PARIS, September 30, 2007 (LPAC)--In a column posted on the conservative website HumanEvents.com entitled "Witch-Hunter in Chief" good old Ollie North of Irangate fame freaks out about Rep. Henry Waxman's (D-Calif.) hearings in the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform, on Erik Prince's mercenary killer company Blackwater:

"Since becoming committee chairman, Mr. Waxman has initiated numerous investigations into the activities of the Bush Administration. That's why next week, the Committee has 'invited' Erik Prince, the founder and CEO of Blackwater USA to testify about their work in Iraq" and asked them to "deliver 'all documents' in the company's possession pertaining to the much-publicized incident on 16 September when a diplomatic convoy being protected by Blackwater allegedly killed Iraqi civilians.

Apparently it matters little to Mr. Waxman that the State Department's Regional Security Office in Baghdad has yet to complete its own investigation into the incident.

"His [Prince's] integrity is already being impugned by selective 'leaks' to the media. The fact that 30 Blackwater security personnel have been killed protecting American officials -- without losing any of their protectees doesn't seem to matter.

Interestingly, Mr. Waxman himself has been the beneficiary of their courage and skill during his visit to Iraq. Yet, given the committee's zeal to destroy any and all associated with the Bush Administration, no good deed will go unpunished."