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Blackwater Said To Approve Iraqi Payoffs After Shootings

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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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...

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Blackwater Offers Training To 'Faith Based Organizations'

RebelReports | Posted 09.16.2009 | World

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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...

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

Mother Jones | Daniel Schulman | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

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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." ...

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US Extends Iraq Contract For Blackwater Firm

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

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

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Blackwater Iraq Contract Expires; Operations Will Continue Temporarily

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — The American security firm once known as Blackwater ended its operations in the diplomatic hub of Baghdad on Thursday, bringing to a c...

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Blackwater Continues Iraq Operations Without License

AP | MATTHEW LEE and MIKE BAKER | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Armed guards from the security firm once known as Blackwater Worldwide are still protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, even though the...

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Government May Be Paying Blackwater To Work In Iraq Illegally

Washington Times | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Blackwater's First Television Ad For "Xe"

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

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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?

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Blackwater's First Television Ad For "Xe"

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 03.23.2009 | Comedy

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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."

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Blackwater by Any Other Name Would Still Smell Like Shit

ZP Heller | Posted 03.19.2009 | World

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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.

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Blackwater: A Smell by Any Other Name?

Patt Morrison | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

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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.

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Blackwater Sheds Tarnished Name: New Name Is 'Xe'

AP | MIKE BAKER | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

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

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US Looking For Blackwater Replacement In Iraq

New York Times | James Risen and Timothy Williams | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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As Iraq moved to force Blackwater Worldwide out of the country, the State Department asked two other American companies how quickly they could take ov...

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Taking Down Blackwater: One Congressman's Plan

ProPublica | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

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Blackwater Worldwide may have misrepresented its size to obtain small business contracts, the House oversight committee announced on Monday. The findi...

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Blackwater Got Gig Protecting Obama In Afghanistan

US News | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Barack Obama has not been a fan of private police like Blackwater in war zones, and some news outlets even reported that they were spurned for hi...

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Blackwater Getting Out Of Security Business

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

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

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2005 Use of Riot Gas by Blackwater Leaves Questions

NY Times | James Risen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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

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Calif. City Planners Set To Lose Posts For Backing Blackwater Camp

New York Times | SOLOMON MOORE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The scandal in Iraq involving Blackwater, the private security firm, is a world away from this tiny town near the Mexican border. But five members of ...

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State Department Gave Staff Overseeing Blackwater Bonuses For "Outstanding Performance"

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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State Dept. gave bonuses to staff overseeing Blackwater. Spencer Ackerman reports that the State Department has quietly given bonuses for "outstandin...

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Federal Grand Jury Opens Investigation Into Blackwater

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

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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...

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Blackwater Guards Killed 14 Iraqis Without Cause Says FBI

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

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

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State Dept: Immunity Deals 'Routine' For Contractors

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN and MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Limited immunity has been routinely offered to private security contractors involved in shootings in Iraq, State Department officials said Tuesday, de...

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