It's a two-sided problem.
The country is on it's way to becoming lawless for the wealthy and powerful, and controlling the unwealthy and powerless.
Soviet Russia has an ever increasing similarity here.

Blackwater does, in some cases, what the US military will not do due to regulations and political red-tape. In some cases, they get the job done better.
On the other hand, where will it stop? When will it get to the point where if the gov't/private agencies disagree with you, or if you're too much of an outspoken individual, you and your family will be hauled out of your house in the middle of the night never to be heard from again? Syberia, anyone?

There's no such thing as mediocrity, law, order, or stability. It's always a venture to one of the two extremes. Free? We won't be remotely for long.