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Blackwater Provided ‘Unauthorized’ Training in Colombia
Erin Rosa/Narcosphere US State Department Claims Blackwater Corporation Gave Military Training in Colombia Without Agency’s Permission Blackwater, a corporation that specializes in providing military-style training and support to other businesses and governments, recently entered into a $42 million civil settlement with the State Department this month after the agency found that the company violated international [...]
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Blackwater Founder Moves to Abu Dhabi, Records Say
JAMES RISEN/NYT WASHINGTON — Erik Prince, whose company, Blackwater Worldwide, is for sale and whose former top managers are facing criminal charges, has left the United States and moved to Abu Dhabi, according to court documents. Mr. Prince, a former member of the Navy Seals and an heir to a Michigan auto parts fortune, left [...]
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Shorter Question Everything
Afghanistan | Manhattan Mosque Afghanistan: • READ: Karzai moves to disband private security firms in Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai intends to disband all private security companies in Afghanistan within four months, his spokesman said Monday, a timeline that likely will meet with strong resistance from NATO forces who rely heavily on the companies to provide [...]
Former Top CIA Spy on How US Intelligence Became Big Business
Jeremy Scahill/The Nation Few who have seen the dramatic privatization of US intelligence operations from the inside ever speak about the role private contractors play in covert operations–certainly not in public. In late June, however, the CIA’s former top counterterrorism official, Robert Grenier, participated in a rare public discussion on issues ranging from the incredible [...]
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