Jeremy Scahill

Jeremy Scahill, a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute, is the author of the bestselling Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, published by Nation Books. He is an award-winning investigative journalist and correspondent for the national radio and TV program Democracy Now!.

Currently

  • Blackwater Attempted to Bribe Iraqi Officials

    November 10, 2009

    Top Blackwater staff authorized attempted bribes of Iraqi officials in the wake of the 2007 Nisour Square massacre, the New York Times has reported.

  • Pentagon Investigating Iraq Electrocution Death

    October 28, 2009

    Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Carol Shea-Porter argue that since Adam Hermanson died while working on a Defense Department contract, the DoD is obliged to investigate.

  • Judge Refuses to Dismiss War Crimes Case Against Blackwater

    October 22, 2009

    A federal judge sends the lawyers for Iraqi victims of Blackwater back to the drawing board, while rejecting Blackwater's plea to toss out the case.

  • The ACORN Standard

    October 14, 2009

    A growing number of lawmakers are starting to ask: if ACORN's federal funding should be under intense scrutiny, why aren't the billions of dollars going to out-of-control contractors being regulated?

  • An ACORN Amendment for Pfizer

    October 5, 2009

    Representative Betty McCollum's "ACORN Act" would prevent the government from doing business with corporations that have been found guilty of felonies.

  • Where is the Defund Blackwater Act?

    September 25, 2009

    Democrats joined Republicans in voting to "Defund ACORN" yet have done nothing to stop Blackwater's taxpayer-funded crusade in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Why Is Obama Still Using Blackwater?

    September 16, 2009

    Two years to the day after the Nisour Square massacre, Blackwater remains in Iraq, armed and dangerous.

  • Harry Reid: Investigate Iraq Electrocutions

    September 15, 2009

    The Senate majority leader calls on Gates and Clinton to find out if shoddy electrical work by contractors killed Adam Hermanson.

  • The Death of Adam Hermanson

    September 10, 2009

    The family of a military contractor electrocuted in Baghdad is alleging his employer, Triple Canopy misled them about how he died.

  • Another Mysterious Electrocution Death in Iraq

    September 9, 2009

    The death of a Triple Canopy contractor in Iraq bears a striking resemblance to an earlier electrocution ruled to be a "negligent homicide."

  • Flushing Blackwater

    August 26, 2009

    Recent disclosures of Blackwater's covert activities may finally force Congress to take action.

  • Blackwater: CIA Assassins?

    August 20, 2009

    The mercenary firm has a long and dark history with the CIA. Were they Bush and Cheney's private hit men?

  • Blackwater Still Armed in Iraq

    August 14, 2009

    The private security company doesn't have a license to operate in Iraq, but the State Department continues to employ Erik Prince's armed mercenaries.

  • US Still Paying Blackwater Millions

    August 7, 2009

    Despite the State Department's announcement canceling Blackwater's contracts in Iraq, the Obama administration will pay the company more than $174 million for security services in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder

    August 4, 2009

    Sworn statements filed in Federal Court allege that Blackwater founder Erik Prince launched a "crusade" to eliminate Muslims and Islam.

  • White House is Whistling Past Afghan Graveyard

    July 24, 2009

    In an exclusive interview with The Nation, Sen. Russ Feingold defends his lone vote to oppose the latest amendment to the Defense Authorization bill.

  • Blackwater Seeks Gag Order

    July 22, 2009

    The private security company, facing charges in a US court for killing and injuring Iraqis, is attempting to silence its victims and their lawyers.

  • KBR Got Bonuses for Work that Killed Soldiers

    May 20, 2009

    Former Halliburton subsidy KBR was paid $83 million in bonuses for work that electrocuted US soldiers, former employees testified today.

2008

  • Justice, of a Sort, for Blackwater

    December 8, 2008

    Federal charges are filed against Blackwater guards accused of killing and maiming Iraqi civilians. But the company continues to operate in Iraq and its executives escape scrutiny.

  • Blackwater Busted?

    November 14, 2008

    Six Guards may be charged in Iraq massacre, but critics fear the company's 'reckless behavior' will continue.

  • Blackwater's Not Going Anywhere

    July 30, 2008

    Anyone who thinks Blackwater is in serious trouble is dead wrong. Business has never been better for Blackwater and its future looks bright.

  • Blackwater's Private Spies

    June 5, 2008

    The notorious mercenary firm is now a one-stop shop for security outsourcing, offering CIA-like services to Fortune 500 companies.

  • Why War, Inc. Works

    May 16, 2008

    John Cusack's War, Inc. takes on a seldom-discussed aspect of the occupation: the corporate dominance of the US war machine.

  • Contract Justice

    April 6, 2008

    An Iraqi translator is prosecuted and Blackwater has its contract renewed for another year, armed and dangerous in Baghdad.

  • Blackwater Seeps Into the Campaign

    March 18, 2008

    Clinton and Obama each have nuanced plans to ban private security firms from Iraq. The difference is how they're spinning them.

  • Blackwater, the Campaign Issue

    March 18, 2008

    In this interview with RealNews, Nation Correspondent Jeremy Scahill explains how Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama differ on the use of private security contractors in Iraq.

  • Obama's Mercenary Position

    February 27, 2008

    He calls private security forces "unaccountable" but may use them in Iraq. Meanwhile, Clinton wants to ban them. UPDATED

  • Dahr Jamail: Beyond the Green Zone

    February 8, 2008

    An independent journalist talks about what's really happening in Iraq, and why neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama have a plan for ending the catastrophe.

2007

  • 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 Subscribe

  • 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?

2006

  • 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.

2005

  • Letters

    December 20, 2005 Subscribe

  • 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 Subscribe

  • 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

2003

  • Inside Baghdad

    March 20, 2003 Subscribe

    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.

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