Paying Peter to Kill Paul
American and NATO service members deserve better than to possibly die fighting an insurgency that even American contractors admit is being funded by the Department of Defense.
American and NATO service members deserve better than to possibly die fighting an insurgency that even American contractors admit is being funded by the Department of Defense.
AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 10.06.2009 | Home
HARDIN, Mont. — Plans for a California company to take over this city's empty jail were put on hold Monday, following last week's revelations th...
TPMMuckraker | Justin Elliott | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home
A shadowy private security company that has no known clients but claims to have helped foreign governments combat terrorism and will protect anything ...
David Segal | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
That Diebold might be on the verge of disappearing from the political landscape could be mistaken for reason to celebrate. Its successor would manage elections for 70% of voters.
RebelReports | Posted 11.16.2009 | World
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...
Murray Fromson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
If Obama is beginning to look like a wimp, now's the time to show the American people they're wrong by putting the brakes on the legion of private contractors in Afghanistan.
ABC News | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
The State Department has extended a contract with controversial private security firm Blackwater, ABC News has learned. The contract was due to expire...
Amnesty International | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home
Congress needs to pass legislation that will close the legal vacuum in which private military and security companies are operating.
nytimes.com | MARK LANDLER and MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON -- Despite publicly breaking with an American private security company in Iraq, the State Department continues to award the company, former...
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...
thenation.com | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
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...
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 07.11.2009 | World
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.
The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics
UPDATED: Xe spokeswoman Anne Tyrrell emailed The Huffington Post to respond: "Xe has strong internal and external document preservation controls and c...
AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 06.19.2009 | World
KABUL — Four U.S. contractors for the company formerly known as Blackwater were not authorized to carry weapons when they were involved in a dea...
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...
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.09.2009 | World
Take this fact: Over $300 million worth of tuna, shrimp, and lobster are "being stolen every year by illegal trawlers" off Somalia's coast, forcing the fishing industry there into a state of virtual non-existence.
Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics
Jerry Zovko and Casey Sheehan changed the course of the war, by changing public opinions, but more importantly, by changing their mothers into accountability crusaders.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics
For years, George W. Bush has been roundly criticized, even lampooned, for declaring "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq. But maybe declaring "Mission Accomplished" was not that crazy after all.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.23.2009 | Business
For years unbridled capitalism has beat down and bloodied the working middle class in this country. Those chickens are now coming home to roost.
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 04.17.2009 | World
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.
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...
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics
Prince's resignation could be seen as a public formality in what has been a dramatic attempt to scrub all public vestiges of Blackwater.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 03.30.2009 | Media
Green companies do better during economic downturn, Santorum says the Qur'an was written in 'Islamic', Alan Keyes calls Obama "a radical communist," and more.
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?
Jon Soltz | Posted 11.12.2009 | World