Democracy Now!: Fri., Jan. 8, 2010

Blackwater, the private military firm, is in a firestorm of controversy over its involvements in Iraq, Afghanistan and Germany, We join investigative journalist and Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a leading member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; after years in Guantanamo prison without charges, the future is uncertain for Yemeni detainees; HIV-positive Dutch man is among the first to visit the U.S. legally after 22-year ban. "Democracy Now!"is a daily independent newshour.