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

CNN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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

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Stop Blackwater Investigation "IMMEDIATELY"

AP | Richard Lardner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The State Department's acerbic top auditor wasn't happy when Justice Department officials told one of his aides to leave the room so they could discus...

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State Department Official Removes Himself From Blackwater Investigation

Seattle Times | Warren P. Strobel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The State Department's embattled inspector general suddenly removed himself Wednesday from investigations into security contractor Blackwater Worldwid...

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Blackwater Expands Into Spies For Hire

Washington Post | Dana Hedgpeth | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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First it became a brand name in security for its work in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now it's taking on intelligence. The Prince Group, the holding company...

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Blackwater's New Mercenaries: DC's Most Powerful Lobbyists

New York Times | JOHN M. BRODER and JAMES RISEN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Blackwater Worldwide, its reputation in tatters and its lucrative government contracts in jeopardy, is mounting an aggressive legal, political and pub...

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State Dept Censured For Handling Of Private Contractors

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

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Over the past four years, the amount of money the State Department pays to private security and law enforcement contractors has soared to nearly $4 bi...

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Blackwater Switches To Less Aggressive Logo

New York Times | PAUL VON ZIELBAUER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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In the private security business that has made Blackwater USA virtually a household name, being tough is part of the game. Not just for its rifle-carr...

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Blackwater To Stop Guarding Diplomats In Iraq

McClatchy Newspapers | Warren P. Strobel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Troubled military contractor Blackwater USA is likely to be eased out of its role of guarding U.S. diplomats in Iraq in the aftermath of a shooting la...

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Report: Blackwater Took Iraqi Military Planes, Refused To Give Them Back

AP | Richard Lardner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Blackwater USA tried to take at least two Iraqi military aircraft out of Iraq two years ago and refused to give the planes back when Iraqi officials s...

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New Evidence That Blackwater Guards Took No Fire

The New York Times | James Glanz, Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Michael Kamber | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Fresh accounts of the Blackwater shooting last month, given by three rooftop witnesses and by American soldiers who arrived shortly after the gunfire ...

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First US Soldiers On Scene Say Blackwater Fired On Fleeing Iraqis

Washington Post | Sudarsan Raghavan and Josh White | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Blackwater USA guards shot at Iraqi civilians as they tried to drive away from a Baghdad square on Sept. 16, according to a report compiled by the fir...

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State Dept Considers Phasing Out Private Security Guards In Iraq

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The State Department may phase out or limit the use of private security guards in Iraq, which could mean canceling Blackwater USA's contract or awardi...

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Iraqi PM's Office: Blackwater Committed "Deliberate Murder"

New York Times | James Glanz and Alissa Rubin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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The Iraqi prime minister's office said Sunday that the government's investigation had determined that Blackwater USA private security guards who shot ...

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Babysitting Blackwater: State Dept Issues New Rules To Rein In Contractor

Associated Press | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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The State Department has issued new guidelines to rein in and monitor Blackwater USA, the private contractor that provides heavily armed security for ...

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Blackwater Gets Babysitters

AP | Matthew Leee | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ordered federal agents on Friday to ride with Blackwater USA escorts of U.S. diplomatic convoys in Baghdad to tigh...

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Blackwater Out Of Control And Indifferent To Civilian Toll: Report

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Blackwater USA is an out-of-control outfit indifferent to Iraqi civilian casualties, according to a critical report released Monday by a key congressi...

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Congress To Rice: Stop Interfering With Iraq Investigation

Washington Post | Karen DeYoung | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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An ongoing battle between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and a House committee investigating Iraqi government corruption and the activities of th...

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