Blackwater Investigation

Blackwater Said To Approve Iraqi Payoffs After Shootings

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 11.11.2009 | World


Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying o...

Blackwater Offers Training To 'Faith Based Organizations'

RebelReports | Posted 11.16.2009 | World


In its ever-evolving re-branding campaign, Blackwater has created a new alter-ego for part of the company's business. Meet the "Personal Security Awar...

Blackwater Contractor Saw Killing Iraqis As 9/11 Payback: Justice Dept

Mother Jones | Daniel Schulman | Posted 11.08.2009 | World


One member of the Blackwater security team known as Raven 23 regularly bragged about his body count and viewed killing Iraqis as "payback for 9/11." ...

US Extends Iraq Contract For Blackwater Firm

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 10.18.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — The State Department said Wednesday it has extended a contract for protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq with a subsidiary of the secur...

Dog the Pirate Hunter???

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.17.2009 | Comedy


Warren Holstein

Avast, ye picaroons! If landlubber Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has his way, good ole American privateers will be set loose on ye wily pillaging Somalian buccaneers and get all War of 1812 on yer booties.

Government May Be Paying Blackwater To Work In Iraq Illegally

Washington Times | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics


Days after the Baghdad government decided it no longer wanted the company then known as Blackwater in Iraq, the State Department signed a $22.2 millio...

Blackwater's First Television Ad For "Xe"

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics


Matthew Filipowicz

Yes, Blackwater is no more. Now they are "Xe." And what does "Xe" mean? Who the hell knows? But who says private contractors can't show their impressionistic and abstract side?

Blackwater's First Television Ad For "Xe"

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 03.23.2009 | Comedy


Matthew Filipowicz

I applaud Blackwater for not pulling a Prince and changing their name to a symbol. Though I must admit, it would have been fun calling them "The Mercenaries Formerly Known As Blackwater."

Blackwater by Any Other Name Would Still Smell Like Shit

ZP Heller | Posted 03.19.2009 | World


ZP Heller

Maybe Blackwater thinks that by changing their name they can distance themselves from the manslaughter charges facing five Blackwater guards involved in the Nisour Square shooting.

Blackwater: A Smell by Any Other Name?

Patt Morrison | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics


Patt Morrison

The Outfit Formerly Known as Blackwater made its bones and its less than salubrious name in Iraq. And now it wants to unmake its notoriety by changing its name to Xe.

Blackwater Sheds Tarnished Name: New Name Is 'Xe'

AP | MIKE BAKER | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics


RALEIGH, N.C. — Blackwater Worldwide is still protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, but executives at the beleaguered security firm are taking thei...

Blackwater In Iraq: Won't Be Allowed To Work There

AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 03.01.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Gunmen apparently targeting political candidates staged attacks around Iraq on Thursday, leaving at least three people dead as Iraqi f...

Blackwater Guards Could Get 30 Years In Jail For Massacre

AP | MATT APUZZO and LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards have been indicted and a sixth was negotiating a plea with prosecutors for a 2007 shootin...

Blackwater Guards Close To Indictment, WaPo Reports

AP | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Half a dozen Blackwater Worldwide security guards have gotten target letters from the Justice Department in a probe of shootings in...

Blackwater Getting Out Of Security Business

AP | MATT APUZZO and MIKE BAKER | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics


MOYOCK, N.C. — Blackwater Worldwide said Monday that it planned a shift away from the security contracting business that earned it millions of d...

Going Out of Business: How Much Longer Will Iraq Be for Sale?

ZP Heller | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics


ZP Heller

The Iraq War and the interrogation of Iraqi prisoners ought to be the responsibility of highly-trained military personnel, not poorly-prepared contractors whose only goal is to make profits.

Blackwater's Iraq Contract Renewed Despite Investigations

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 04.12.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Amid investigations into fatal shootings of civilians and allegations of tax violations, Blackwater USA's multimillion-dollar contr...

2005 Use of Riot Gas by Blackwater Leaves Questions

NY Times | James Risen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The helicopter was hovering over a Baghdad checkpoint into the Green Zone, one typically crowded with cars, Iraqi civilians and United States military...

Lawsuit Alleges Blackwater Guards Pumped On Steroids And Other "Judgment-Altering Substances"

CNN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A quarter of Blackwater security guards in Iraq use steroids and other "judgment-altering substances," according to a lawsuit filed by the families of...

Federal Grand Jury Opens Investigation Into Blackwater

New York Times | DAVID JOHNSTON and JOHN M. BRODER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas to some of the Blackwater employees present at a Sept. 16 shooting in Baghdad in which the compan...

Blackwater Guards Killed 14 Iraqis Without Cause Says FBI

New York Times | DAVID JOHNSTON and JOHN M. BRODER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Federal agents investigating the Sept. 16 episode in which Blackwater security personnel shot and killed 17 Iraqi civilians have found that at least 1...

State Dept Backs Down: Blackwater Won't Guard FBI Agents In Iraq Investigating Blackwater

TPM Muckraker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


ome farces, it turns out, can be avoided. The FBI team traveling to Iraq at the behest of the State Department to assist in the investigation of Black...