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Would Blackwater Lie?

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghan National Army, Eric Holder Attorney General, Blackwater, Paravant, Mercenaries, Carl Levin, Private-Military-Security-Contractors, Politics News
David Isenberg

Politico has just published a story about Carl Levin releasing letters he wrote regarding his investigation of a Blackwater "shell" company in Afghanistan, Paravant.

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RNC Will NOT Hold Fundraising Meeting At Blackwater Compound

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rnc Blackwater Fundraiser, Contractors, Carl Levin, Afghanistan Contractors, Sen. Carl Levin, Blackwater, Rnc Blackwater, Defense Contractors, Military Contractors, Levin, Paravant, Gop, Politics News

UPDATE: A Xe spokesman has told Talking Points Memo that they are unaware of any plans for the RNC to hold a fundraiser at their Moyock, N.C. facility...

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The Get Out of Jail and Stay on Contract Free Card

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Contr, Afghanistan, Raytheon Aerospace, Private-Military-Security-Contractors, Private Military Contractor, Eric Prince, Blackwater, Xe, Paravant, Pmcs, World News
David Isenberg

On May 5, 2009, two men working in Afghanistan for the private military contractor Paravant killed two Afghani civilians. Now, the company argues it's not liable for the deaths because they occurred after work hours.

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Blackwater Took Hundreds Of US Weapons From Military, Afghan Police Using 'South Park' Alias

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Security Contractors, US Military, Afghanistan, Afghan War, Afghan National Police, Raytheon, Ricky Chambers, Kabul, Christopher Dortleff, Weapons, Anp, Guns, Paravant, Ak-47, Senate Report, Senate, Army, Cia, Blackwater, Greg Sailer, Petraeus, Justin Cannon, Xe, Carl Levin, Afghan Police, Eric Cartman, South Park, Rifles, World News

WASHINGTON - A Senate investigation accuses the Army of turning a blind eye when a Blackwater subsidiary hired violent drug users to help train the Af...

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Ex-Blackwater Guards Arrested In Afghan Murders: Journalist Jeremy Scahill Predicts More Violence (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan War, Shootings, Chris Dortleff, Afghanistan, Training, Obama, Paravant, Murder, Military, Afghan National Army, Blackwater, Justin Cannon, Xe, Iraq, Blackwater Murder, Video, World News

Two former employees of a subsidiary to the security company formerly known as Blackwater were arrested Thursday for the murder of two Afghan civilian...

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Chris Dortleff A Flight Risk: Ex-Blackwater Guard Charged In Afghan Double Murder Will Be Jailed Until Trial

AP | LARRY O'DELL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Security Contractors, Chris Dortleff, Afghanistan, Kabul, Fbi, Afghanistan War, Paravant, Murder, Blackwater, Justin Cannon, Iraq, Xe, Killings, Blackwater Afghanistan Murders, Home News

NORFOLK, Va. — A former Blackwater contractor charged in the shooting deaths of two Afghans will be held in custody until his trial because his ...

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Contractors In Afghanistan Shooting Say They're Scapegoats For Blackwater

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan Contractors, Blackwater, Afghanistan, Paravant, Afghanistan War, Politics News

Two U.S. security contractors involved in the shooting death of an Afghan civilian said they were pressured to say they had been drinking in order to ...

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