Blackwater, Export Control Laws, and Epic Parent Fail

By: Tuesday August 24, 2010 6:45 am

Blackwater lied to the government over three hundred times about breaking export control laws, and still managed to sweet talk its way into new contracts.

Sounds like epic parent fail to me.

State Dept. & CIA Help Blackwater Get Away With Smuggling & Treason

By: Friday August 20, 2010 9:58 pm

State Dept. & CIA Help Blackwater Get Away With Smuggling & Treason — by NormanB (“Deviations from the Norm”)

Back in Black(water)

By: Thursday June 24, 2010 4:31 am

One day after firing one cowboy, the CIA hires a whole company full of them.

Stop Outsourcing Our Security!

By: Tuesday February 23, 2010 12:56 pm

Join Congresswoman Schakowsky and Senator Sanders as they introduce legislation to roll back the use of unaccountable and controversial mercenaries, sign on as a citizen co-signer to the Stop Outsourcing Our Security Act.

“I fell prey to a conspiracy…I was misquoted by the media.”

By: Saturday January 23, 2010 10:30 pm

SecDef Gates claims he was misquoted by the Pakistani media…!

Maddow and Scahill – The Blackness of Blackwater/Xe

By: Thursday November 12, 2009 1:15 pm

Maddow and Scahill – The Blackness of Blackwater/Xe

Looking for Honest Partners in the Middle East

By: Tuesday November 10, 2009 5:30 pm

Blackwater allegedly bribed multiple Iraqi officials in order to maintain lucrative US Government contracts.

Stunning Charges against Blackwater/Xe: Erik Prince a/k/a The Ugly Satanic American and His Hired War Criminals?

By: Saturday August 8, 2009 4:40 pm

Fraud, multiple murders, child prostitution, executive sex rings, steroids, “hate” kills, weapons smuggling, etc., — the accusations against Blackwater/Xe are stunning. Is Erik Prince’s alleged satanic-sounding Christian supremacist crusade in the Middle East, on the American taxpayers’ dime, committing war crimes and continuing to inspire enemies for the United States at an exponential rate? Blackwater/Xe has already collected mountainous U.S. government compensation and is still collecting enormous payments from the U.S., two years after reports of such scandals began.

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