by Paul Hubbard and Robert Malin.</p><p>Iraq Veterans Against the War <a href="http://www.ivaw.org/">www.ivaw.org</a> </p><p>DVD available at: <a href="http://www.haymarketbooks.org/">www.haymarketbooks.org</a></p></p>
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Cusack and Scahill Discuss "War. Inc."http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40079-cusack-and-scahill-discuss-war-inc2008-09-14T05:31:08ZI Want Democracy Now
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<p><p>John Cusack joins us to talk about <a href="http://www.myspace.com/johncusack"><em>War, Inc.</em></a>, his new film taking on issues few in Hollywood today would dare to: war profiteering, mercenaries, political corruption and embedded journalism. A political satire, the film stars Cusack as Brand Hauser, a hit-man for hire who is deployed to the fictional country of Turaqistan to kill a Middle Eastern oil baron. Hauser's employer is Tamerlane, a secretive for-profit military corporation headed by a former US vice president played by Dan Aykroyd. </p><p>We also speak to <em>Democracy Now!</em> correspondent Jeremy Scahill, author of the bestselling book <a href="http://www.myspace.com/johncusack"><em>Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army.</em></a></p><p>Watch part 2 of this interview <a href="../../blog/40078-cusack-and-scahill-discuss-war-inc-part-2">here</a>. </p></p>
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Cusack and Scahill Discuss "War. Inc." (part 2)http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40078-cusack-and-scahill-discuss-war-inc-part-22008-09-19T07:54:25ZI Want Democracy Now
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<p><p>"War, Inc.": John Cusack's New Film Satirizes the Corruption, Profiteering and Hubris Behind the Iraq War John Cusack joins us to talk about War, Inc., his new film taking on issues few in Hollywood today would dare to: war profiteering, mercenaries, political corruption and embedded journalism. </p><p>A political satire, the film stars Cusack as Brand Hauser, a hit-man for hire who is deployed to the fictional country of Turaqistan to kill a Middle Eastern oil baron. Hauser's employer is Tamerlane, a secretive for-profit military corporation headed by a former US vice president played by Dan Aykroyd. </p><p>We also speak to Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill, author of the bestselling book Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. </p></p>
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Cusack Battles to Un-embed Hollywood with "War, Inc."http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39640-cusack-battles-to-un-embed-hollywood-with-war-inc2008-09-14T05:35:25ZBrave New Films
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<p><p>From <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeremy-scahill/#blogger_bio">Jeremy Scahill</a>: </p><p>Back in 1989, in his smash hit <em>Say Anything</em>, John Cusack famously stood with a boom box above his head outside the home of the woman he loved blasting Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes." With his latest <a href="http://www.myspace.com/johncusack">films</a> on the Iraq war, Cusack is standing outside Hollywood with a TV above his head broadcasting his political movies calling on the public to wake up and "Do Something." </p><p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/johncusack">John Cusack</a> began working on his new film <a href="http://www.firstlookstudios.com/films/warinc/"><em>War, Inc.</em></a>, which <a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/war-inc/27991/main">premieres</a> in LA and New York May 23, about a year into the US occupation of Iraq. From the moment US tanks rolled into Baghdad, Cusack was a voracious consumer of news about the war. He took it deadly seriously, regularly calling independent journalists and asking them questions as he sought as much independent information as he could. Watching the insanity of the erection of the Green Zone and the advent of the era of McWar, complete with tens of thousands of "private contractors," Cusack set out to use the medium of film to unveil the madness. He wanted to do on the big screen what independent reporters like Naomi Klein, Nir Rosen and Dahr Jamail did in print. Over these years of war and occupation, Cusack has become one of the most insightful commentators on a far too seldom discussed aspect of the occupation: the corporate dominance of the US war machine. </p> <p>Cusack is no parachute humanitarian. While he continues to do the Hollywood thing with big budget movies, he is simultaneously a fierce un-embedded actor/filmmaker who has been at the center of two of the best films to date dealing with the madness of the Iraq war. Without big money sponsors and the backing of powerful production companies, Cusack has spent a lot of his own money on these projects.</p></p>
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Confronting Blackwater on Killing of Iraqishttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/34980-confronting-blackwater-on-killing-of-iraqis2008-09-27T00:49:11ZBrave New Films
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<p><p>From Jeremy Scahill, author of <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blackwater-Rise-Worlds-Powerful-Mercenary/dp/1560259795">Blackwater</a></em>: </p><p>Last week, I spoke at a conference organized by NYU's Center on Law and Security called <a href="http://www.lawandsecurity.org/events/privatizingdefense.cfm">"Privatizing Defense: Blackwater, Contractors, and American Security."</a> Also present at the conference were Blackwater Worldwide vice president Martin Strong and a lawyer for Blackwater, David Hammond. At the conference, I confronted Strong on Blackwater's killing of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad's Nisour Square on September 16, 2007. The day after our exchange, the Bush Administration <a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080421/scahill">extended Blackwater's Iraq "security" contract for another year</a>.</p><p> </p></p>
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Clinton vs Obama on Blackwaterhttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32918-clinton-vs-obama-on-blackwater2008-06-10T21:29:26ZThe Real News
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<p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080301YT">therealnews.com</a> Winter Solider: Jeremy Scahill discusses why no presidential candidate plans on fully leaving Iraq Monday March 17th, 2008 Jeremy Scahill is the author of the bestselling <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blackwater-Rise-Worlds-Powerful-Mercenary/dp/1560259795">Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army</a>. He is an award-winning investigative journalist and correspondent for the national radio and TV program Democracy Now!.</p>
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Jeremy Scahill talks to Bill Moyers about Blackwater in New Orleanshttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16651-jeremy-scahill-talks-to-bill-moyers-about-blackwater-in-new-orleans2008-07-09T20:05:47Zjessehaff
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<p>Jeremy Scahill talks about his experience running into Blackwater personnel on the streets of New Orleans immediately following Hurricane Katrina, as well as the implications of using private contractors in domestic emergencies: "At one point Blackwater had 600 men deployed down there ... one was complaining to me that there was not enough action down here ... when I got Blackwater's contracts from the department of homeland security, it turns out Blackwater billed U.S. tax payers $950 per man per day in the Hurricane zone."</p>
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Calling Blackwater to Accounthttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15658-calling-blackwater-to-account2008-10-13T14:43:39ZTheNation
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<p>In this October 11 Democracy Now interview, Susan Burke of the Center for Constitutional Reform and Nation correspondent Jeremy Scahill explain details of a wrongful death lawsuit filed in US district court by survivors of three Iraqi civilians killed in a September 16 shooting in Baghdad.</p>
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