There is not a lot of named people in this article, the "official" sources are almost completely anonymous- although they do qualify as whistle blowers for what they said which justifies their anonymouty- Nevertheless, I don't see why this is entirely implausible given the situation there: Rule of the Gun - Convoy Guards in Afghanistan Face an Inquiry - NYTimes.com Although just one of the many aspect of the issue presented in the article- You gotta love capitalism- now the merc on our payroll in Afghanistan are bribing the Taliban to stage attacks against us in order to get the merc company more contracts! Stage an attack drama of good vs evil upon those who paid you the money to defend them in the first place.... profit! Terrorists and Merc company colluding to milk the American tax payer's gold. What a great business plan! My guess is Dick Cheney and Rumsfeld didn't see that one coming.