Blackwater's Bu$ine$$

December 6, 2007

Undeterred by scandal, Blackwater's global business is booming and continues to pursue its political agenda from deep inside the Mitt Romney campaign.

Blackwater's Brothers

November 15, 2007

A deepening conflict-of-interest scandal envelops the Krongard brothers--Howard, a State Department official overseeing Blackwater contracts, and his brother Alvin, who has long been cozy with the mercenary firm.

All Cowboys Out Now

November 8, 2007

Firms like Blackwater operate in a demand-based industry, and it is this demand that must be cut off.

Baghdad on the Bayou

October 22, 2007

On the Oct. 19 edition of Bill Moyers' Journal The Nation 's Jeremy Scahill tells of how Blackwater USA President Erik Prince sent armed guards to New Orleans to provide security to affluent neighborhoods in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Iraqis Sue Blackwater for Baghdad Killings

October 11, 2007

Blackwater USA now faces wrongful death suits in US court brought by survivors of three Iraqi civilians killed in the September 16 Baghdad shootings.

Calling Blackwater to Account

October 11, 2007

Susan Burke of the Center for Constitutional Rights and Nation correspondent Jeremy Scahill explain details of a lawsuit against Blackwater USA filed in connection with a Baghdad shooting. Video courtesy of Democracy Now.

Blackwatergate

October 4, 2007

Blackwater USA's Erik Prince and his State Department enablers have a lot of explaining to do.

Making a Killing

September 27, 2007

Who will mete out justice for America's merchants of death?

Blackwater: Hired Guns, Above the Law

September 21, 2007

Acting with impunity and immune from prosecution, a shadow army funded by US taxpayers is fueling the spiraling violence in Iraq.

Blackwater Banned

September 18, 2007

Nation correspondent Jeremy Scahill explains in this September 17 CNN interview the impact of the Iraqi government's decision to ban Blackwater USA from operating in the country, following an incident in which its operatives were implicated in the killings of eight Iraqis.

Outsourcing the War

May 11, 2007

Testimony to Congress on the impact of private military contractors in Iraq.

Pull the Plug on the Mercenary War

April 30, 2007

Who will stop the shadow US army in Iraq? Don't count on Congressional Democrats.

Letters

April 12, 2007

Bush's Shadow Army

March 15, 2007

A VideoNation report on the Bush Administration's growing dependence on private security forces such as Blackwater USA and efforts in Congress to rein them in.

Bush's Shadow Army

March 15, 2007

An investigation into Blackwater USA reveals a frightening picture of a politically connected private army that serves as the administration's Praetorian guard.

KBR's $400 Million Iraq Question

March 12, 2007

Did the Pentagon's biggest Iraq contractor violate military policy by hiring Blackwater and other private military companies?

From Whitewater to Blackwater

October 26, 2006

Blackwater USA has a new attorney to defend it against a wrongful death lawsuit by families of four contractors killed in Iraq: Kenneth Starr.

Blackwater Shot Down in Federal Court

August 24, 2006

A federal appeals court has ruled a wrongful death lawsuit can proceed against Blackwater USA: Families claim the firm cut corners in pursuit of profit in Iraq, leading to the brutal deaths of four employees in Fallujah in 2004.

Mercenary Jackpot

August 10, 2006

As the United States decries the private militias of Lebanon and Iraq, GOP-connected, privately owned global mercenary firms receive blank checks and little oversight.

In the Black(water)

May 22, 2006

Hurricane victims are still homeless in New Orleans, but thanks to the federal government's $30 million contract bonanza, Blackwater USA's profits are soaring.

In the Black(water)

May 17, 2006

Blood Is Thicker Than Blackwater

April 19, 2006

Lawsuits by families of soldiers-for-hire killed in Falluja have put a major war profiteer in the cross-hairs.

Exile on K Street

February 2, 2006

Scandals abound in the smoking remains of the Alexander Strategy Group.

Letters

December 20, 2005

The War on Al Jazeera

December 1, 2005

A top-secret memo detailing George W. Bush's proposal to bomb Al Jazeera is not "outlandish," as the White House claims. The Bush Administration had been threatening, insulting and imprisoning Al Jazeera staffers and other unembedded journalists long before Bush reportedly floated the idea to Tony Blair.

Did Bush Really Want to Bomb Al Jazeera?

November 23, 2005

Given the Administration's record of attacking Al Jazeera verbally and militarily, is it conceivable that President Bush tried to convince Tony Blair to bomb its international headquarters? Only publication of an explosive memo will prove it.

Germ Boys and Yes Men

November 9, 2005

Stewart Simonson is a former Amtrak corporate attorney with zero medical experience. So why is he in charge of emergency health and bioterrorism in the federal government?

Letters

October 26, 2005

Blackwater Down

September 21, 2005

With military and law enforcement forces combing New Orleans in the wake of the storm, why did the federal government feel compelled to hire private security firms Blackwater USA and BATS to keep the peace?

The Other Bomb Drops

June 1, 2005

Bush began the Iraq invasion before he went to Congress.

Shooting the Messenger

February 17, 2005

Inside Baghdad

March 20, 2003

Iraqis, exhausted by years of sanctions and oppression, just want it all to end.

Letter From Iraq

February 13, 2003

Resigned to war, even government opponents say they'll fight their attackers.