Blackwater is getting out of the security contracting business because "U.S. government scrutiny and negative media attention had made the business too costly."

So what's the new racket? Dry goods? Day care?

Actually, the AP article says they're now going to focus on "training, aviation and logistics."

Come to think of it, 'training, aviation and logistics' sounds a lot like military contracting. But who knows.

Eric Kleefeld suggests another possibility. As a partisan Republican mercenary outfit, they may rightly anticipate slackening sales under a Democratic president.