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Blackwater Iraq Contract Expires; Operations Will Continue Temporarily

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.07.2009 | 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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Government May Be Paying Blackwater To Work In Iraq Illegally

Washington Times | Posted 03.17.2009 | 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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Top Intelligence Picks a No-Win for Obama

Tim Shorrock and Frank Naif | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Private Contractors, Cia, Director of National Intelligence, National Security, Federal Government, Private Security Contractors, Obama's Cabinet, CIA Torture, Obama Transition, Intelligence Community, Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, John Brennan, Politics News
Tim Shorrock and Frank Naif

The Obama transition team's highly anticipated announcement of its new national security lineup has telling omissions: there's no Director of National Intelligence or CIA Director.

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Iraq Faulty Wiring A Severe Risk To US Troops: Report

AP | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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NEW YORK — Inferior electrical work by private contractors on U.S. military bases in Iraq is more widespread than the Pentagon has acknowledged,...

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My Friend's Son Killed in Iraq: By Contractors and U.S. Agency?

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Kbr, Warwire, Troops, Private Security Contractors, George W. Bush, War, Iraq Deaths, Veterans, Bush, Shower Electrocution, Defense Contractors, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

The military told my friend this past January that her son had foolishly carried an electrical appliance into a shower in Baghdad. That was a lie.

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Jason Linkins

U.S. Military Contractor 'Used Armored Cars To Transport Prostitutes'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Prostitution, Iraq Contractors, Iraq, Iraq War Contractors, Private Security Contractors, Dyncorp, Warwire, Politics News

Over at Muckraked, we get news that "a panel of whistleblowers" testifying before a Senate committee yesterday dropped a dime on their employer, milit...

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An Iraqi Translator Gets Prosecuted While Blackwater Gets Another Year in Iraq

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Contractors, Nisour Square, Saddam Hussein, Private Contractors, Iraq, Blackwater, Iraq War, Alaa Mohammad Ali, Iraq War Contractors, Private Security Contractors, Blackwater Iraq, Iraq Blackwater Contract, Blackwater USA, Blackwater Investigation, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

Despite the fact that contractors now outnumber US soldiers in Iraq, there have to date only been two prosecutions of private personnel.

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The 100 Years War

Bill Maher | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics

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Bill Maher

There's a possibility that's starting to scare me: That by a certain neocon definition, Iraq is a success.

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Blackwater Inquiry Turns to Baghdad

AP | MATT APUZZO and LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Federal authorities investigating Blackwater Worldwide contractors are returning to Baghdad this week to revisit the scene of a dea...

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Iraq Security Guards Getting New Rules

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Under pressure to exercise greater control over private security contractors in Iraq, Bush administration officials outlined strict...

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The GOP Iraq War: Follow the Money

Dan Agin | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

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Dan Agin

That $475 billion for the Grand Old Party Iraq War did not get burned up in a bonfire, it just moved into the private bank accounts of defense contractor and subcontractor executives and shareholders.

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Michael Roston

Blackwater's California Wildfire Relief Efforts Backfire With Local Residents

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics

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While hundreds of thousands of citizens were fleeing Southern California's wildfires in October, Blackwater USA was charging back in. While the fire...

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"They Just Killed A Man And Drove Away"

New York Times | James Glanz | Posted 11.11.2007 | 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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Michael Roston

Democrats' New Bill Gives Blackwater, Contractors Six Months Notice In Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 11.09.2007 | Politics

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A group of House members and one Senator came together on Tuesday to introduce the "Stop Outsourcing Security Act," a bill that will give pink slips t...

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Michael Roston

White House Trying To Limit Reach Of Criminal Law On Blackwater, Contractors

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics

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A tug of war has broken out between Congress and the Bush administration over legislation that would put private security contractors on a shorter leg...

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Michael Roston

Heat Builds On Blackwater: Congresswoman Moves To Ban Private Security Contractors

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 11.01.2007 | Politics

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The congressional vice-grip is tightening on Blackwater and other contracted defense firms. Next Wednesday, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) will introduce...

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Blackwater is Still Accountable to No One

Rep. Elijah Cummings | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics

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Rep. Elijah Cummings

Blackwater's questionable and careless practices are endangering the credibility of U.S. troops during a time when cooperation with the Iraqi people and government is critical for our success.

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The Waxman Cometh: Rice Hammered By Dems During Iraq Hearing

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics

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Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House oversight committee, said Thursday that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has issued an order requiring hi...

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Military May Get Control Of Iraq Contractors

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics

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Congress is moving to put all armed contractors operating in combat zones under military control, acting on a Pentagon recommendation that could run i...

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Max Follmer

Blackwater Chief Concedes It Is "Possible" Guards Made A Mistake

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 10.13.2007 | Politics

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In an interview with Charlie Rose to air Monday on PBS, Blackwater USA chief Erik Prince continues to defend his security guards, and indeed argues th...

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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 10.12.2007 | 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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Afghan Govt Shuts Down 2 Private Security Companies, Targets 10 Others

AP | FISNIK ABRASHI and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 10.11.2007 | Politics

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Afghan authorities this week shut down two private security companies and said more than 10 others _ some suspected of murder and robbery _ would soon...

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Private Security Contractors Kill 2 Iraqi Women

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 10.09.2007 | Home

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Guards in a security convoy opened fire on a car at an intersection in central Baghdad on Tuesday, killing two Christian women, police said. Separatel...

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