Thursday, December 3, 2009

Blackwater's Founder Details The Role That His Firm Has Had In Helping The CIA

Erik Prince, founder of the Blackwater security firm (recently renamed Xe), at the company’s Virginia offices. Photograph by Nigel Parry.

Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy -- Vanity Fair

Erik Prince, recently outed as a participant in a C.I.A. assassination program, has gained notoriety as head of the military-contracting juggernaut Blackwater, a company dogged by a grand-jury investigation, bribery accusations, and the voluntary-manslaughter trial of five ex-employees, set for next month. Lashing back at his critics, the wealthy former navy seal takes the author inside his operation in the U.S. and Afghanistan, revealing the role he’s been playing in America’s war on terror.

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More On Blackwater

Blackwater founder tells magazine firm helped CIA -- Washington Post
Blackwater founder Prince feels thrown under bus -- AP
Report: Blackwater CEO Erik Prince was CIA asset -- Politico
Blackwater founder cutting ties with company -- AP
Erik, Prince Of Spies: CIA Targeted Al Q in Germany Without Telling Germany -- The Atlantic
Blackwater's Prince steps down -- Washington Times
Erik Prince: CIA Asset, Aspiring High School Teacher -- Mother Jones
Blackwater's Prince Blames Dems For CIA Leak, Says He'll Become School Teacher -- TPM

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