Finding Out - Oliver North HUMAN EVENTS

'It's all unfolding just like you said it would.' This flattering accolade was proffered by a retired military officer this week as we discussed how units loyal to Moammar Gadhafi were pummeling rebel forces in eastern Libya. My friend is a 'contractor' with a company uncharitably referred to around here as a 'Beltway bandit.' He and his colleagues more accurately are portrayed as 'auxiliaries,' and they describe themselves as being 'quietly engaged' in 'peripheral activities supporting our national interests.' Nearly all of the younger ones involved in these endeavors are military veterans of the decade-long fights in Afghanistan and Iraq."