The dedicated mercenaries of Blackwater or "Xe" or whatever they're calling themselves now sure seem to get up to the sort of war-zone antics that I doubt I could get away with at my workplace, such as drunkenly shooting people and stealing weapons under the guise of cartoon characters. And yet, they persist and succeed in the government contracting racket, to the point that they are still in the running to get "a billion dollar contract to train the Afghan police". All of this seems crazy, but as Spencer Ackerman details in the Washington Independent, the problem is "a confusing, unaccountable and systemic problem in how the government delivers security contracts". Any action from Holder would represent perhaps the only chance to stop Blackwater from receiving any additional government contracts.