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Private security contractor Blackwater USA plans to expand its business by selling airships and armored vehicles, the company's president said. The Moyock based c...
By Anne Krueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER July 31, 2007 EAST COUNTY #8211; Anger over the proposed Blackwater USA training facility in Potrero has led to the co...
Should Blackwater USA be allowed to convert a valley bordering national forest lands into a private military and law enforcement training base? No way, says a ...
http://www.kpbs.org/radio/these_days;id=9288 Maureen Cavanaugh (Guest Host): A small town about 45 miles east of San Diego is divided. Today, we talk to two leade...
'These private contractors can get away with murder... They aren't subject to any laws at all' Published: 04 June 2007 Iraq is rapidly vanishing into the mists of...
The following press release was sent by Melissa Bean's 8th congressional district Democratic Party primary contender, Randi Scheurer. This release reveals a perso...
They say they are not a mercenary outfit, but Blackwater USA has one of the most profitable private armies in the world, with outposts in Iraq and Afghanistan. No...
By: CHRIS BAGLEY Staff Writer SACRAMENTO Although the state's chief elections official had signaled the possibility that she would order the replacement or ma...
By: CHRIS BAGLEY Staff Writer Voting machines used in Riverside and numerous other California counties are vulnerable to manipulation by politically motivated h...
By Deborah Hastings The Associated Press Saturday 11 August 2007 There are now nearly as many private contractors in Iraq as there are U.S. soldiers ...
By Jeremy Scahill If you think the U.S. has only 160,000 troops in Iraq, think again. With almost no congressional oversight and even less public awareness, the B...
By JeremyScahill While BlackwaterWorldwide and other firms reject the label #8220;mercenary #8221; firms, Blackwater executives have even turned the grey area in...
By Andrew Howell August 17, 2007 Despite San Diego holding one of the nation's largest concentrations of military and law enforcement, it is critically short on t...
By LizNeely STAFF WRITER January 24, 2007 EL CAJON #8211; Rentals and attendance are up at the East County Performing Arts Center one year after new management t...
By Edgar Stemen March 3, 2005 A lot has been said and written about the amount of money that East County Performing Arts Center owes the city of El Cajon, and muc...
By LizNeely STAFF WRITER July 13, 2006 EL CAJON #8211; The city has reached a settlement with the former manager of East County Performing Arts Center. Advertise...
June 29, 2006 Russell's Christian Community Theater has been operating ECPAC for the past six months under the name Art Beat Management. CCT also operated the cen...
By Liz Neely STAFF WRITER March 24, 2004 EL CAJON #8211; A proposed $14.4 million expansion of the East County Performing Arts Center would jump start interest i...
JayPrice, Staff Writer In yet another twist to a long running lawsuit against Blackwater Security Consulting, a federal appeals court has halted an arbitration he...
By Jenny Mandel jmandel #64;govexec.com February 8, 2007 Army officials acknowledged Wednesday that a private security firm was hired under a contract for Iraq ...
By Alan Levin and Matt Kelley, USA TODAY WASHINGTON #8212; Poor Defense Department oversight of private companies that fly military missions in war zones was par...
CHICAGO #8212; The University of Illinois has canceled a partnership between its police training institute and a military contractor best known for providing secu...
What was Paul Russell thinking? Russell, executive director of Art Beat Management, an affiliate of Christian Community Theater, was quoted July 12 in the Union T...
August 27, 2007: Security company Blackwater U.S.A. is buying Super Tucano light combat aircraft from the Brazilian manufacturer Embraer. These five ton, single e...
Peace Festival at the gate of Blackwater North. Group of unarmed citizens gather for peace to draw attention to the world's most powerful private military firm, B...
Original article by Roger Challberg has been withdrawn upon request of the author. You may read this article in the September 9, 2007 Edition of the BackCountryMe...
(CNSNews.com) The Towne Center in El Cajon, Calif. is a mostly abandoned mall; an unlikely stage for battle over religious freedom. But it became a battleground w...
Opponents of a defense contractor #8217;s proposal to build a training camp in San Diego #8217;s backcountry say a lobbying firm that works both for the county an...
July 31, 2007 02:06 PM ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) Private security contractor Blackwater USA plans to expand its business by selling airships and armored veh...
Tibor Fischer reviews Blackwater: the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill His father was a self made millionaire. He became a US Na...
In 1961, Eisenhower warned, "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence...by the military industrial complex. T...
by Nathan Hodge MOYOCK, N.C. #8212;First rule of Blackwater is: You do not talk to the clients. Back in October, I travelled to Camden County, North Carolina for ...
By RICHARD LARDNER, Associated Press Writer Wed Aug 29, 7:47 PM ET WASHINGTON The Army will examine as many as 18,000 contracts awarded over the past four year...
US Draft too? ''A warning about the prospect of an imminent but staged "9/11" attack followed by a strike on Iran and imposition of martial law in the US has be...
It seems right out of a shoot 'em up Hollywood thriller: A shadowy private American security company led by a messianic right winger by the name of Erik Prince wh...
By Jodi S. Cohen and E.A. Torriero Tribune staff reporters September 7, 2007 University of Illinois officials cut ties Thursday with Tom Dempsey, the beleaguer...
IN THE PAST few years there has been increasing concern about global climate change on the part of the media, politicians, and the public. It has been stimulated ...
12:00 AM CDT on Thursday, September 6, 2007 By DavidMcLemore / The DallasMorningNews dmclemore #64;dallasnews.com The Border Patrol runs glossy Web videos and a...
By David Hasemyer UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER September 12, 2007 City Attorney MichaelAguirre wants to know the story behind KPBS' decision to cancel its public a...
By: EDWARD SIFUENTES Staff Writer NORTH COUNTY Marine Corps Capt. Duncan Duane Hunter will not be the only candidate for the 52nd Congressional District seat...
Republican candidates have been flocking to run for California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter #8217;s seat in the 52nd district, but this weekend, Democrats gained...
Note: this section is applicable to contractors, such as Blackwater Section 4 Contractors 1) Sending States may contract for any services, equipment, provisio...
Iraq ordered the cancellation on Monday of the operating licence of US security firm Blackwater after it was involved in a shootout in Baghdad that killed eight p...
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: September 17, 2007 Filed at 11:48 a.m. ET BAGHDAD (AP) The Iraqi government said Monday that it was revoking the license of a...
Blackwater security firm banned from Iraq Story Highlights * Condoleezza Rice set to call Iraqi prime minister to discuss gunbattle * "We are taking it ver...
By Judy Peres Tribune staff reporter September 10, 2007 The differences between liberals and conservatives may run deeper than how they feel about welfare refor...
A decision today by the Iraqi government to revoke the license of defense contractor Blackwater USA has emboldened local opposition to the firm. Opponents of Blac...
Tue Sep 18, 10:52 AM ET TheNation The news that the Iraqi government has banned Blackwater USA, the notorious mercenary firm, from operating in the country reve...
By MIKE BAKER #8211; 50 minutes ago RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) #8212; When a former Navy SEAL launched Blackwater USA in North Carolina's swamplands a decade ago, he en...
TIME has obtained an incident report prepared by the U.S. government describing a fire fight Sunday in Baghdad in which at least eight Iraqis were reported killed...
By Ken Fireman and Robin Stringer Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) A Blackwater USA spokeswoman said the U.S. security company is blameless of wrongdoing in a shooting inci...
Iraq declared on Tuesday it will review the operations of all security firms working in the war ravaged country following a deadly shootout involving private US c...
By KatherineMcIntirePeters kpeters@govexec.com September 12, 2007 Late last month, the Pentagon tapped five major defense contractors to provide wide ranging supp...
The Iraqi government said Tuesday it would review the status of private security companies as anger over the alleged involvement of Blackwater USA in a fatal shoo...
By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer Tue Sep 18, 3:13 PM ET Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, House Republican Whip Roy Blunt and 11 other members of Congr...
3:05 p.m. September 21, 2007 EL CAJON #8211; A former El Cajon councilman was arraigned Friday on charges of grand theft and financial abuse of his elderly mothe...
Sept. 21: After talks with Iraq #8217;s government, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is allowing Blackwater contractors to resume work on a limited basis. Author Jerem...
By MatthewLee, AP Posted: 2007 09 22 14:04:08 Filed Under: Iraq News WASHINGTON (Sept. 22) Federal prosecutors are investigating whether employees of the priva...
September 26, 2007 6:50am. Lawmaker says Secretary of State interfered with investigation Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (Reuters Photo) By SUE PLEMING A ...
By LizNeely UnionTribune STAFF WRITER September 27, 2007 Some cities in San Diego County begin their government meetings with a prayer, careful not to favor one r...
By JeremyScahill, TheNation So far Blackwater has only received a slap on the wrist after killing innocent civilians. Are the U.S. and Iraqi governments finally r...
September 27, 2007 If ever there were a case history on the importance of voting, even for a panel so obscure most media outlets are unaware of it, it is the situ...
Congressman John Hall, D Dover Plains, wants to prevent increases in the number of private security contractors in Iraq. He introduced a bill today called the Fre...
Web exclusive By Kevin Peraino Newsweek Updated: 9:21 a.m. ET Sept. 30, 2007 Sept. 30, 2007 Since the fatal Sept. 16 Blackwater USA shooting in Baghdad #8217;s ...
By PAUL LEHTO The purpose of elections is freely choosing our public servants by majority rule elections. The essence of America is self government, recognizing ...
The FayettevilleObserver Published on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 By Henry Cuningham, Military editor Blackwater USA, the North Carolina based military contractor u...
Monday, Oct. 01, 2007 Blackwater Plans a Fierce Defense By Adam Zagorin / Washington "No individual protected by Blackwater has ever been killed or seriously inju...
(CNN) Erik Prince, the chairman and CEO of Blackwater USA, appeared Tuesday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The committee convened ...
Blamed in the deaths of Iraqi civilians, the private security firm has long ties to the White House and prominent Republicans, including Ken Starr. By Ben Van Heu...
LosAngelesTimes Apr 17, 2007 Blackwater USA, a private army that promises "the most comprehensive professional security, peacekeeping and stability operations" in...
For Immediate Release: October 2, 2007 Contact: Peter Karafotas (202) 226 6898 SCHAKOWSKY UNVEILS BILL TO PHASE OUT PRIVATE MILITARY CONTRACTORS Washin...
Unfazed by critics, firm keen on backcountry training area By Anne Krueger SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER October 14, 2007 EAST COUNTY #8211; Blackwater US...
October 14 15, 2007 Blackwater training police in American cities and towns The mercenary firm Blackwater USA is well known for the controversy involving its ...
By JulianBarnes 7:35 PM PDT, October 14, 2007 WASHINGTON #8212; As the Bush administration deals with the fallout from the recent killings of civilians by priva...
* Story Highlights * Husband mourns wife, son a month after they were killed in Baghdad * Man's wife was a doctor; his son hoped to be a surgeon * Witnes...
By RICHARD LARDNER WASHINGTON (AP) #8212; Blackwater USA tried to take at least two Iraqi military aircraft out of Iraq two years ago and refused to give the p...
/Dutiful and intense, son of a self made billionaire, Erik Prince is an adventure seeker and conservative true believer. / By Evan Thomas and Mark Hosenball Oct....
To View Photos go to: http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=135122 ran=149404 tref=y Seven protesters arrested at Blackwater's headquarters The Virgi...
By FrankRich The NewYorkTimes Sunday 21 October 2007 It was one of those stories lost in the newspaper's inside pages. Last week a man you've never heard of ...
By Mark Arner UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 2:45 p.m. October 21, 2007 POTRERO #8211; A brush fire that began about 9:30 a.m. Sunday in a rugged, mountainous area ...
The Hill Waxman: Blackwater may have engaged in tax evasion By Klaus Marre October 22, 2007 The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee a...
It's about time the presidential candidates start taking positions on Blackwater. John Edwards is clear, he wants Blackwater completely out of Iraq (and only u...
* Great time lapse video by Donna Lee from images collected from the Cameras on top of Lyons Peak operated by the High Performance Wireless Research and Education...
$1.4 billion program with U.S. faces an uphill battle 10:50 PM CDT on Friday, October 19, 2007 By AlfredoCorchado / The DallasMorningNews WASHINGTON #8211; The U...
The notorious security contractor has plans for a military style complex near the U.S. Mexico border. Critics worry the firm's "mercenary soldiers" could join the...
By MiriamRaftery and LeonThompson The AlpineSun POTRERO #8212; #8220;Mercenaries are dangerous to American democracy, #8221; Congressman Bob Filner (D San ...
During rescue effort that turned tragic, an act of heroism By Tony Manolatos UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER October 23, 2007 Hours after the Harris fire started on ...
Commentary by RaymondLutz: It seems that here is confirmation that Blackwater wanted the Potrero site for paramilitary border security after all. See the press r...
Fire chief says state unprepared for deadly Calif. blazes By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, AssociatedPress Writer Tuesday, October 23, 2007 (10 23) 19:33 PDT Los Angeles (...
350,000 Homes Evacuated in Calif. Fires By ALLISON HOFFMAN and GILLIAN FLACCUS #8211; 29 minutes ago SAN DIEGO (AP) #8212; Walls of wind whipped flames consumed...
Illegal border crossers brave flames, get burned Six are hospitalized; more than 200 arrested By Leslie Berestein UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER October 24, 2007 The ...
The GrandRapidsPress Wednesday, May 16, 2007 By ErikPrince Special To The Press In response to a series of articles about me and my company, Blackwater USA, I am ...
by: MiriamRaftery Thu Oct 25, 2007 at 10:54:43 AM PDT (Welcome Miriam, an award winning journalist to Calitics. More info from on the ground there, following up o...
By MiriamRaftery The AlpineSun #8220;It #8217;s like Armageddon, #8221; Potrero resident Jill Michaels said of the devastating Harris and Witch fires that h...
By ANNE FLAHERTY, AssociatedPress Writer Thu Oct 25, 11:12 AM ET Congress is moving to put all armed contractors operating in combat zones under military control,...
Several Blackwater protestors are in jail for trespassing on Blackwater's property and creating a scene that looked like a make believe car bomb. "Today's demons...
Posted October 25, 2007 We couldn't make this stuff up. Brian Bonfiglio, vice president of Blackwater West, "I see a tactical operation center for East County fir...
October 28, 2007 WTKR Your NewsChannel 3, VA Blackwater Meeting Reveals New Projects Moyock, North Carolina We're learning more about what went on a community mee...
Founder Erik Prince Says Blackwater Guards Came Under Fire In Controversial Shooting (CBS) Blackwater USA has been called the largest private army in the world bu...
'Working as a team' Blackwater fury shelved as Potrero reacts to Harris fire By Pat Sherman 10/30/2007 Jan Hedlun sat on the front porch of the Potrero General St...
Wall Street Journal Killing by Blackwater Worker Poses Dilemma for U.S. Authorities By YOCHI J. DREAZEN May 14, 2007;PageA4 BAGHDAD, Iraq A Blackwater USA contr...
Some of those interviewed in an FBI inquiry reveal details of the incident and say the agents are focused on whether the security guards were fired upon first. By...
State to Blackwater: Nothing You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You in a Court of Law Posted October 30, 2007 05:53 PM (EST) Apparently there is one set of ri...
Countywide Fire Update 195 Potrero Recall Election to Proceed as Planned The December 11, 2007 Recall Election in the Potrero Community Planning Group will proce...
IRAQ: When Blackwater Kills, No Questions Asked By Ali al Fadhily* BAGHDAD, Oct 30 (IPS) The recent attacks by Blackwater USA mercenaries in Baghdad are far fro...
POSTED: 1:23 pm PDT October 29, 2007 UPDATED: 12:07 am PDT October 30, 2007 WASHINGTON The State Department promised Blackwater USA bodyguards immunity from pro...
by MichaelRoston November 1, 2007 01:22 PM The congressional vice grip is tightening on Blackwater and other contracted defense firms. Next Wednesday, Rep. Jan Sc...
Aram Roston Investigative producer NBC News updated 8:56 a.m. PT, Thurs., Nov. 1, 2007 WASHINGTON Federal agents are investigating allegations that the Blackwat...
HOLLAND Intensely private like his late father Edgar Prince, Erik Prince has moved into the national spotlight because of a best selling book about his elite priv...
Rapture Rescue 911: Disaster Response for the Chosen Naomi Klein Posted November 1, 2007 (November 19, 2007 issue) I used to worry that the United States was...
By Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) U.S. Sen. John Kerry on Thursday asked the Bush administration for more information on how an affiliate of private secur...
By Dana Hedgpeth Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, November 3, 2007; A01 First it became a brand name in security for its work in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now i...
By Ryan Sabalow (Contact) Friday, November 2, 2007 For the past month, a former Redding resident has become a vocal critic of Blackwater USA, the private security...
By JOHN M. BRODER and JAMES RISEN Published: November 1, 2007 Correction Appended WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 #8212; Blackwater Worldwide, its reputation in tatters and ...
at the end of lines that need to break but don't need a blank line. * Mark sub headline with header 3 " " By Noah Shachtman EmailOctober 31, 2007 1:59:11...
at the end of lines that need to break but don't need a blank line. * Mark sub headline with header 3 " " Seven House Republicans have urged Oversight and Gov...
Thanks to some high stakes legal maneuvering, Blackwater USA may yet manage to avoid a public examination of the bloody event that catapulted the company to world...
at the end of lines that need to break but don't need a blank line. * Mark sub headline with header 3 " " October 5, 2007, 5:10 pm By Patrick Healy Mark Penn ...
at the end of lines that need to break but don't need a blank line. * Mark sub headline with header 3 " " POTRERO PLANNING GROUP MEETING NOTICE THURSDAY, OCTO...
at the end of lines that need to break but don't need a blank line. * Mark sub headline with header 3 " " By JAMES GLANZ and ALISSA J. RUBIN Published: Octobe...
at the end of lines that need to break but don't need a blank line. * Mark sub headline with header 3 " " At a congressional hearing, the security firm and...
at the end of lines that need to break but don't need a blank line. * Mark sub headline with header 3 " " By Henry Cuningham Military editor Blackwater USA, t...
If school boards don’t do their job, kids may be poor readers. When water boards perform poorly, we might have low water pressure. But when a hospital board is ou...
(SUMMARY) "They were on a joy ride," she said of the pilots. "They were cowboying." "To know, as a mother, he sat out and froze to death bleeding internally is th...
In "Private Warriors," FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith travels throughout Kuwait and Iraq to give viewers an unprecedented behind the scenes look at companie...
The transformation of Blackwater USA from a private security firm into the newest branch of the U.S. military has for years been a source of friction and suspicio...
Monday, November 12, 2007 By NancyConroy The United States and Mexico recently unveiled a new US$1.4 billion anti drug aid package that aims to help Mexico fi...
A US company, Blackwater, seeks to build a mercenary training center in the El Hongo area of Tecate, Mexico. Blackwater describes itself as #8220;the most compl...
Surcharge sparks firestorm Governor's fee faulted; without it, he will warn, Cal Fire faces cutbacks By Michael Gardner COPLEY NEWS SERVICE January 10, 2008 K.C. ...
Part 1: http://www.cbs8.com/features/special_assignment/story.php?id=91191 Part 2: http://www.cbs8.com/features/special_assignment/story.php?id=91393 Helicopters ...
POTRERO, Calif. Ron Spinneit dragged the toe of his shoe in a straight line through the chalky dust, summing up the current state of affairs in this arid desert v...
All Things Considered, December 17, 2007 · By now, most Americans are familiar with Blackwater USA's controversial shooting in Baghdad last September. Seventeen I...
NPR.org, December 14, 2007 · The Defense Authorization Bill passed by Congress contains provisions that tighten government oversight of private security contracto...
Hero of Cedar Fire Running for Supervisor By E.A. Barrera Burned in the Cedar Fire, Reyes wants to help the people who were good to him. Photo By E.A. Barrera Ru...
WASHINGTON After years of high stakes legal wrangling, a lawsuit stemming from the gruesome deaths of four U.S. contractors in Iraq is moving behind closed doors ...
By Rachel Kapochunas, CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY Published: May 31, 2007 California Rep. Duncan Hunter is leaving the House after 14 terms to seek the 2008 GOP presi...
The Spanish word dulzura means sweetness. And public artist Robin Brailsford found the sweet life when she moved to the hamlet of Dulzura, 30 miles east of San Di...
City seeks state law easing annexation By LizNeely UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER February 7, 2008 EL CAJON #8211; The feud between El Cajon and the county over a Ho...
AT least three American private security companies have reportedly recruited about 300 Filipino #8220;private security operators #8221; or #8220;independent con...
By Miriam Raftery The East County Californian May 17, 2007 A coalition of concerned citizens launched a movement to recall all but one member of the nine person ...
By Miriam Raftery The East County Californian May 31, 2008 County officials have announced plans to shut down Covert Canyon, a military and law enforcement train...
By Miriam Raftery The East County Californian May 24, 2007 Citizens sounded off in public comment and rallied outside the County Board of Supervisors meeting Tue...
By Josh Richman Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 at 4:31 pm in Assembly, Fabian Nunez, General, Guy Houston. Assembly Republicans voted down a bill today which would ...
By Miriam Raftery The East County Californian May 31, 2007 California #8217;s Secretary of State is hot on the trail of alleged election law violations by San D...
Chris Hedges is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School and won a Pulitzer Prize as a foreign correspondent for the New York Times. Armed units from the private sec...
Brinkmanship continues as the Jamul Indian Village has adopted a stance of #8220;we're going to build our casino and who is going to stop us? #8221; Not the sher...
DHS Exercises Waiver Authority to Expedite Advancements in Border Security Release Date: April 1, 2008 For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact...
By ADAM LIPTAK Securing the nation #8217;s borders is so important, Congress says, that Michael Chertoff, the homeland security secretary, must have the power to ...
Iraq disapproves Blackwater contract renewal Tuesday, April 08, 2008 09:09 GMT US State Department has attributed the decision of renewing Blackwater private se...
By JHarryJones UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 6:14 p.m. April 11, 2008 The board members of the county's long range planning group overwhelmingly endorsed the Sunrise...
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once said, #8220;The most important office in a democracy is that of the citizen. #8221; But typical citizens find overseein...
by DeanCalbreath UNION TRIBUNE April 13, 2008 The billboard on the freeway shows a pair of stark alternatives: a dark, grimy, smoke belching power plant versus a ...
By DeanCalbreath STAFF WRITER, San Diego Union Tribune January 4, 2008 The Sunrise Powerlink project #8211; San Diego Gas Electric's disputed plan to build a $...
The Feb 20 program for the SD Renewable Energy Society promises to be revolutionary! Bill Powers will present his proposal titled "San Diego Smart Energy 2020". ...
Posted date: 4/17/2008 NTR, an Ireland based company that specializes in renewable energy and waste management, plans to invest $100 million in Phoenix based Stir...
By JHarryJones UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 9, 2008 The chance that SDG E's proposed Sunrise Powerlink project might pose a fire risk in the backcountry was t...
By JHarryJones UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER March 27, 2008 A lingering question in the Sunrise Powerlink controversy is what influence and legal powers, if any, the...
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 ...
EL CAJON #8211; Not that long ago, the East County Performing Arts Center was considered one of the best things #8211; if not the only thing #8211; downtown El...
Reported by Stew Magnuson SAN ANTONIO, Texas #8212; Tunnels underneath the southwest border are expected to proliferate as improved fencing makes it harder for s...
Designers of the Project 28 pilot program, which was envisioned as a virtual fence along the Southwest border, failed to ask users what they wanted in the system,...
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...
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...
By Liz Neely STAFF WRITER August 14, 2007 EL CAJON #8211; The East County Performing Arts Center has been temporarily shuttered after chunks of plaster fell from...
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 ...
Four members of state agency attend By JHarryJones UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER May 13, 2008 * Kristy Mundt at PUC meeting on Sunrise Powerlink: PEGGY PEATT...
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...
Backup border fence would be built on dirt By LeslieBerestein UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER May 16, 2008 Environmentalists hoping to stop the filling of a steep cany...
Regarding your Q A with Paul Russell and the East County Performing Arts Center (East County Opinion, June 29): I couldn't let this slide by without a reality che...
Will These Keep the Lights On? By Joe Deegan Published Wednesday, May 28, 2008 The Sunrise Powerlink gleamed for the first time in Sempra Energy #8217;s eye on...
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...
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...
It should not be surprising to anyone who attended the Nov. 8 El Cajon City Council meeting that El Cajon's Arts and Culture Commission was dissolved. The city mu...
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...
Rifles given to sheriff in deal that skirts law The private military company Blackwater has found an unusual way to skirt federal laws that prohibit private parti...
Blackwater shielded from council review By TanyaMannes UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER June 18, 2008 OTAY MESA #8211; A federal judge ruled yesterday that Blackwater ...
No matter who wins the White House, the security firm is shooting for lucrative work. By JeremyScahill June 16, 2008 From California to Iraq, business has never b...
Vote delay to notify customers overruled By AnneKrueger, STAFF WRITER May 24, 2006 SANTEE #8211; The board of the Padre Dam Municipal Water District voted yester...
Assemblyman Joel Anderson Wednesday morning threw his support behind the 52nd Congressional District campaign of Duncan D. Hunter. At a press conference at a La M...
Term limits claim incumbent La Suer By MicheleClock STAFF WRITER May 12, 2006 A bilingual charter school principal. A well known city councilman. A businessman wh...
Why would the National Right to Life PAC endorse a long term supporter of abortion like Brian Bilbray? In fact, the National Right to Life PAC is the political a...
MANAMA, BAHRAIN #8212; Common images of the U.S. Coast Guard's duties include boat rescues on the Great Lakes, pursuits of smugglers in the Caribbean and patrols...
El Cajon Assemblyman Joel Anderson is enjoying international attention these days, thanks to the governor's decision to sign his bill forcing the state's mammoth ...
Helping Hitler Buy Guns Posted by: Mighty Thor 04/05/2007 5:12 PM Penned by DuaneDichiara at the Flashreport regarding the Union Tribune and Assemblyman Joel An...
Governor to sign bill by La Mesa lawmaker By Bill Ainsworth STAFF WRITER September 25, 2007 SACRAMENTO #8211; While Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was ma...
Home Depot is pulling all the strings in El Cajon, California. On June 6, 2006, Sprawl Busters reported the controversial death of a Home Depot project in El Cajo...
LITTLE NOTES December 2005 JOEL ANDERSON, candidate for the 77th Assembly District, was one of East County's biggest campaigners for Proposition 73. A parishione...
Ever want to call for an election recount? Well, the Humboldt County Elections Office might soon give you the chance to do just that, and more. The Humboldt Tran...
Company is sister to N.C. based Blackwater JosephNeff and Jay rice, Staff Writers RALEIGH To defend itself against a lawsuit by the widows of three American sol...
By Daniel J. Callahan and Marc P. Miles, AlterNet Posted on June 8, 2007, Printed on June 8, 2007 http://www.alternet.org/story/53460/ The following article is by...
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...
BAGHDAD #8212; Iraq's foreign minister said Tuesday that the United States had agreed to lift immunity for foreign security contractors operating in Iraq, making ...
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 ...
By Harvey Morris at the United Nations Published: June 19 2008 03:00 Last updated: June 19 2008 03:00 Mia Farrow, the actress and activist, has asked Blackwater...
Agents of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have confiscated nearly two dozen automatic rifles from Blackwater Worldwide, the private s...
RALEIGH BlackwaterWorldwide, the North Carolina company that is famous and in some quarters infamous for its security work in Iraq, has been misunderstood and...
COEUR D #8217;ALENE, Idaho #8212; The Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training Council has voted to table a plan by North Carolina based Blackwater Worldwide to...
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, ...
By Adam Howard Posted on June 10, 2007, Printed on June 12, 2007 http://www.alternet.org/bloggers//53723/ Blackwater USA, the nefarious sounding and behaving cont...
COEUR D'ALENE The Idaho Post Academy has signed a letter of intent to work with BlackwaterWorldwide if the company decides to build in the region, which is draw...
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...
Independent Oversight Body Will Tackle Systemic Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Washington, DC #8211; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker Nancy Pelosi have nam...
FILM SYNOPSIS In this heated election year, the U.S. Mexican border is a magnet for debate as Americans grapple with the complex issues of illegal immigration, n...
by Sandra Svoboda Training Iraqi soldiers in SWAT procedures didn't seem like mercenary work to Greg, who took a yearlong leave of absence from a Midwestern polic...
Findings on wildfires implicate Cox lines, too By JHarryJones and TonyManolatos STAFF WRITERSJuly 10, 2008A state report released last night says arcing San Diego...
By DAVE DOWNEY Staff Writer Lawsuits and possible misdemeanor criminal charges confront San Diego Gas Electric Co. now that state officials have concluded its...
Utility's new policy requires inspectionsBy J. Harry Jones STAFF WRITERJuly 11, 2008Exactly 3½ hours before an arcing power line ignited the Witch Creek fire earl...
By SIOBHAN GORMAN and AUGUST COLE July 17, 2008; Page A1 When Dave Boone complained that his fellow security contractors in Iraq were stockpiling weapons and pad...
by Matthew Schwarzfeld July 18, 2008 10:06 am EDT Tags: Barack Obama, Blackwater, John McCain, Military Contractor Abuse Scandal Senators Barack Obama and John...
by Matthew Schwarzfeld July 14, 2008 12:04 pm EDT Tags: Blackwater, Iraq, Military Contractor Abuse Scandal July 14: This post has been corrected. Private secu...
By JOHN ROSS When presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain brought his road show to Mexico City on the eve of U.S. Independence Day, he had one m...
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...
The Democratic leadership in Congress is once again gearing up for a great sell out on the Iraq war. While the wrangling over the $124 billion Iraq supplemental s...
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...
When a California medical marijuana dispensary, Organica Collective, was raided last Thursday by agents of the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency and local police, t...
Anti illegal immigration group struggling as chapters disband, donations slow By Kerry Lester Daily Herald StaffPublished: 5/19/2008 12:06 AMOne of the most vis...
Agents thought he paid man to cross By Leslie Berestein STAFF WRITER August 7, 2008 SOUTH COUNTY A local civil rights advocate who often files compliants on b...
MARCELA SANCHEZ THE WASHINGTON POST Changing the immigration debate August 9, 2008 A new effort to clear this country of illegal immigrants comes courtesy ...
Fourteen employees of an Oceanside fencing contractor, along with 13 relatives and "collateral" undocumented immigrants, face deportation following raids yesterda...
A fencing company that has contracted with the military was busted for the second time in less than 15 months Wednesday for hiring undocumented workers, some of w...
Note: Curator corrected factual inaccuracies In San Diego County, a firestorm has erupted over plans to build a Blackwater mercenary training camp in the hills b...
WASHINGTON A California company under investigation on suspicion of hiring undocumented workers won a contract in the late 1990s to help build the San Diego borde...
A company that built fences at military bases and along the border in San Diego pleaded guilty yesterday to hiring illegal immigrants in an unusual case in which ...
Christmas came early for those of us who believe that the only honest way to combat illegal immigration is to bring criminal charges against the employers who hir...
At some point, Americans are going to have to get tough on companies that knowingly hire illegal immigrants in blatant violation of the law. We're going to have d...
By Anne Krueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 9:17 p.m. July 30, 2008 LA MESA Board members of the public district that oversees Sharp Grossmont Hospital said Wedn...
By Angelica Martinez UNION TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM 10:45 a.m. August 4, 2008 LA MESA Immediate changes in communication procedures are taking place at Sharp ...
By Keith Darcé UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER August 9, 2008 Sharp HealthCare executives have spent the past two weeks trying to reassure the public that their hospit...
Hospital could lose all federal payments By Cheryl Clark UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER July 30, 2008 Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa could lose all federal paym...
District board heard of issues in media By Angelica Martinez and Cheryl Clark UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS August 5, 2008 LA MESA The Grossmont Healthcare Distri...
"I've been a Republican for 35 years and I became a Democrat in January," La Mesa Councilmember David Allan told a crowd of over 350 people at the East County Uni...
The boulder strewn hillsides of Homeland that he roamed as a child remind John Choate of the terrain in Afghanistan, where the former Navy SEAL served after the S...
By Ron Cook The East County Herald LA MESA Local Democrat clubs hosted the East County "Uniting for Change" rally Sunday, Aug. 3 at Harry Griffen Park in La Me...
POLITICS US: One Fifth of Iraq Funding Paid to ContractorsBy William FisherNEW YORK, Aug 14 (IPS) As a new report forecasts that the 190,000 private contractors...
Decision follows lapses at hospital By Anne Krueger STAFF WRITER August 16, 2008 LA MESA Officials for the public district that oversees Sharp Grossmont ado...
WASHINGTON Marine families who lived at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina over three decades drank water contaminated with toxins as much as 40 times over today's sa...
On October 20, 2007 peace activists gathered at the gates of Blackwater USA in Moyock, NC to protest the Massacre at Nisour Square that took place on September 16...
Blackwater guards face prosecution over killing of 17 Iraqi civilians Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 By James Bone Six Blackwater Worldwide security guards have ...
Sempra's gas venture gathering steam at Baja site Plant expected to boost fuel supplies by 2008 By Diane Lindquist STAFF WRITER October 24, 2005 COSTA AZUL ...
21st March 2008 By Staff Writer San Diego based natural gas firm Sempra Energy's Costa Azul liquefied natural gas terminal on the west coast of Mexico will comm...
New Evidence That Blackwater Guards Took No Fire The view on Friday of Nisour Square in Baghdad from the roof at the southwest corner. On Sept. 16, Blackwater ve...
The Hidden Campaign Ohio Voting Machines Contained Programming Error That Dropped Votes By Mary Pat Flaherty A voting system used in 34 states contains a critica...
Pat Nixon at the U.S. Mexico Border New America Media, Commentary, Joseph Nevins, Posted: Aug 22, 2008 Editor s Note: Nearly 40 years ago this month, First Lady ...
* Baja_Wind_EA_Scoping_Notice_ FR _8 4 08.pdf: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment and To Conduct Public Scoping Meetings; Baja Wind U.S. Tr...
Some votes miscounted in primary, officials say By Luis Monteagudo Jr. and Helen Gao UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 8, 2004 County officials said yesterday t...
Lawsuit alleges cover up of death By Cheryl Clark UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER August 28, 2008 LA MESA Caregivers at Sharp Grossmont Hospital incorrectly adjusted...
Blackwater deal divided community By Anne Krueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER August 28, 2008 Blackwater Worldwide has left Potrero behind, but the controversy eng...
EAST COUNTY PERSPECTIVE Longtime insider believes in Sharp Grossmont Hospital August 24, 2008 By Bob Yarris Reading and hearing the recent media attention around...
Raising sales taxes hurts all of us By Joel Anderson August 29, 2008 As a father of three, I know how expensive it can be to get kids ready to go back to schoo...
Videos created by David Barton, Vice Chair of the Texas Republican Party and a close colleague of disgraced former House Leader Tom DeLay, have been removed from ...
Monica Almedia/The New York Times By FELICITY BARRINGER Published: August 28, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO California, known for its far ranging suburbs and jam packed tr...
Infrastructure issues nationwide take wind out of clean energy's sails By Matthew L. Wald NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE August 28, 2008 When the builders of the M...
My Turn with Ray Lutz Sunrise Powerlink SDG E says it will supply San Diego with renewable energy from the desert. Unfortunately, their strategy—like a broken f...
By Ray Lutz High energy prices hurt our economy. Not only do we pay through the nose at the pump, we pay through the gun barrel in our overseas military misadvent...
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...
By Chris Moran STAFF WRITER September 12, 2008 EAST COUNTY County school board candidate Rose Urdahl acknowledged she doesn't have the credentials for two jobs...
By Ray Huard UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER September 11, 2008 Former El Cajon City Councilman Charles Emmet Santos has pleaded guilty to stealing money from his ail...
By Miriam Raftery (From October 19, 2006 East County Californian) The El Cajon City Council has removed questionable videos from Channel 24, a taxpayer funded gov...
Published on HamptonRoads.com A man who held a high profile job training Blackwater security contractors for duty in Iraq now sits in a Canadian jail awaiting tri...
Citizens will soon have access to a key tool to track federal spending President Bush signs S. 2590 President Bush signs the Federal Funding Accountability and ...
Purpose: To find out if this training center is related to Blackwater West or another paramilitary group. To find out if this private military training center is...
* Planning_Dept._5.1_Procinctu.pdf: Public Use Permit No. 885 to construct a privately owned police, military, and governmental agency tactical training center ...
Training facility reeks of Blackwater By Paul Jacobs as published in print and online (www.nctimes.com) for The Californian 10/5/08 Old Blackwater keeps on ro...
State Dept. Move to Let Contractors Probe Complaints Over Other Contractors May Be Illegal By KIRIT RADIA *Oct. 3, 2008 * In an apparent violation of federal reg...
Blackwater Machine Gun Found in Raid on Iraqi Insurgents Incident Was Kept Secret and Raises More Questions About the Firm's Iraq Operations By BRIAN ROSS *Octobe...
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...
Democrats on pace to lead registration By Craig Gustafson and Helen Gao UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS October 9, 2008 The electoral edge that Republicans have held ...
JACOBS: Do we really need paramilitary training here? By PAUL JACOBS For The Californian An online comment on last week's column on the Procinctu project in H...
Higher gasoline prices, dependence on foreign oil and concerns about global warming have placed biofuels in the spotlight. However, no one thinks that turning foo...
In this four part special series, KPBS investigative reporter Amita Sharma and border reporter Amy Isackson examine how San Diego based Sempra Energy got the gree...
New Fence Will Split a Border Park Sandy Huffaker for The New York Times Through a border fence, Jacqueline Huerta touched her niece, Yisell Martinez, who was...
KGTV TV CH 10 (ABC) San Diego 10/25/2006 05:00 PM 06:00 PM El Cajon news: El Cajon's Government Access Channel caused controversy, as religious programming has ...
You should see an embedded player below. If you do not see it, you can download the entire audio program from the attachment list. Gary Woods Priscilla Sch...
By Michael Mason THE EAST COUNTY CALIFORNIAN September 7, 2006 Editors Note: This is part two of a two part series looking at the relationship between Christi...
By Patrick Heald When it comes to controversial San Diego County school districts, San Diego City Schools grabs most of the headlines, what with the district bo...
County school officials consider the future of intelligent design in the classroom By Pat Sherman The clearest evidence of our evolution can be found in our ...
* OrVRC_Presentation.pps: Oregon Voter Rights Coalition "The Illusion of Democracy" (If you don't have a powerpoint viewer, you can download one Here...)
LUTZ: Thank you very much for listening to me. My name is Ray Lutz. I am the founder of Citizens Oversight Projects, and I happen to also be a candidate for the 7...
Exit Strategy from the Failure in Iraq Systematic Sovereignty vs. the October Surprise RaymondLutz Sept. 2006 We find ourselves in a situation that is al...
KGTV 10 on 10 26 (aired at 5:30 and 11pm) 1. 10 News Early Edition America's Godly Heritage: El Cajon's government access channel is stirring up some controversy,...
Helix High board calls for trustee to resign Grossmont leader alleges misconduct By Leonel Sanchez STAFF WRITER October 31, 2008 LA MESA Helix High School of...
RAMONA: Charter school files for bankruptcy By North County Times Sun Valley Charter School in Ramona filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Wednesday in the final ch...
Blackwater: Layoffs It turns out that trucking wasn't as lucrative as private security for Blackwater Worldwide. One week after the government spurned the contra...
By BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press Writer LADSON, S.C. Force Protection, the military manufacturer that grew rapidly when the nation went to war, on Thursday unve...
In his first in depth interview, the former CIA head of counterterrorism and current vice chair of Blackwater talks about trying to warn President Bush before the...
Support Clean EnergyResolution Number SDL07.04 WHEREAS, the continued burning of fossil fuels for energy harms our environment and likely contributes significantl...
Opposing Coal LiquefactionResolution Number SAC07.17 WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency has determined that even should carbon sequestration technology ...
Supporting Open Source Software for Electronic Voting MachinesResolution Number SAC07.12 WHEREAS, public confidence in the integrity of the election system in the...
Joseph Pena, The East County Californian, Oct 26, 2006 In a show of civil disobedience, Raymond Lutz held signs throughout the El Cajon City Council meeting Tuesd...
Local Planning to End Global WarmingResolution Number SAC07.09 WHEREAS, the California Legislature has proven its leadership through landmark environmental legisl...
Protecting Election IntegrityResolution Number MAN06.05 WHEREAS: There are serious questions about the security of electronic voting machines, and insecure and u...
November 10, 2008 By ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON The United States military since 2004 has used broad, secret authority to carry out nearly a doze...
* NOVEMBER 19, 2008 Iraq Pact Forces Security Contractors to Confront Work Without Immunity By AUGUST COLE The new agreement covering the U.S. military presence...
By DAVE DOWNEY Staff Writer The curtain is expected to rise Friday on the long awaited proposed decision on San Diego Gas Electric Co.'s controversial $1.5 bi...
* rovmanualtallyreportforjune2008.pdf: Manual Tally Report for 6/3/2008 Election We must note that this document says "Intradepartment draft" and not final releas...
A training camp for members of law enforcement and the military is being proposed in Imperial County that opponents say is disturbingly similar to a facility plan...
* ManualTallyResultsSpreadsheetFinal11 4 08.pdf: Manual tally results for Nov 4, 2008 election shows significant error rate. * Of the original 17 precincts sam...
Blackwater Backlash Getty Images Erik Prince, chairman of the Prince Group, LLC and Blackwater USA, holds up a picture showing the affect of a car bomb while te...
By Matthew Haggman05 13 2004 A scathing internal review of the iVotronic touch screen voting machines used in Miami Dade and Broward, Fla., counties, written by a...
I came to the "whitewash" realization after listening to the Justice Department press conference of the 35 charge indictment. You can watch this on the CSPAN web...
by JeremyScahill from the May 8, 2006 issue It is one of the most infamous incidents of the war in Iraq: On March 31, 2004, four private American security contr...
July 8, 2007 RALEIGH, N.C. Internal memos show that four security contractors who were ambushed and killed in Iraq three years ago were told to go through the da...
* 27 Jul 2008 (20) CurrentEventsTheater, Bill Moyers Buying the War, RanchoSanDiegoLibrary (1:30pm)Video will start promptly at 2pm;"Buying the War" examines ...
Mishaps run deeper than new machines Poll workers, voters cite tied up hotline, poor training, confusion By Jeff McDonald and Luis Monteagudo Jr. UNION TRIBUNE...
* See Request: Request C00017 Here is the email received regarding this request: Dear Mr. Lutz, Attached is the Registrar of Voters’ response to your letter of De...
This is one of the best (brief) overviews of the supporting evidence for anthropogenic climate change and also an overview of the strategy to undermine the scient...
When four Blackwater USA security guards were ambushed and massacred in Fallujah in 2004, graphic images showed the world exactly what happened: four men killed, ...
(Video: http://www.kpbs.org/tv/full_focus;id=8977 ) The joke around Potrero is if you're on Highway 94 and you blink, you just might miss the town. Potrero is sma...
Walter Taylor, Staff Writer ELIZABETHTOWN #8212; A wild stretch of the Cape Fear River serves as a classroom. Instructor Paul Imhoff of Blackwater USA, a private...
July 13, 2007 When it comes to requests to give away public money, El Cajon council members just can't bring themselves to say "No." The city has become enmeshed ...
By Brian Handwerk NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NEWS July 19, 2007 Cyclical changes in the sun's energy output are not responsible for Earth's recent warming, a new study a...
By BILL SIZEMORE, The Virginian Pilot February 21, 2007 Cofer Black, vice chairman of Blackwater USA, announced Tuesday the formation of a new CIA type private ...
The chief executive of private security contractor Blackwater USA said Thursday that better trained police officers could have helped limit the carnage in the Vir...
Army reclaims $20 million charge Jay Price, Staff Writer The News Observer February 8, 2007 WASHINGTON The Army snatched back $20 million from the giant m...
Moyock, NC (PRWEB) April 23, 2007 Blackwater USA is pleased to announce its new strategic partnership with The Backup Training Corporation, which provides top n...
By DAVID MACAULAY Staff Writer February 20, 2007 CAMDEN Blackwater USA has enlisted the services of former Ford workers to begin commercial production of an ...
Blackwater Security Consulting, Moyock, N.C., was awarded on Aug. 7, 2006, a $7,161,101 firm fixed price contract for personal security detail services protecti...
By Bill Berkowitz OAKLAND, Jun 29 (IPS) Ten years ago, Erik Prince, the son of a conservative multi millionaire, founded the security consulting firm Blackwater...
New U.S. data show how heavily the Bush administration has relied on corporations to carry out the occupation of the war torn nation. By T. Christian Miller Tim...
July 5, 2007 Carl Mortished, International Business Editor Gazprom will create its own private army after Russian lawmakers gave the gas utility and Transneft, th...
July 24, 2007 LEMON GROVE: An East County institution has closed its doors. El Cajon Councilman Bob McClellan shuttered his car dealership, McClellan Buick Pontia...
Most El Cajon residents probably know that Councilman Bob McClellan sells cars. But McClellan's car dealership is also a vehicle for McClellan to share his Christ...
http://www.kpbs.org/tv/full_focus;id=9133 Opponents of a proposal to build a training camp in East County for military and police personnel say a San Diego County...
At a contentious Potrero Planning Group Meeting, held last Thursday, July 12, it was ''obvious that the recent controversial Blackwater project has caused a rift ...
(TheNation) This column was written by R.J. Hillhouse. The unprecedented involvement of private corporations in the Iraq War has been well documented. Private sol...
Video Here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi blackwater_23jul23,0,1702001.story By E.A. Torriero Tribune staff reporter July 23, 2007 MT. CARROL...
Wednesday July 25, 10:59 am ET New Division Will Investigate Fraud, provide Executive Protection, Due Diligence and Asset Validation Services WASHINGTON, July 25...
By Lawrence J. Haas July 31, 2007 War opponents have learned a thing or two over the years. Rather than take the political risk of demonizing U.S. troops, as they...
There are 48,000 'security contractors' in Iraq, working for private companies growing rich on the back of US policy. But can it be a good thing to have so many m...
Latest News Request for information and public records sent to the Registrar of Voters on November 20, 2008. * SanDiegoCountyCanvassProcedure An attempt to...
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White Paper Read the white paper: * Open Ballot Initiative White Paper, Updated 2017 01 10 Introduction The Open Ballot Initiative (TOBI) is proposed to ret...
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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...
Latest News PROTEST RALLY SCHEDULED Citizens Against Private Armies (CAPA) is organizing a protest/rally to "Stop Procinctu," a Blackwater like training center o...
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ECPAC THEATER TO REOPEN The ECPAC theater has been closed for about 8 years now. It was very sad when they first closed it as there were many arts organizations t...
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