Opinion | Horrified by the Blackwater Pardons - The New York Times

... The F.B.I. agent who led the Blackwater investigation and two other letter writers are appalled by the pardon of men who killed innocent civilians...

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/opinion/letters/blackwater-pardons.html

'Our blood is cheaper than water': anger in Iraq over Trump pardons

...The four guards – Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, Dustin Heard and Nicholas Slatten – opened fire indiscriminately with machine guns, grenade launchers and a sniper on a crowd of unarmed people at a roundabout, known as Nisour Square..

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/23/our-blood-is-cheaper-than-water-iraqis-anger-over-trump-pardons

'Trump Has Pardoned a Child Murderer' Says Lawyer for Iraq Blackwater Massacre Victims

A lawyer who represented the family of a child killed by U.S. government contractors during the Iraq War has described the decision by President Donald Trump to grant pardons to four of the men involved as "unconscionable." Nine-year-old Ali Kinani was among at least 14 people killed in and around Nisour Square, Baghdad, on 16 September, 2007, by Blackwater private security contractors who had been assigned to guard a U.S. diplomatic convoy.

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-pardoned-child-murderer-lawyer-iraq-blackwater-massacre-victims-1557115

Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Recruited Spies to Infiltrate Progressive Groups with Project Veritas

Erik Prince, the founder of the mercenary firm Blackwater and brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, helped recruit former spies to infiltrate and gather intelligence about Democratic campaigns and labor organizations, including the American Federation of Teachers, according to an explosive report by The New York Times. The story exposes previously unreported details about the ties between Prince and Project Veritas, a right-wing group that often sets up sting operations targeting the media and journalists by recording covert videos. According to documents and interviews, one former spy recruited by Erik Prince helped run an operation to secretly tape leaders in the Michigan office of the American Federation of Teachers in 2017. In another instance, in 2018, the same undercover operative who gathered information about the AFT infiltrated the congressional campaign of former CIA officer Abigail Spanberger, who was running for Congress representing Virginia as a Democrat. We are joined by The Intercept’s investigative reporter Matthew Cole, who first broke the story of Erik Prince’s ties to the Trump administration last year.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/zBirCeB5ENA

Erik Prince recruited former spies to infiltrate Democratic campaigns and liberal groups: report | Salon.com

How the brother of Betsy DeVos reportedly helped infiltrate "groups considered hostile to the Trump agenda"
https://www.salon.com/2020/03/09/erik-prince-recruited-former-spies-to-infiltrate-democratic-campaigns-and-liberal-groups-report/

AP Exclusive: Trump ally may have broken Venezuela sanctions - ABC News

Two senior U.S. officials say the founder of security firm Blackwater has been referred to the U.S. Treasury for possible sanctions violations for a recent trip to Venezuela....
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/ap-exclusive-trump-ally-broken-venezuela-sanctions-67988902

Fox News: How To Whitewash an Atrocity

This one's as bad as it gets
https://youtu.be/VC4sAaV1eBs

Fact check: Erik Prince's public claims vs. the Mueller report - CNN Politics

Erik Prince, the founder of the controversial private security firm Blackwater, makes a number of appearances in special counsel Robert Mueller's report. Noted for his ties to the United Arab Emirates, Prince was a prominent supporter of President Donald Trump during the campaign and spent time around senior officials with the Trump transition team, including former Trump adviser Steve Bannon. Prince is the brother of Trump's Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.....
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/politics/prince-mueller-report/index.html

Blackwater founder Erik Prince’s new company is building training center in Xinjiang - The Washington Post

Frontier Services Group, the security contractor led by Erik Prince, who created the controversial Blackwater company, will build a training base in Xinjiang, the western Chinese region where as many as 1 million Muslims have been put into extrajudicial detention camps.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/blackwater-founder-erik-princes-new-company-building-training-center-in-xinjiang/2019/02/01/ac372d40-2602-11e9-ba08-caf4ff5a3433_story.html

'Tunnels?': CNN host brutally fact-checks Blackwater founder Erik Prince as he promises Trump's wall will stop drug cartels - Raw Story

It's unclear if Blackwater would be one of the corporations contracted to build President Donald Trump's border wall, but founder Erik Prince is already a believer. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/tunnels-cnn-host-brutally-fact-checks-blackwater-founder-erik-prince-promises-trumps-wall-will-stop-drug-cartels/

Blackwater’s founder cut a huge deal in China. Is it against U.S. interests? - The Washington Post

Blackwater's founder cut a huge deal in China. Is it against U.S. interests?...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/05/04/feature/a-warrior-goes-to-china-did-erik-prince-cross-a-line/

Cambridge Analytica linked to Blackwater's Erik Prince -- who allegedly sought back channel for Trump and Putin - Raw Story

President Donald Trump's former digital operation Cambridge Analytica reportedly has links to Erik Prince, the founder of former mercenary firm Blackwater. Prince's sister, Betsy DeVos, serves as education secretary for President Donald Trump. ...
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/cambridge-analytica-linked-blackwaters-erik-prince-allegedly-sought-back-channel-trump-putin/

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Congresswoman Confirms Erik Prince Tied to Assassination Program Run Out of Dick Cheney’s Office

On one of the latest episodes of Jeremy Scahill’s podcast “Intercepted,” he interviews Democratic Congressmember Jan Schakowsky about Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater, who is now under investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. For more, we speak with Jeremy Scahill, co-founder of The Intercept.....
Interview:
https://youtu.be/WiMvXcUuGiw

REVEALED: Kushner's United Arab Emirates point man is now cooperating with Mueller probe - Raw Story

An adviser to the United Arab Emirates who met with Jared Kushner and Steve Bannon during the presidential transition is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller, the New York Times reports. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/revealed-kushners-united-arab-emirates-point-man-now-cooperating-mueller-probe/

Trump to Fight ‘Deep State’ With Secret, Private Spy Network Around the World? -- Newsweek

The global, private spies could reach into Iran and North Korea and keep the U.S. intelligence community in the dark. ....
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-private-spies-deep-state-735091

Push to Create Private 'Blackwater' Police for Michigan Schools, Corporations Raises Alarm | Alternet

Private for-profit forces would have full arrest powers but immunity from FOIA laws....
https://www.alternet.org/michigan-private-profit-police

Trump White House weighs unprecedented plan to privatize much of the war in Afghanistan -- USA TODAY

Former head of Blackwater says plan would put 5,500 contractors in Afghan uniforms and create a private air force to support struggling military. ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/08/war-afghanistan-trump-white-house-weighs-bold-plan-privatize/548004001/

Blackwater founder points to British colonization in India as model for U.S. policy in Afghanistan -- ThinkProgress.org

Erik Prince, founder of the private security firm Blackwater Worldwide, is still calling to replace U.S. troops in Afghanistan with private military contractors. In an interview on MSNBC on Tuesday, Prince pointed to the East India Company in India during British colonization as a source of emulation for U.S. policy in Afghanistan. Prince has been advocating for the use of private military contractors in Afghanistan who would train local units, under the supervision of a federal official with...
https://thinkprogress.org/blackwater-founder-points-to-british-colonization-in-india-as-model-for-u-s-policy-in-afghanistan-e81d80df9b90/

Privatizing The War In Afghanistan (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

This fall will mark 16 years of U.S. troops in Afghanistan – war in Afghanistan. America’s defense chief says we’re not winning. The Trump administration is looking for ways out of the box. One idea, with interest from Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner: hand the U.S. Afghan operation off to private contractors. Mercenaries. Let them deal. Blackwater founder Erik Prince is all for it. He’s with us today. This hour On Point: the mercenary option and Afghanistan. -- Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2017/07/19/privatizing-the-war-in-afghanistan

How much do we know about Blackwater founder Erik Prince — and his secretive role in shaping Trump’s foreign policy?

Back in January, Jeremy Scahill, the journalist who literally wrote the book on Blackwater, the notorious mercenary outfit, reported at the Intercept that Erik Prince, the company's founder, was with Donald Trump and his family at Trump Tower on election night in November. That suggested a degree of intimacy between them that had not been previously revealed. Scahill went on to report that Prince had been advising the Trump team on defense and intelligence matters and had given input about possible choices to head the Pentagon and the State Department....
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/19/how-much-do-we-know-about-blackwater-founder-erik-prince-and-his-secretive-role-in-shaping-trumps-foreign-policy/