Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder

Sworn statements filed in Federal Court allege that Blackwater founder Erik Prince launched a "crusade" to eliminate Muslims and Islam and that the company may have been involved in murders to suppress information from federal investigators. Full Story »

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John Louden
4.4
by John Louden - Aug. 5, 2009

Covers all the bases, and I found no bias - just solid reporting.If anyone knows their way around the Blackwater maze, it's this author.

Blackwater is a law unto itself, both internationally and domestically. The question is why they operated with impunity. In addition to Blackwater, we should be questioning their patrons in the previous administration who funded and employed this organization. Blackwater wouldn’t exist without federal patronage; these allegations should be thoroughly investigated," Kucinich said

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