Battle Lines Drawn: Residents of rural Potrero fight to halt Blackwater #8217;s proposed military training camp By Miriam Raftery, The East County Californian Pa...
LATEST NEWS * Southwestern College will send its police academy students to the Blackwater Lodge and Training Center in Otay Mesa for weapons training under an...
Blackwater Potrero "Blackwater West" Mercenary Camp BlackwaterWorldwide, part of the PrinceGroup and one of the largest private military contractors in the worl...
Please see the original document below, as submitted by Blackwater. If there are changes, please have Blackwater submit them to us and we'll post them! * Milit...
Read and endorse our Open Letter To Congress regarding dismissal of Blackwater and enactment of the Stop Outsourcing Security Act. Blackwater Worldwide (formerly...
CongressionalOversightOfBlackwater * AdditionalInformationAboutBlackwaterUSA.pdf: Additional Information About Blackwater USA prior to Erik Prince Testimony on O...
On Thursday, April 12, 2007, I, Raymond Lutz (County resident), visited the San Diego County Department of Planning and Land Use. I requested the file on the Blac...
Lawsuit filed against Potrero group, county By MiriamRaftery The EastCountyCalifornian May 3, 2007 A lawsuit has been filed by Potrero resident Zoe Rosell again...
Filner pledges to help halt Blackwater USA By Miriam Raftery, The East County Californian Congressman Bob Filner pledged to help block Blackwater USA #8217;s pl...
County won #8217;t release all Blackwater docs Deadline for public comment looms Editor #8217;s note: Freelance writer Miriam Raftery contacted county spokesper...
_Potrero Blackwater battle in national spotlight_ By Miriam Raftery The East County Californian April 26, 2007 After The East County Californian published a thre...
Lone Delegate Blocks Democrats Main.RaymondLutz 29 Apr 2007 At the 2007 California Democratic State Convention in San Diego, a single delegate was involved in...
Lurking Beneath the Surface of Blackwater North By Dan Kenney The stillness of tree lined Skunk Hallow Road in Jo Daviess County Illinois, twenty miles from the ...
Massive security contractor faces growing protest in rural California town over 824 acre base 04/03/2007 @ 2:09 pm Filed by Miriam Raftery and Muriel Kane Adve...
Filner wants review of Blackwater He considers bill to stop Potrero plan By Anne Krueger STAFF WRITER April 14, 2007 Rep. Bob Filner says he is exploring legis...
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...
30 False Fronts Won Contracts for Blackwater By JAMES RISEN and MARK MAZZETTI Published: September 3, 2010 WASHINGTON Blackwater Worldwide created a web of mo...
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 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 JAMES RISEN WASHINGTON A federal appeals court on Friday reopened the criminal case against four former American military contractors accused of manslaughter...
Secret Desert Force Set Up by Blackwater s Founder By MARK MAZZETTI and EMILY B. HAGER ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates Late one night last November, a plane ca...
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 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...
April 19, 2007 Blackwater Plans for New Military Facility Near San Diego Draws Fire From Residents, Peace Activists and Local Congressmember The private secur...
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...
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...
Panel in hot water over Blackwater vote Recall petition, lawsuit under way By Anne Krueger STAFF WRITER May 12, 2007 The planning group for the backcountry com...
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...
Erik Prince is the chairman of the Hong Kong listed logistics and securities company Frontier Services Group, an Africa focused company that is building a pan Afr...
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...
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...
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...
By KatherineMcIntirePeters kpeters@govexec.com September 12, 2007 Late last month, the Pentagon tapped five major defense contractors to provide wide ranging supp...
The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. An executive with North Carolina based private security contractor Blackwater USA has joined Republican presidential candidate ...
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...
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 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 ...
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 ...
LosAngelesTimes Apr 17, 2007 Blackwater USA, a private army that promises "the most comprehensive professional security, peacekeeping and stability operations" in...
Complete meeting of the Potrero Community Planning Group. This meeting included discussions of Boutique Wineries, the Sunrise Power Link, and also the Expansion o...
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...
JeremyScahill on Blackwater http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/10192007/transcript1.html October 19, 2007 Bill Moyers talks journalist Jeremy Scahill, Part 1 BILL...
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....
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 " " 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 " " 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...
By Paul M. Krawzak COPLEY NEWS SERVICE October 6, 2007 MOYOCK, N.C. #8211; The global storm of controversy settling over Blackwater USA is fueling opposition to ...
Blackwater keeps its eye on a tiny East County enclave. By Pat Sherman 10/09/2007 Blackwater USA Vice President Brian Bonfiglio flashed a self satisfied smile, ga...
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...
Blackwater Goes to Mexico By JOHN ROSS November 9, 2007 If and when private security contractor Blackwater USA and its heavily armed operatives are forced to pull...
by Tom Griffin America's use of corporate mercenaries in Iraq is under renewed scrutiny in the wake of the Nisour Square massacre in Baghdad on Sept. 16. Employee...
06:36 AM CST on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 The State Department's mismanagement of security contractors in Iraq has had deadly consequences, and thankfully the Pen...
Kent Hoover Washington Bureau Chief The Small Business Administration has found itself in the middle of the controversy over Blackwater USA, the private security ...
By DAVID STOUT and JOHN M. BRODER Published: October 1, 2007 WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 #8212; Guards working in Iraq for Blackwater USA have shot innocent Iraqi civilia...
Thursday, October 11th, 2007 The Center for Constitutional Rights is filing a lawsuit today under the Alien Tort Claims Act on behalf of the families of three of ...
BERN, Switzerland (AP) #8212; Authorities are investigating whether a Swiss national who worked for the U.S. security firm Blackwater in Iraq broke a law barring...
A bill to ban Blackwater ... and save democracy? By Jim Tankersley A team of Democratic lawmakers led by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D Ill.) introduced a bill this after...
Blackwater's relief effort wins praise of project foe By Anne Krueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER October 30, 2007 As Potrero planning group member Jan Hedlun trie...
Thursday, November 8th, 2007 In a Democracy Now! interview, Rep. Jan Schakowsky calls for the withdrawal of all guards with the firms Blackwater, DynCorp and Trip...
Witnesses Call Shooting From Justice Ministry Unprovoked, But State Dept. Cleared Its Security Team After a Brief Probe By Steve Fainaru Washington Post Foreign S...
Blackwater USA, infamous in the Falluja massacre, is proposing an 824 acre facility in a valley just north of Potrero, a small town (~850 people) on SR 94 about 1...
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...
November 9, 2007 01:26 PM By Michael Rosten A group of House members and one Senator came together on Tuesday to introduce the "Stop Outsourcing Security Act," a ...
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...
Can Firm Get New Pentagon Work After Iraq Incident? By AUGUST COLE November 13, 2007; Page A6 A Defense Department contract involving antidrug training missions m...
By ELISE CASTELLI November 12, 2007 Blackwater USA got $600 million in federal contracts last year and more than $1 billion since 2001. But that doesn #8217;t dis...
November 15, 2007 01:30 AM While hundreds of thousands of citizens were fleeing Southern California's wildfires in October, Blackwater USA was charging back in. W...
BAGHDAD (AFP) #8212; Iraqi soldiers detained a group of private security guards after they opened fire in central Baghdad on Monday wounding a woman and rekindli...
By Larry Chin Online Journal Associate Editor Nov 19, 2007, 01:18 New bombshell testimony before Congress has revealed that Alvin B. "Buzzy" Krongard, the former ...
A landmark lawsuit brought by the families of four employees of the security firm Blackwater USA killed in Iraq three years ago has been partially derailed. This ...
Election proceeds despite fires By Miriam Raftery The Alpine Sun POTRERO #8212; #8220;You can #8217;t burden a community devastated by fire and add merce...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire USNewswire/ The estates of two more Iraqis killed when Blackwater USA personnel allegedly opened fire on civilians in Nisoor Squ...
Published on November 21, 2007 By Don Bauder For months, everything went wrong for Blackwater Worldwide (formerly Blackwater USA), the mercenary firm that wants t...
By VOA News 20 November 2007 The Iraqi government has warned it will deal firmly with private security companies that break the law. Iraqi military spokesman Brig...
In late 2006, Blackwater USA, now known as Blackwater Worldwide, submitted a proposal to build a training facility called Blackwater West in the rural San Diego 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 ...
A community's call on an international issue By Barbara Chamberlain December 7, 2007 When an elected body stops listening to the people who elected them #8211; i...
All Things Considered, December 17, 2007 · By now, most Americans are familiar with Blackwater USA's controversial shooting in Baghdad last September. Seventeen I...
My intention was to mail this to all the voters in Potrero as a response to some of the inaccurate comments in various publications. As I have been under the weat...
08:24 AM EST on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 By 13News Seven anti war activists arrested during a protest outside Blackwater USA are due in court Wednesday. The ac...
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amy Brundage, 202 228 5511 WASHINGTON, DC #8211; Today, United States Senator Barack Obama (D IL) sent t...
U.S. Security Contractors Open Fire in BaghdadBlackwater Employees Were Involved in Two Shooting Incidents in Past Week By Steve Fainaru and Saad al IzziWashingto...
By Christian Berthelsen, Los Angeles Times December 9, 2007 BAGHDAD The security contractor settled into the back of the armored Mercedes parked under the C...
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney cited Cofer Black, the former head of Counterterrorism at the CIA, as his advisor on issues involving prisoner interro...
By Nancy Conroy In San Diego County, California, a firestorm has erupted over plans to build a Blackwater mercenary training camp in the hills behind Potrero, a r...
By ALLISON HOFFMAN POTRERO, Calif. (AP) #8212; A proposal by security contractor Blackwater has divided residents of this sleepy mountain village into two camps:...
Web page contains interactive map that shows relationships to Blackwater Worldwide. BLACKWATER WORLDWIDE People related to Blackwater Worldwide: Cofer Black vi...
Wayne Madsen Report October 15, 2007 The mercenary firm Blackwater USA is well known for the controversy involving its "shoot first, ask no questions" policy in I...
POSTED ON JANUARY 9, 2008: Defendants to appeal conviction By Patrick O'Neill Judge Edgar Barnes had had enough. At a Dec. 5 trial, Beth Brockman of Durham told ...
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 ...
Blackwater Watch is looking for volunteers in to help with a variety of tasks including web site/email/listserv communications, organizing public educational and ...
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...
WASHINGTON (AP) Private security firm Blackwater USA paid $290,000 to C M Capitolink last year to lobby the federal government. The company paid C M $150,000 in...
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...
Weapons manufacturer Heckler Koch said it would end its relationship with Blackwater after German media reported that the controversial US run military firm was...
Is there an ethics that justifies Blackwater? The state, Max Weber wrote in his classic essay "Politics as a Vocation," "is a human community that (successfully) ...
By Massimo Calabresi/Washington The days of legal immunity for civilian contractors in Iraq may be numbered, as Washington and Baghdad prepare to renegotiate a lo...
Katie DeLong A local journalist is adding to the international debate concerning the war in Iraq. It's a war entering its sixth year now, and more than any other ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
POTRERO, CALIF. #8212; With its isolation and rustic ambience, this sparsely populated hamlet in eastern San Diego County offers the privacy and quiet its reside...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 TonyPerry, LosAngelesTimes April 22, 2007 POTRERO, Calif. With its isolation and rustic ambience, this sparsely populated hamlet in eastern San Diego Cou...
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...
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, ...
Blackwater: private US security firm mired in Iraq controversy Contractor effectively kicked out of Iraq over alleged killing of civilians * Audrey Gillan ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:January 27, 2009LOCAL RESIDENTS ASK: WHY WAS THIS PRIVATE PARAMILITARY FIRM APPROVED BY THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS?Protest Pl...
(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...
Scandal Ridden Blackwater Changes Name Controversial Security Firm Attempts to Rebrand Itself By MADDY SAUER and MEGAN CHUCHMACH *February 13, 2009 * The scandal ...
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...
* 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...
Jeremy Scahill Independent journalist, author, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army Posted March 2, 2009 12:34 PM (EST) BIO Become a...
* LetterToSouthwesternCollege_requestingBWCorrespondence.pdf: Letter to Southwestern College Requesting Blackwater Documents. Citizens' Oversight Projects (COPs) ...
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...
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...
Partner content from: The Nation: Blackwater Seeks Gag Order by Jeremy Scahill Gervasio Sanchez Plainclothes contractors working for Blackwater USA take part in ...
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 ADAM GOLDMAN and PAMELA HESS, The Associated Press 3:47 a.m. August 31, 2009 FILE In this Oct. 2, 2007, file photo, Blackwater USA founder, Erik Prince, tes...
The New York TimesAugust 20, 2009 C.I.A. Sought Blackwater's Help to Kill Jihadists By MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON The Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 hired o...
By JAMES RISEN and MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON From a secret division at its North Carolina headquarters, the company formerly known as Blackwater has assumed a ro...
News of 'Targeted Killing' Program Precedes Interrogation Report, Possible Probe By R. Jeffrey Smith and Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, Augus...
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 ...
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...
Judge Refuses to Dismiss War Crimes Case Against Blackwater By Jeremy Scahill October 22, 2009 On Wednesday, a federal judge rejected a series of arguments b...
Blackwater Said to Pursue Bribes to Iraq After 17 Died By MARK MAZZETTI and JAMES RISEN WASHINGTON Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret paym...
The New York Times November 19, 2009 By MARK MAZZETTI and JAMES RISEN WASHINGTON The international security company formerly called Blackwater Worldwide is fac...
The New York TimesDecember 12, 2009 Blackwater Loses a Job for the C.I.A. By MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON The Central Intelligence Agency has terminated a contract...
By CHARLIE SAVAGE Published: December 31, 2009 WASHINGTON In a significant blow to the Justice Department, a federal judge on Thursday threw out the indictment ...
(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...
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 ...
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...
MercenaryTrainingControlAct Statement of the Honorable Bob Filner Regarding the Mercenary Training Control Act (9/20/2007) Madame Speaker, I rise today to introd...
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...
Last Published Publisher RaymondLutz Date 2010 02 13 00:46 relativedir w/pub/Common/CopsCanvassReport/ $Foswiki::cfg{PublishPlugin}{Dir} /var/www/vhosts/cop...
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 ...
Just cut and paste the text below into your favorite editor, or use the attached files as a starting point! We must stop the Blackwater West project! Blackwater...
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StopOutsourcingSecurityAct 111TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S.XXX To phase out the use of private military contractors. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES ...
Tiny Potrero Battles County and Blackwater USA By DonBauder Published on February 22, 2007 The hamlet of Potrero in southeast San Diego County, 45 miles from the ...