As an intelligence analyst with the Department of Homeland Security, you have been directed to develop a background paper examining the potential for the future use of private security contractors, to include an assessment of their misuse and abuses following Hurricane Katrina. This background paper will cover the following issues:
Describe the alleged abuses and crimes committed by these contractors and the legal results that followed (i.e. lawsuits, trials, convictions, etc.).
Examine and assess the US government’s efforts to uncover these abuses, their findings, and their recommendations for the future use of private security firms in the event of a national disaster.
Provide quotation(s) to support your response.