...so yes these guys were "Blackwater" and an instrument of state/national policy.
In some cases. The English examples are quite interesting, too, since the early ones had little to do with "national policy" and everything to do with filling the Royal coffers without having to go to Parliament.
Sic Bisquitus Disintegrat...
Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D.
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies,
Senior Research Fellow,
The Canadian Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, NPSIA
Carleton University http://marctyrrell.com/
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