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• (M103) 2007-08-08 Potrero Planning Group Members Face Recall Election -- Maureen Cavanaugh, Jan Hedlun, Thell Fowler, These Days,
• (M102) 2007-08-01 BLACKWATER IN THE BACKWATER? BATTLE LOOMS AS TOWN LAUNCHES RECALL OF PLANNING BOARD -- Miriam Raftery, Our Back Fence,
• (M98) 2007-08-01 A very private war -- Jeremy Scahill, Guardian,
• (M100) 2007-07-31 Blackwater USA president outlines firm's future plans -- , Charlotte Observer,
• (M101) 2007-07-31 Backlash over plans prompts recall vote: Potrero group had OK'd training center -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune,
• (M137) 2007-07-31 Blackwater USA president outlines firm's future plans -- Associated Press, Associated Press,
• (M97) 2007-07-31 Why demonize Iraq war contractors? -- Lawrence J. Haas, Union Tribune, [Haas, former communications director to Vice President Al Gore, is vice president of the Committee on the Present Danger, an anti-terrorism group.]
• (M93) 2007-07-25 Outsourcing National Intelligence -- RJHillhouse, The Nation,
• (M95) 2007-07-25 Blackwater supports inquiry into fatal shooting -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot,
• (M96) 2007-07-25 Total Intelligence Solutions Expands with New Security and Investigations Division - Names Craig T. Johnson Director -- Blackwater, PRNewswire, [ See http://www.totalintel.com ]
• (M91) 2007-07-24 Blackwater Opponents Say County Employee Has Conflict of Interest -- Amita Sharma, KPBS Full Focus,
• (M94) 2007-07-23 'America's private army' under fire for Illinois facility: Anti-war activists, locals are wary about military contractor's new training site -- EATorriero, Chicago Tribune, Includes video
• (M78) 2007-07-21 Wind Zero Q&A and Site Visit -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M92) 2007-07-19 Blackwater proposal sparks partisan politics in rural Potrero -- Christy Scott, East County Californian,
• (M74) 2007-07-17 Gunsmoke on the water as Navy trains on Cape Fear -- Walter Taylor, Bladen Journal, [NC Paper near Moyock]
• (M73) 2007-07-13 Blackwater Military Firm Bears Extended Local Backlash -- Amita Sharma, KPBS Full Focus,
• (BlackwaterWestPromoVideo) 2007-07-12 Blackwater West -- Marketing Dept., Blackwater Worldwide, Screen shots of video provided by Blackwater
• (M71) 2007-07-08 Blackwater team sent wrong way -- Associated Press, Boston Globe,
• (M72) 2007-07-08 Memos blame Blackwater ambush on orders to leave unprepared -- Joseph Neff, Virginian Pilot,
• (M76) 2007-07-07 Sacred Rocks Near Potrero -- Raymond Lutz, Donna Lee, Citizens Oversight,
• (M87) 2007-07-05 Gazprom to raise its own private army to protect oil installations -- Carl Mortished, , [Corporate Mercenary armies... The wave of the future? ]
• (M86) 2007-07-04 Private contractors outnumber U.S. troops in Iraq -- T. Christian Miller, Los Angeles Times, [The numbers include at least 21,000 Americans, 43,000 foreign contractors and about 118,000 Iraqis, not including private security]
• (M69) 2007-07-03 Ocotillo training facility proposed -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune,
• (M85) 2007-06-29 US-IRAQ: Blackwater Blues for Dead Contractors Families -- Bill Berkowitz, ,
• (M62) 2007-06-23 Wind Zero Presentation -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 1hr 20min - Wind Zero presented at community council meeting of Ocotillo / Nomirage
• (M57) 2007-06-20 Soldiers of fortune: The presence of private military corps in Iraq raises questions—and the stakes -- Sandra Svoboda, San Diego City Beat,
• (M58) 2007-06-15 Pull the plug on the mercenary war -- Jeremy Scahill, Global Research,
• (M59) 2007-06-14 Blackwater on the Border -- Nancy Conroy, Gringo Gazette, Statement from the Editor
• (M61) 2007-06-13 Marine families tie tainted water to illnesses: High toxin levels found at N.C. base from 1957 to '87 -- Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press, Links contamination to activities at training bases.
• (M56) 2007-06-10 Blackwater-backed Torture Flights Caught in the UK -- Adam Howard, Alter Net,
• (M55) 2007-06-08 Blackwater Heavies Sue Families of Slain Employees for $10 Million in Brutal Attempt to Suppress Their Story -- Daniel J. Callahan and Marc P. Miles, Alter Net,
• (M54) 2007-06-07 U.S. Coast Guard patrols Persian Gulf: Risky mission includes boarding ships to search for weapons and terrorists. -- Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times,
• (M80) 2007-06-07 Blackwater CEO Speaks on Virginia Tech -- Mike Baker, Associated Press,
• (M47) 2007-06-05 Covert Canyon Video Tour -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Covert Canyon
• (M104) 2007-06-04 Iraq's mercenaries - with a licence to kill -- Johann Hari, The Independent,
• (M45) 2007-06-03 What if our mercenaries turn on us? -- Chris Hedges, Philadelphia Inquirer,
• (M48) 2007-06-01 Stop Blackwater Presentation -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M42) 2007-05-31 County Ceases Canyon’s Covert Operation -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian, Covert Canyon's owner has been linked to Blackwater.
• (M37) 2007-05-27 U.S. Security Contractors Open Fire in Baghdad: Blackwater Employees Were Involved in Two Shooting Incidents in Past Week -- Steve Fainaru and Saad al-Izzi, Washington Post,
• (M38) 2007-05-27 Lawsuit in Outsourced US War is Moved Out of Court -- Bernd Debusmann, Reuters,
• (M36) 2007-05-26 Owner: Site being targeted -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, He says Covert Canyon has been wrongly tied to Blackwater's plans
• (M33) 2007-05-23 Pivotal Family Lawsuit Against Blackwater USA Blocked from Court -- and Moved to Panel with Company Ties -- Amy Goodman, Jeremy Scahill, Bill Sizemore, Democracy Now,
• (M35) 2007-05-23 News 8 Exclusive: Secret 'Covert Canyon' Training Camp Operating In Alpine -- Marc Halcon, News 8, [Includes two parts]
• (M30) 2007-05-22 Public scrutiny for private armies -- , Virginian Pilot,
• (M24) 2007-05-20 Blackwater author visits Holland -- Shandra Martinez, Grand Rapids Press,
• (M25) 2007-05-20 Suit against Blackwater over contractor deaths moves to arbitration -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, [Incredible move by Blackwater to process the Fallujah victims by arbitration.]
• (M31) 2007-05-18 Backcountry Revitalization meeting -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Dianne Jacob admits to private meeting with Blackwater and Duncan Hunter in May, 2006
• (M41) 2007-05-17 Seven Potrero Planners Served with Recall Notices -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian,
• (M22) 2007-05-16 Nothing mercenary about Blackwater activities -- Erik Prince, Grand Rapids Press, [Blackwater hires foreigners and these definitely qualify as mercenaries!]
• (M23) 2007-05-14 New Scrutiny for Iraq Contractors -- YOCHI J. DREAZEN, Wall Street Journal,
• (M34) 2007-05-14 Mercenary Training Ground. -- Quintrala Lispergul??, Gringo Gazette, [Blackwater looking at El Hongo area of Tecate for training camp]
• (M14) 2007-05-12 Panel in hot water over Blackwater vote: Recall petition, lawsuit under way -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune,
• (M21) 2007-05-10 Potrero Planning Group Meeting, May 10, 2007 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Planning Group members who voted for the project are served with recall paperwork. (3 Parts)
• (ECC03May2007) 2007-05-03 Lawsuit filed against Potrero group, county -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian,
• (M19) 2007-05-02 Debate between Jeremy Scahill and Doug Brooks, president of the International Peace Operations Association -- Jeremy Scahill, Doug Brooks, These Days,
• (M277) 2007-05-02 Jeremy Scahill presents 'Blackwater' in La Mesa, Ca. May 2, 2007 -- Jeremy Scahill, Citizens Oversight,
• (M289) 2007-05-02 Jeremy Scahill in Potrero -- Jeremy Scahill, Citizens Oversight,
• (M18) 2007-05-01 A Broad Look at Blackwater USA Jeremy Scahill -- Jeremy Scahill, Full Focus,
• (M26) 2007-04-29 Firm claims same rights as Army -- Ted Roelofs, Grand Rapids Press,
• (M27) 2007-04-29 Contractor 'enriched' by experience -- Ted Roelofs, Grand Rapids Press,
• (M28) 2007-04-29 Holland native, his security firm cash in on war -- Ted Roelofs, Grand Rapids Press,
• (M29) 2007-04-29 Plane crash leaves anger, questions -- Ted Roelofs, Grand Rapids Press,
• (M1373) 2007-04-28 Blackwater Press Conf. w/ Rep. Filner at Dem. State Convention -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Features Bob Filner
• (ECC26Apr2007) 2007-04-26 Potrero-Blackwater battle in national spotlight -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian,
• (M17) 2007-04-26 Blackwater executive joins Romney in presidential campaign -- Associated Press, Fayetteville Observer, We won't vote for Romney, will we!
• (M20) 2007-04-25 Gone -- Julia Whitty, Mother Jones, About species extinction figures by the eminent EO Wilson of Harvard and about the Wildlands Project to establish four major corridors or "megalinkages" in North America to head off extinction. One corridor is along the Pacific via the Sierra Nevada into the Baja Peninsula. The proposed Blackwater camp is surely on the pathway.
• (M16) 2007-04-23 Ed Schultz Show, 23 Apr 2007, Hour One -- Ed Schultz, Ed Schultz Show, skip to about 2/3 of the way through the hour. Recorded in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
• (M82) 2007-04-23 Blackwater USA and The Backup Training Corporation Announce Strategic Partnership: Companies aim to promote each other's products and services. -- Blackwater, PRWEB,
• (M7) 2007-04-22 Plan for Training Camp Draws Antiwar Ire -- Rural residents fear lost quiet -- Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times, Reprint of Tony Perry 2007-04-10 Article
• (ECC04192007) 2007-04-19 County Won't Release All Blackwater Docs -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian,
• (M11) 2007-04-19 Blackwater in Potrero? No way -- Lionel Van Deerlin, Union Tribune,
• (M12) 2007-04-19 Blackwater is all wrong for Potrero -- Jan Hedlun, Union Tribune,
• (M13) 2007-04-19 Blackwater Plans for New Military Facility Near San Diego Draws Fire From Residents, Peace Activists and Local Congressmember -- Amy Goodman, Jeremy Scahill, Rep. Bob Filner, Raymond Lutz, Democracy Now,
• (M15) 2007-04-19 Democrats Oppose Plans for Paramilitary Camp in Potrero: Party Votes to Protect East County Preserve from Blackwater Development -- Media Committee, San Diego Democratic Party,
• (M291) 2007-04-19 Video tour to Blackwater Site -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M190) 2007-04-17 A private army for California? -- , Los Angeles Times,
• (M10) 2007-04-14 Filner wants review of Blackwater: He considers bill to stop Potrero plan -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune,
• (M145) 2007-04-13 Blackwater scraps Philippines center, hits snags in California -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot,
• (ECC04122007) 2007-04-12 Filner pledges to help halt Blackwater USA -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian,
• (M6) 2007-04-10 Town fights for its peace and quiet: A plan for a camp to train civilian guards for Iraq duty draws fire from rural San Diego County residents and antiwar activists. -- Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times,
• (M140) 2007-04-06 Blackwater: Lawyers, guns and Money -- Nathan Hodge, wired.com, [Reprinted in Wired.com as "Inside the Belly of the Blackwater Beast"]
• (M2) 2007-04-05 Mercenary Camp -- , KNSD-TV, Features Carl Meyer, Raymond Lutz
• (M3) 2007-04-05 Blackwater Scoping Meeting at San Diego County DPLU, April 5, 2007 (complete) -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M4) 2007-04-05 Potrero Residents Oppose Training Facility -- , Kusi News,
• (M5) 2007-04-05 Photos of protesters at Scoping meeting -- Carol Jahnkow, ,
• (M0) 2007-04-03 Massive security contractor faces growing protest in rural California town over 824-acre base -- Miriam Raftery, Raw Story,
• (M60) 2007-03-19 Security-training center proposed in Homeland -- Kimberly Trone, Press Enterprise,
• (M920) 2007-03-14 COPs Suggestion Report to Potrero Planning Group -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (BattleLinesDrawn) 2007-03-08 Battle Lines Drawn: Residents of rural Potrero fight to halt Blackwater’s proposed military training camp -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian, Three part article published march 8, 15, 22
• (TinyPotreroBattlesCountyAndBlackwaterUSA) 2007-02-22 Tiny Potrero Battles County and Blackwater USA -- Don Bauder, San Diego Reader,
• (M79) 2007-02-21 Blackwater brass forms intelligence company -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot,
• (M83) 2007-02-20 Blackwater USA hires Ford workers to build new APC -- David Macaulay, ,
• (M294) 2007-02-15 Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army -- Jeremy Scahill, Nation Books,
• (M127) 2007-02-08 Officials admit private security firm was hired under Iraq logistics contract -- Jenny Mandel, Government Executive, Reveals chain of contracts from KBR to ESS to Regency Hotel to Blackwater in Fallujah incident.
• (M81) 2007-02-08 Blackwater link costs Halliburton -- Jay Price, News And Observer,
• (M126) 2007-01-11 Iraq killing tracked to contractor could test laws -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, This article makes the case that the change in the UCMJ might cover military but not State Department contractors, and reveals the story of an Iraqi killed by a Blackwater contractor.
• (M128) 2006-12-04 NTSB faults Pentagon in '04 Afghan crash -- Alan Levin and Matt Kelley, Usa Today, Blackwater is famous for not vetting and qualifying employees. Here unqualified pilots under Blackwater Air (Presidential Airways) is found at fault for Afghan crash.
• (M293) 2006-10-08 Iraq for Sale -- Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films, [ Screened 2006-10-15 and 25 Mar 2007 at Rancho San Diego Library. No longer have the DVD.]
• (M642) 2006-09-26 President Bush Signs Coburn-Obama Transparency Act -- Tom Coburn, Barack Obama, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security, http://www.USASpending.gov is an important database to allow us to monitor governmental contracts, including those with Blackwater.
• (M290) 2006-09-25 The Tale of Prince - A War Profiteer -- , Brave New Films,