Blackwater Seeks Gag Order

The Nation by Jeremy Scahill | Aug. 3, 2009 (Special Report)

It became common practice during the Iraq occupation for the US State Department to work with private security companies like Blackwater to help facilitate giving what amounted to hush money to the families of Iraqis shot dead by private security contractors. In fact, Blackwater's owner, Erik Prince, discussed this practice when he testified in front of Congress in October 2007 and admitted to paying $20,000 to a Blackwater victim's family and $5,000 to ... Full Story »

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by John Louden - Aug. 3, 2009

The author has written a book on Blackwater and his reporting is credible -- this story may be marginally biased but doesn't " cross the line".

Another interesting line to emerge in Blackwater’s motion is that the company now prefers to be called by one of its recently created alternate identities, “US Training Center.” One would be forgiven for thinking this is an Olympic facility, instead of a mercenary operation. The lawyer representing Blackwater, Peter H. White, boasts in his bio that he is "listed in The Best Lawyers in America—White Collar Criminal Defense