Blackwater Corporate Intelligence Documents Reveal Security Contractor's Ties

The Nation:

Over the past several years, entities closely linked to the private security firm Blackwater have provided intelligence, training and security services to US and foreign governments as well as several multinational corporations, including Monsanto, Chevron, the Walt Disney Company, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and banking giants Deutsche Bank and Barclays, according to documents obtained by The Nation. Blackwater's work for corporations and government agencies was contracted using two companies owned by Blackwater's owner and founder, Erik Prince: Total Intelligence Solutions and the Terrorism Research Center (TRC).

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Comments

[OldSelfHere]

01:44 PM on 09/16/2010

DUH... AND THE BAND PLAYED ON WHILE THE PEOPLE JUST SLEPT AWAY .. CRAP!!

[OldSelfHere]

12:11 PM on 09/16/2010

So, how can we fight this? Any ideas? They are so deeply embedded into our government that determining who is a good guy and who is a bad guy is almost impossible.
I see problems coming.. all due to cowardice in 1933! We were sold out by our own Congress.
Now the question is what can we do to get it, our country, back?
Ever consider Obama's situation? Ever wonder why he changed so dramatically after elected and even more after he moved into the White House? Ever stop to think on who appointed all those people who surround him.. day and night.. providing "security" for him and his family?

[OldSelfHere]

11:37 AM on 09/16/2010

There is a reason why they want to regulate the internet... this is the last possible source for the thinking few to get people to wake up. It is our last means to communicate with each other.
When we lose this we are hopelessly lost.
Funny thing is they can monitor everything we say here. It is even easier than snail mail or the phones.
That HP is here is a good thing.. but it also makes these peoples jobs easier too.. much easier.. like a coyote chasing a herd of sheep into the corner of a pasture where they cannot run away any more.. now they can take their time and choose the one they want..
What a fine mess we are in.

[OldSelfHere]

11:32 AM on 09/16/2010

I am deeply concerned. Everyday it becomes more and more apparent that something must be done soon, very soon, or we lose our chance to get our democracy back.
we were sold out in 1933 When a Congressional Committee investigating this stuff determined it to be true then walked away. They let the rich and powerful individuals get away with it, and like any criminal who gets away with something they will continue. I believe they have almost accomplished what they started out to do. Take over our country.
So, how can we fight this? Any ideas? They are so deeply embedded into our government that determining who is a good guy and who is a bad guy is almost impossible.
I see problems coming.. all due to cowardice in 1933! We were sold out by our own Congress.
Now the question is what can we do to get it, our country, back?

[Parvaneh Ferhad]

06:50 AM on 09/16/2010

I am not surprised. The swamp is probably even deeper than it appears in this piece.

Switzerland's beloved multinational Nestlé did kind of the same when hiring Securitas (a Swiss security firm) to infiltrate and spy on an activist group.
http://www.spinwatch.org.uk/blogs-mainmenu-29/evel-spinoff-mainmenu-34/5041-nestle-infiltrates-attac-switzerland

[OldSelfHere]

12:01 PM on 09/16/2010

HMMMM do you think this site is not watched so closely that we should feel like we are under a microscope?
I certainly do.

[Parvaneh Ferhad]

01:16 PM on 09/16/2010

What if it is? Does that change anything?

[tercio]

06:26 AM on 09/16/2010

Boycott is the only answer to me.

[DannyGuam]

05:04 AM on 09/16/2010

This story encapsulates the gravest threat to the citizens of the US.

Yet, one of the least commented on.

We're f)*kd.

[zlohcuc]

02:24 AM on 09/16/2010

"closely linked to the private security firm Blackwater have provided intelligence, training and security services to US and foreign governments as well as several multinational corporations, including Monsanto, Chevron, the Walt Disney Company, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and banking giants Deutsche Bank and Barclays"

AKA the usual suspects.

[WhatDaBleep]

02:21 AM on 09/16/2010

And this surprises anyone? Of course the corporatist want their own little army - that way no one get in their way. Just like the Maf--ia.

[OldSelfHere]

12:03 PM on 09/16/2010

they could teach the Mafia.. but the Mafia would never overthrow their cash cow.. amazingly I think they would not like this type of competition.

[SamEasy]

02:08 AM on 09/16/2010

Two words;
Bush...Cheney

[OldSelfHere]

12:04 PM on 09/16/2010

You fail to realize just how far back this goes.
we were sold out in 1933 When a Congressional Committee investigating this stuff determined it to be true then walked away. They let the rich and powerful individuals get away with it, and like any criminal who gets away with something they will continue. I believe they have almost accomplished what they started out to do. Take over our country.
So, how can we fight this? Any ideas? They are so deeply embedded into our government that determining who is a good guy and who is a bad guy is almost impossible.
I see problems coming.. all due to cowardice in 1933! We were sold out by our own Congress.
Now the question is what can we do to get it, our country, back?

[medic628]

01:40 AM on 09/16/2010

The armed wing of the repub party.

[Parvaneh Ferhad]

06:51 AM on 09/16/2010

The American version of Schutzstaffel (SS).

[Stencil]

12:42 AM on 09/16/2010

Good article, not a great surprise that the biggest crooks in the world need protection and muscle.

[ethancorso]

11:57 PM on 09/15/2010

I fear that a day will come when Blackwater will turn their guns on us.

[Zip Ominous]

12:58 AM on 09/16/2010

It's guaranteed. Look at Colombia, 1996-present. Look at Chile 1973-1990. Look at Argentina, 1976-1983.

Paramilitaries are financed for purposes of becoming right-wing Death Squads. Period.

Blackwater has the advantage of having created a full-scale exact replica of CIA Langley headquarters, according to Jeremy Scahill.

Kean & Hamilton (from the 9/11 Whitewash Commission) have (just this past month) recommended a "Domestic Terrorism Agency". With full "enemy combatant" arbitrary designations without checks & balances. Guess where this is leading? Look at Colombia, present-day.

4/4/15.

[OldSelfHere]

12:06 PM on 09/16/2010

they already did once.. in New Orleans just after Katrina .. they were hired to provide "security".

[lendiggy]

11:12 PM on 09/15/2010

You can always tell the important news stories on HP, they are lower on the page than the daily "Kim Kardashian" article

[tercio]

06:19 AM on 09/16/2010

Or the last Palin's tweet.

[Parvaneh Ferhad]

06:53 AM on 09/16/2010

The dumbing down continues.

[nixrox04]

10:49 PM on 09/15/2010

A dangerous mercenary army that will soon be out of control and, as the article states, has been hired by large American Cos, and foreign powers.

[magi2]

12:08 AM on 09/16/2010

They don`t call him Eric, " The Prince " for nothin, sweetheart.