The Victoria Advocate: "It is an opportunity of a lifetime,' Buchanek said. 'The only police force the Iraqi people have known is one of oppression. If they even think you are guilty of something, they throw you in jail or kill you.'

Officials from Dyncorp, the private company given the contract to hire the officers, notified Buchanek on Sept. 19 asking for verbal confirmation that he still wanted to make the trip."

In my home town, a guy from the police, under guise of "helping out Iraq", is furthering the privatization of the police force. The age of "rent-a-cop" and "robocop"-style corporate governance is here!