Meet the contractors analyzing your private data
Private companies are getting rich probing your personal information for the government. Call it Digital Blackwater
Monday, Jun 10, 2013 3:15 PM UTC 48Technology Blackwater, Edward Snowden, NSA
Blackwater
Technology Blackwater, Edward Snowden, NSA
Blackwater still making major deals with U.S. in Afghanistan
The contractors, now named Academi, own and operate U.S. Commandos' new base
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2012 5:49 PM UTCNews Blackwater, Afghanistan
John Ashcroft takes image-rehab job with Blackwater
The attorney general behind the Patriot Act goes to work for security contractors with an awful reputation
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 8:50 PM UTC 23Politics Blackwater, War Room
Blackwater suit tossed 7 years after grisly deaths
A federal court ended a suit charging Blackwater with negligence in an ambush that sparked the Battle of Fallujah
Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 7:20 PM UTC 23News Blackwater, Iraq, Iraq war
Blackwater founder secretly backing Somali militia
Erik Prince supports private security in Africa to override rampant piracy and Islamic radicalism
Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 10:33 PM UTC 17News Blackwater, Africa, Somalia
Wednesday link dump: Vinegar Joe versus the Internet
Senator Lieberman protects America from information, silly new hopes for filibuster reform, and pirate news
Thursday, Dec 2, 2010 12:01 AM UTCPolitics War Room, Blackwater
Obama hires Blackwater, again
State Dept. becomes the latest Obama agency to hire the notorious firm, this time for part of $10 billion contract
Friday, Oct 1, 2010 3:53 PM UTC 40Politics Barack Obama, War Room
Mistrial declared in Blackwater contractor case
After days of deliberation, jury is deadlocked in case of two men accused of murdering unarmed Afghan civilians
Monday, Sep 27, 2010 7:23 PM UTCNews Blackwater, Afghanistan
Thursday link dump: Woodward’s war
Journalists speaking to lobbyists for cash, anti-Muslim discrimination, and John Boehner's unlikely tanning claim
Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 11:16 PM UTCPolitics War Room, Blackwater, Islam
Monday link dump: Old Blackwater, keep on rolling
Blackwater returns, John McCain lies about immigrants, and Rand Paul can't say how old the planet is
Monday, Jun 28, 2010 10:40 PM UTCPolitics War Room, Birthers, Blackwater
Monday link dump: Bears can smell sin
Bear attacks, "narrative," John Kerry's sad quest, and the unkillable filibuster
Monday, Jun 21, 2010 10:45 PM UTCPolitics War Room, Blackwater
Before Blackwater case failed, legal debate at DOJ
Disagreements among prosecutors pose challenges to case against Blackwater
Wednesday, Mar 3, 2010 12:12 AM UTCNews Blackwater
Judge tosses Blackwater case, cites government missteps
A federal judge threw out a case against five guards accused of killing Iraqis due to botched immunity deals
Thursday, Dec 31, 2009 11:36 PM UTC 12News Blackwater, Iraq, Iraq war
Hillary Clinton demands accountability for war crimes
The American secretary of state warns Kenyans of the dangers of a "culture of impunity"
Wednesday, Aug 5, 2009 6:06 PM UTC 217Politics Hillary Rodham Clinton
The military’s expanding waistline
The U.S. military has become so dependent on outside contractors like KBR that President Obama couldn't sever ties with these corporations even if he wanted to.
Monday, Feb 23, 2009 11:37 AM UTC 46All Salon Iraq, Blackwater, Middle East
America’s imperial police force
How did the American military become the French Foreign Legion?
Tuesday, Feb 17, 2009 4:27 PM UTC 34All Salon Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Iraq
Will charges against Blackwater guards stick?
The most important question may not be their guilt or innocence in the shooting of Iraqi civilians, but whether they're even subject to U.S. law.
Monday, Dec 8, 2008 7:15 PM UTC 17Politics Iraq war, War Room, Blackwater
Blackwater vs. Blackbeard off the coast of Africa
Europe sends warships to stop pirates off of Somalia while Blackwater offers private security for hire to shipping companies.
Tuesday, Nov 25, 2008 11:52 AM UTC 26News Africa, Iraq war, Blackwater
Fear and loafing in the Green Zone
Welcome to Baghdad's post-decadent stronghold: Menacing Peruvian mercenaries, Chinese prostitutes, concealed beer and doughnuts -- and Iraqis eyeing a foreboding future.
Monday, Aug 4, 2008 11:17 AM UTC 20All Salon Iraq war, Iraq, Blackwater
Debate over contractor immunity hampers Iraq-U.S. deal
The issue is apparently stalling progress as the two countries negotiate over a long-term U.S. troop presence in Iraq.
Tuesday, Jun 10, 2008 4:38 PM UTC 21Politics Iraq war, War Room, Iraq
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