Nov. 2: Jeremy Scahill on Real Time with Bill Maher

Tonight, November 2, at 11:00pm on HBO, Bill Maher will interview Jeremy Scahill, author of the national bestseller Blackwater (Nation Books) on the implications of the use of private contractors to fight alongside the U.S. military in Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond. Check the website for Real Time with Bill Maher for more info.

This week, Maher also welcomes actor Martin Short, journalist Alison Stewart, and blogger Markos Moulitsas (Daily Kos). Plus, via satellite, fmr. CIA officer Valerie Plame and fmr. Ambassador Joe Wilson.

Click here to read Scahill's reporting on Blackwater for The Nation.

Check out Scahill's Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army for the back-story of the Bush Administration's Praetorian Guard for the war on terror.

Sunday Oct. 21: Rebroadcast of Jeremy Scahill on Bill Moyer's Journal

Tonight's broadcast on PBS, of Bill Moyer's Journal which featured an interview with Nation Institute Fellow Jeremy Scahill, author of the national bestseller Blackwater (Nation Books) will be re-broadcast on Sunday, October 21 at 7PM (EST). Check the website for Bill Moyer's Journal for more info.

Moyers interviewed Scahill on the implications of the use of private contractors to fight alongside the U.S. military in Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond. Scahill also discussed the media's response to the recent charm offensive by Erik Prince, the Founder and CEO of Blackwater, who has been accorded extremely generous TV coverage of late.

Click here to read Scahill's reporting on Blackwater for The Nation.

Check out Scahill's Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army for the back-story of the Bush Administration's Praetorian Guard for the war on terror.