Blackwater Offers Training To 'Faith Based Organizations'
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...
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...
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." ...
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...
Washington Post | Jerry Markon | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
The founder of Blackwater USA deliberately caused the deaths of innocent civilians in a series of shootings in Iraq, attorneys for Iraqis suing the se...
AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The CIA hired private contractors from Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al-Qaida, bu...
AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 06.07.2009 | World
BAGHDAD — The American security firm once known as Blackwater ended its operations in the diplomatic hub of Baghdad on Thursday, bringing to a c...
AP | MATTHEW LEE and MIKE BAKER | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Armed guards from the security firm once known as Blackwater Worldwide are still protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, even though the...
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...
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics
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?
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 03.23.2009 | Comedy
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."
ZP Heller | Posted 03.19.2009 | World
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.
Patt Morrison | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics
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.
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...
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...
Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics
I know three things about ADHD (ADD) for certain. First, Michael Phelps has it; his mom has been good enough to use her media platform in places like ...
Washington Post | Del Quentin Wilber and Karen DeYoung | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics
Federal prosecutors have sent target letters to six Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a September shooting that left 17 Iraqi civilians...
AFP | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
Immunity from Iraqi law for foreign private guards is a sticking point in the deal between Washington and Baghdad over long-term US troop presence in ...
New York Times | James Risen | Posted 05.18.2008 | Politics
Last fall, Blackwater Worldwide was in deep peril. Guards for the security company were involved in a shooting in September that left at least 17 Ira...
ABC News | Maddy Sauer | Posted 05.08.2008 | Business
ABC News reported late Wednesday that hedge fund giant Cerberus Capital Management has ended talks to purchase controversial security firm Blackwater ...
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...
Mother Jones | Bruce Falconer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Marshall Adame is a Democrat running for Congress in North Carolina's 3rd District, a jurisdiction along the Tar Heel state's low-lying eastern coast ...
AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Blackwater Worldwide repaired and repainted its trucks immediately after a deadly September shooting in Baghdad, making it difficult to determine whet...
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...
Washington Post | Steve Fainaru | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The U.S. government disregarded numerous warnings over the past two years about the risks of using Blackwater Worldwide and other private security fir...
New York Times | SOLOMON MOORE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
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 ...
RebelReports | Posted 09.16.2009 | World