Archive for the 'Blackwater' Category
Monday, October 6th, 2008
State Dept. Move to Let Contractors Probe Complaints Over Other Contractors May Be Illegal
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By KIRIT RADIA
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Oct. 3, 2008
In an apparent violation of federal regulations, the State Department has outsourced to private contractors the responsibility to investigate possible crimes committed by security contractors in Iraq.
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Earlier this year, the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security hired the […]
Posted in Business, Iraq, Mercenaries, Blackwater |
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
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Blackwater Vies for Jobs
Beyond Guard Duty
By AUGUST COLE
October 15, 2007; Page A3
MOYOCK, N.C. — Even as Blackwater USA seeks to extricate itself from a firestorm over the conduct of its private-security forces in Iraq, company founder Erik Prince is laying plans for an expansion that would put his for-hire forces in hot spots around the […]
Posted in Business, Religion, Movies, Baseball, Books, Music, War, Weapons, ...And Many More., Blackwater |
Sunday, October 7th, 2007
State Dept. ignored Blackwater warnings
Diplomats had raised concerns about guards’ endangering of Iraqi civilians, but the complaints got little attention.
By Paul Richter
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 7, 2007
WASHINGTON — The State Department, which is facing growing criticism of its policy on private security contractors, overlooked repeated warnings from U.S. diplomats in the field that guards […]
Posted in Iraq, Books, State Department, Condoleezza Rice, Blackwater |
Saturday, October 6th, 2007
Capitol Hill Blue
Saturday, October 6, 2007 :
Clinton aide works for Blackwater
October 6, 2007 - 8:11am.
Senator Hillary Clinton’s top consultant in her campaign for President is also head of the giant public relations company that helped Blackwater USA CEO Erik Prince prepare his lies-filled testimony to Congress this week.
Mark Penn, in addition to advising Clinton in […]
Posted in Hillary Clinton, Weapons, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Blackwater |
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
George W. Bush’s killer elite
October 3, 2007 - 10:16am.
Blackwater USA is jsut another gang of killers for hire
By DOUG THOMPSON
Capitol Hill Blue
Erik Prince looks like the all-American boy but don’t let the good looks fool you.
The trim, articulate 38-year-old served in the Navy SEALs, an elite commando unit. Ten years ago, Prince decided the particular […]
Posted in Military, Iraq, Katrina, Pentagon, Neo-Romanovs, State Department, Holier Than Thouists-Conservative Evangelical Arm, Blackwater |
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
Congressman: State Dept. official threatened investigators
By Warren P. Strobel, McClatchy Newspapers Fri Sep 28, 6:19 PM ET
WASHINGTON — Aides to State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard threatened two investigators with retaliation this week if they cooperate with a congressional probe into Krongard’s office, the chairman of a House of Representatives panel and other U.S. officials […]
Posted in Iraq, Cong-HOUSE, State Department, Condoleezza Rice, Waxman, Blackwater |
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
House Panel Says Rice Is Hindering Its Work
Blackwater, Corruption in Iraq at Issue
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 26, 2007; A15
An ongoing battle between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and a House committee investigating Iraqi government corruption and the activities of the Blackwater security firm erupted into another skirmish yesterday as Rep. Henry A. […]
Posted in Iraq, Cong-HOUSE, State Department, Condoleezza Rice, Waxman, Blackwater |
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
Blackwater ‘arms smuggling probe’
Last Updated: Saturday, 22 September 2007, 15:36 GMT 16:36 UK
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Blackwater provides security to US diplomatic staff in Baghdad
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether staff from controversial US security company Blackwater smuggled weapons to Iraq, according to reports.
Some employees are alleged to have sent over unlicensed weapons and equipment, that could have been used […]
Posted in Business, Military, Iraq, Movies, State Department, Wealth, Weapons, Taxpayers, Holier Than Thouists-Conservative Evangelical Arm, Blackwater |
