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Erik Prince, Blackwater Founder, Cutting Ties With Company

AP | MIKE BAKER | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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RALEIGH, N.C. — The man who built Blackwater USA into one of the world's most respected and reviled defense contractors feels that he was thrown...

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To the Dems Who Voted to 'Defund ACORN': Where is the Defund Blackwater Act?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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Jeremy Scahill

Democrats have joined Republicans in voting to "Defund ACORN," yet they have done nothing to stop Blackwater's ongoing taxpayer-funded crusade in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Blackwater Offers Training To 'Faith Based Organizations'

RebelReports | Posted 11.16.2009 | 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 Tapped Foreigners For Secret CIA Program

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN and PAMELA HESS | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — When the CIA revived a plan to kill or capture terrorists in 2004, the agency turned to the well-connected security company then kn...

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Blackwater Founder Accused In Court Of Intent To Kill

Washington Post | Jerry Markon | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

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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...

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C.I.A. Sought Blackwater's Help In Plan To Kill Jihadists

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Blackwater Still Getting Contracts From State Dept

The Nation | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

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Just days before two former Blackwater employees alleged in sworn statements filed in federal court that the company's owner, Erik Prince, "views hims...

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Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Implicated in Murder

thenation.com | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in...

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Blackwater Still Working in Iraq, Providing "Armed" Guards to International Republican Institute

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

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Jeremy Scahill

As Blackwater gets sued again today for an alleged civilian killing in Iraq, new allegations surface about the company's continued presence there--using different corporate names.

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UPDATE: Blackwater Denies Destroying Evidence In Case Of Three Iraqis Killed By Guards

The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

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UPDATED: Xe spokeswoman Anne Tyrrell emailed The Huffington Post to respond: "Xe has strong internal and external document preservation controls and c...

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President Obama, Why Did You Pay Blackwater $70 Million in February? [Updated]

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

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Jeremy Scahill

With the US economy in shambles and millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet and keep their homes, Obama needs to explain to US taxpayers how they justify mega-payments to Blackwater.

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Mercenary King Erik Prince Resigns as Blackwater CEO

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

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Jeremy Scahill

Prince's resignation could be seen as a public formality in what has been a dramatic attempt to scrub all public vestiges of Blackwater.

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Blackwater Expanding Domestic Reach

Mike Papantonio | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

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Mike Papantonio

The congressmen and advocacy groups that are trying to shut Blackwater down are being branded as un-American, unpatriotic liberals by the Prince family loyalists.

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Blackwater's Drag On US Efforts Abroad

Frank Naif | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics

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Frank Naif

Notorious security company Blackwater is back in the news, just in time to remind us (again) how over-reliance on contractors for sensitive security missions is hurting American effectiveness abroad.

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Don't Believe the Hype: Blackwater is Here to Stay

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

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Jeremy Scahill

Anyone who thinks Blackwater is in serious trouble is dead wrong. Even if -- and this is a big if -- the company pulled out of Iraq tomorrow, business has never been better and its future looks bright.

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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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A Look Inside Blackwater's Global Ambitions

Mother Jones | Bruce Falconer and Daniel Schulman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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When Blackwater founder Erik Prince took his seat before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform last October, in the midst of a firest...

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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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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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