Latest News July 8th, Board of Governors' meeting Please attend the meeting at the SouthwesternCollege main campus, 900 Otay Lakes Rd, Chula Vista, 6:30p meet fo...
BlackwaterLinkedToBorderSecurity Despite statements by Blackwater to the contrary, we have evidence that they have been awarded border "counter narcoterrorism" se...
BlackwaterMercenaryCamp Information about Blackwater and their various operations has been refactored. Please correct your links. The following topics now exist: ...
BlackwaterOtayCitizenAction WE NEED YOUR HELP! Remember, as citizens in a democracy, it is our duty to oversee the entire government! WE ARE IN CONTROL IF WE WI...
BlackwaterOtayProtestRally SAY NO TO BLACKWATER! DEMONSTRATION, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 3 5 pm. STOP WAR PROFITEERS STOP BLACKWATER We've had enough of this adminis...
Blackwater Potrero "Blackwater West" Mercenary Camp BlackwaterWorldwide, part of the PrinceGroup and one of the largest private military contractors in the worl...
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BlackwaterVsCityOfSanDiego Calendar Entry at Federal Court in San Diego Their web site: http://www.casd.uscourts.gov/ Calendar of the United States District Cour...
BlackwaterVsCityOfSanDiegoTranscript UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA BLACKWATER LODGE AND ) Case No. 08CV0926 H(WMC) TRAINING CENTE...
Read and endorse our Open Letter To Congress regarding dismissal of Blackwater and enactment of the Stop Outsourcing Security Act. Blackwater Worldwide (formerly...
CommonProjects The general organization of projects can be found here: COPsProgram. * Cops.GovernmentAccessChannel The City of El Cajon utilizes Cox cable c...
CourtCasesAgainstXe SaadoonVsXe * Blackwater contractor Andrew Moonen on 2006 12 24 shot and killed Raheem Khalaf Sa'adoon, 32, father of two who worked as a...
E J Holdings I understand this name was selected to mean Erik and Joanne (Prince) holdings. * From South Florida Business Journal http://southflorida.bizjourna...
EventsArchive EventsArchive2009 Calendar events for 2009 2006 Paste in events that are deleted from the Calendar Page. * 30 Sep 2006 Hanson Fundraiser, R...
FedsMeddleInCityMattersForBlackwater References Report on Blackwater Hearing, 5/30/08 First, thank you to all the activists who came down to the federal courtho...
HomeTex BlackwaterOtay is leasing a building from a company called HomeTex. The more this connection is researched, the stranger the world seems to be. Hometex In...
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By KatherineMcIntirePeters kpeters@govexec.com September 12, 2007 Late last month, the Pentagon tapped five major defense contractors to provide wide ranging supp...
Blackwater USA representative Brian Bonfiglio admits at the Sept. 13th meeting of the Potrero Planning Group that Blackwater intends to use the Round Potrero Vall...
By AnneKrueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 1:41 p.m. April 22, 2008 Blackwater Worldwide is planning to open an indoor training facility in Otay Mesa after abandon...
Apr 22, 2008 AnaTintocalis Blackwater USA has resurrected plans to open a military training center in San Diego County. The private security contractor abandoned ...
NOTE: THIS EVENT IS HISTORY! SEE VIDEO HERE: Press Conference Video From: Press, Congressman Filner Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 1:04 PM To: Press, Congressman ...
By Anne Krueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 23, 2008 Although Blackwater Worldwide has given up its plans to build a training center in East County, the gove...
POSTED: 4:00 pm PDT April 22, 2008 UPDATED: 4:58 pm PDT April 22, 2008 SAN DIEGO Military security contractor Blackwater Worldwide is not giving up on a trainin...
By Tanya Mannes SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 7:57 p.m. April 25, 2008 SAN DIEGO #8211; Local officials will challenge Blackwater Worldwide's permit for a...
Apr 25, 2008 Amy Isackson A number of Southbay community leaders say Blackwater's presence near the border in Otay Mesa will complicate U.S. Mexico relations and...
Press conference hosted by Rep. Bob Filner (CA 51) in front of the secret Blackwater facility in Otay Mesa, just a stones throw from the border. Speakers included...
Blackwater permit faces challenge Public not informed, San Diego officials say By Tanya Mannes SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 26, 2008 OTAY MESA #821...
AMY GOODMAN: We #8217;re on the road in San Diego. The private security company Blackwater USA is being accused of trying to secretly build a military training fa...
Subcontractor conducted training By AnneKrueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 29, 2008 SAN DIEGO #8211; The owner of a shooting range who trained military per...
How city permits obtained at issue By TanyaMannes UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER May 6, 2008 San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders wants to know whether Blackwater Worldwide ...
By TanyaMannes UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER May 15, 2008 OTAY MESA #8211; An activist paid $100 this week to file a formal appeal of Blackwater Worldwide's permits...
Note: This document was provided by BobFilner's office. Click here to view Blackwater_cert_occupancy_05.19.08.pdf OCR'ed version of the document. The following ...
* blackwaterresponsetoBroughtonbyAttorneys.pdf: Letter from Blackwater's attorney's demanding occupancy permit. May 20, 2008 Mr. Kelly Broughton Development Serv...
By Ray Huard UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 6:24 p.m. May 29, 2008 SAN DIEGO #8211; Blackwater Worldwide failed to apply for the proper permits to run a training pro...
UNION TRIBUNE 6:35 p.m. May 30, 2008 SAN DIEGO #8211; A federal judge said Friday she won't decide until Tuesday whether to order San Diego City officials to iss...
Sanders to obey Blackwater ruling By Tanya Mannes UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER June 5, 2008 OTAY MESA #8211; A federal judge ruled yesterday that Blackwater Worldw...
"Unfortunately, the Audit Report completely bypasses the main issue: Whether the combined permits granted under various contractors rises from "ministerial" proce...
By Tanya Mannes UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 3:44 p.m. June 11, 2008 OTAY MESA #8211; About 70 people, many wearing green #8220;Stop Blackwater #8221; T shirts, p...
By TanyaMannes UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER June 14, 2008 OTAY MESA #8211; Blackwater Worldwide filed documents yesterday in federal court saying it should be allo...
The opening of a military training facility in Otay Mesa is under fire. On Wednesday, more than one hundred protesters gathered at a new facility opened by Blackw...
UNION TRIBUNE June 25, 2008 OTAY MESA: Blackwater Worldwide, which recently obtained a federal court order allowing it to operate a military training facility, sa...
Blackwater shielded from council review By TanyaMannes UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER June 18, 2008 OTAY MESA #8211; A federal judge ruled yesterday that Blackwater ...
* Doc35 Court_transcripts_6 17 08.pdf: Document 35 Transcript of June 17, 2008 Hearing before MarilynHuff UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CAL...
The city of San Diego filed an appeal Thursday of a federal court ruling last month that allowed Blackwater Worldwide to operate a military training facility in O...
By AUGUST COLE July 2, 2008; Page A3 Blackwater Worldwide's bid to expand its military training business in the San Diego area has already sparked controversy in ...
RALEIGH BlackwaterWorldwide, the North Carolina company that is famous and in some quarters infamous for its security work in Iraq, has been misunderstood and...
SAN DIEGO BlackwaterWorldwide, the for profit private army best known for its deadly role in Iraq, obtained a temporary restraining order in federal court on June...
By Tanya Mannes SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 3:27 p.m. June 17, 2008 SAN DIEGO #8211; A federal judge has granted an injunction to Blackwater Worldwide, ...
Jun 11, 2008 Andrew Phelps BlackwaterWorldwide may have succeeded in opening its Navy training center in Otay Mesa, but it has not succeeded in quieting its cri...
Two videos of a torture training session with the police force of León, Guanajuato shocked the Mexican public last week and raised serious questions about human r...
WARNING VIDEO IS DISTURBING. Mayor says torture training will continue and public officials will not be punished. Exactly one day after George Bush signed the fi...
Regarding Q A with Blackwater's Erik Prince and Brian Bonfiglio (Dialog, July 27): I wonder how much of what these two Blackwater executives say can be believed...
July 27, 2008 Erik Prince, founder and CEO of Blackwater USA, and Brian Bonfiglio, a Blackwater vice president in San Diego, recently met with the Union Tribune's...
Raymond Lutz, creator of the website "StopBlackwater.net" and one of the leaders of the movement to stop war profiteers like Blackwater, reviews the current statu...
REVIEW OUTLOOK September 6, 2008; Page A10 Unfunded public employee pensions are a crisis waiting to erupt across the country, so a political brawl in San Die...
Congressman Bob Filner and Assembly candidate Ray Lutz of East County speak out against Blackwater at Otay Mesa Rally Story and photos by Gayle Early Sign fr...
Students to use firing range at Blackwater site UNION TRIBUNE 2:00 a.m. February 9, 2009 OTAY MESA Southwestern College will send its police academy students to...
Governing board sets deal with Blackwater Filner, faculty rip SWC pact with "mercenaries" By: Esmeralda F. Ramirez Posted: 3/5/09 Southwestern College has ente...
* bw swc mou 1 28 09.pdf: SWC BW MOU January 28, 2009 MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Governing Board Southwestern Community College District APPROVED BY: Raj K. Co...
LOCAL LETTERS It's a new (bad) name, but same Blackwater 2:00 a.m. February 28, 2009 About the company formerly known as Blackwater: Is a bad name the same as a ...
SAN DIEGO A San Diego congressman plans to ask Southwestern College to rescind its plans to partner with the private security company formerly known as Blackwat...
Southwestern to rework training contract with Xe 2:00 a.m. March 12, 2009 CHULA VISTA: Southwestern College's governing board voted last night to renegotiate its ...
At this meeting, they should have simply reconsidered the prior motion, and then voted it down, thereby allowing a new motion to be put forward based on a renegot...
* LetterToSouthwesternCollege_requestingBWCorrespondence.pdf: Letter to Southwestern College Requesting Blackwater Documents. Citizens' Oversight Projects (COPs) ...
Notes: Byrd Hale Protest/Comment at the Board of Governor's Meeting April 15 The Board of Trustees voted to renegotiate the contract with Blackwater, removing ...
(EXCERPTED FROM MEETING MINUTES, See page 25 of the linked PDF file.) Public comments regarding Item #12 were held at this time. The following individuals spoke i...
AP ENTERPRISE: Blackwater out of Iraq? No, not yet By MATTHEW LEE and MIKE BAKER, Associated Press Writers Matthew Lee And Mike Baker, Associated Press Writers ...
Blackwater, now Xe, era ends in Iraq Published: May 7, 2009 at 10:44 AM Chairman of Blackwater USA Erik Prince is sworn in prior to testifying before a House Over...
* bw swc mou 5 13 2009.pdf: MOU revised for 2009 05 13 Board of Governors Meeting OCR'd version May 13, 2009 MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Governing Board Southw...
Comments by Congressman BobFilner (CA 51) I represent the 51st Congressional District which includes Southwestern and I think you all know how much I love South...
SEE VIDEO HERE: http://www.cbs8.com/global/category.asp?c=155799 clipId= topVideoCatNo=149659 topVideoCatNoB=155712 topVideoCatNoC=155713 topVideoCatNoD=155710 to...
Entire Video http://youtu.be/oELDqFu7qxc Public Hearing http://youtu.be/6hNpzMI_KCY Board Action Part 1 http://youtu.be/kNtUImdgW7E Board Action Part 2 http...
A group of Baja California State Police are training with the United States Navy in San Diego. A group of eighteen Baja California state preventive police officer...
Blackwater Only: This includes agenda item #21: TASK FORCE FOR FIRING RANGE Pursuant to the Board’s request, recommend approval of formation of a task force to e...
To be heard, June 16th at 10am. The San Diego City Council will consider approval of a resolution to settle the case with Blackwater Xe over the Otay Mesa trainin...
This is an egregious example of how a company with money and political connections can have their way with local government regulations. Donna Frye said the reso...
At this meeting, the Stop Blackwater activists asked the board to discontinue the agreement with Blackwater Xe since it was now clear that there are options that ...
Part 1: Pre meeting protest http://youtu.be/ItpRqvuTdXM Part 2: Class Cuts Public Comment http://youtu.be/SgWOj0eJ9AM Part 3: Class Cuts Public Comment http...
(Note: this academy recently pulled their contract with Blackwater/Xe to use the BlackwaterOtay training facility. See BlackwaterInSouthwesternCollege for the ful...
Activist a common sight recording local meetings Ray Lutz is government watchdog By Anne Krueger, UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 12:04 ...
Power outage questions probed Shut off of Otay Mesa plant remains unclear By Onell R. Soto, UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 12:05 a.m. OVER...
Why? * The United States has far more guns per capita than any other country. * The United States also has the highest homicides and suicides using guns. *...
OtayTip The following email was received from (NAME WITHHELD), with timestamp of 22 Apr 2008 3:40am PDT. I would guess this came from the east coast, perhaps Wash...
Hot News: * Claims by AIG by contractors in Iraq: 214,000 contractors in Iraq right now, more than uniformed personnel. 1,400 killed and 31,000 have reported i...
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Raven Development Group A subsidiary of BlackwaterWorldwide, Raven Development Group was formed to develop the Blackwater Lodge in Moyock, N.C. and since used as ...
RegionalSecuritySummit Gathering of regional leaders across jurisdictions to discuss security and related topics. Each meeting will focus on a specific topic with...
SouthwestLawEnforcement Blackwater used the pseudonym "Southwest Law Enforcement" on the permits for the BlackwaterOtay training facility. This is an interesting ...
Memories of Susan RaymondLutz 2009 11 23 I consider Susan to be one of my favorite friends of the past several years. We met on the battlefield, so to speak, ...
Sub projects Latest News Background This project explores the problem with war for profit, including the scourge of PrivateMercenaries that have recently become...