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Report: Contractors Outnumber Troops In Afghanistan By Highest Ratio In U.S. History

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

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In the clearest sign that the Pentagon has become dependent on privatization, a new report reveals that today there are more defense contractors than ...

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Brinks or Blackwater: My Frightening Encounter With A Combat-Mode Guard & His Gun

Linda Milazzo | Posted 01.26.2009 | Living

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The culture of the macho mercenary has grown -- the Brinks guard I encountered exhibited that similar style bravado.

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Blackwater Repainted Trucks Immediately After Deadly Baghdad Shooting

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Blackwater Worldwide repaired and repainted its trucks immediately after a deadly September shooting in Baghdad, making it difficult to determine whet...

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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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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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State Department Inspector General Grilled By Congress Over Ties To Blackwater

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, "Assessing the State Department Inspector General." Inspector General Howard J. Krongard will ...

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"They Just Killed A Man And Drove Away"

New York Times | James Glanz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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An Iraqi taxi driver was shot and killed on Saturday by a guard with DynCorp International, a private security company hired to protect American diplo...

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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 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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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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Intelligence Czar McConnell A Principal Architect Of Private Security Industry

KPIX - CBS 5 San Francisco | Frank Viviano | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Where does the buck stop? It�s a question that Washington has ignored through a long succession of scandals in Iraq, while senior offficials plead i...

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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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Leaked Iraqi Police Report Suggests Blackwater Shooting Was Unprovoked

Newsweek | Kevin Peraino | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Since the fatal Sept. 16 Blackwater USA shooting in Baghdad's Nasoor Square, officials from the private security company have insisted that their guar...

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Blackwater Guard Reportedly Pulled Gun On Colleague During Baghdad Shootout

The New York Times | JAMES GLANZ and SABRINA TAVERNISE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Participants in a contentious Baghdad security operation this month have told American investigators that during the operation at least one guard cont...

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Feds Probing Iraq Arms Smuggling By Blackwater Guards

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Federal prosecutors are investigating whether employees of the private security firm Blackwater USA illegally smuggled into Iraq weapons that may have...

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US Suspends All Civilian Travel Outside Green Zone

AP | ROBERT H. REID and MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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The United States on Tuesday suspended all land travel by U.S. diplomats and other civilian officials in Iraq outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Gree...

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