Help Wanted: Blackwater is Hiring Marksmen, Lawyers, Kitchen Attendants and Housekeepers Help Wanted: Blackwater is Hiring Marksmen, Lawyers, Kitchen Attendants and Housekeepers
More than 35 exciting job opportunities have opened up at the infamous mercenary company.
May 13, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Tracking Drone Strikes and Private Spies Tracking Drone Strikes and Private Spies
Two online databases provide a window into the world of private spooks and the undeclared US airwar in Pakistan.
May 13, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Obama on Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan: “I Am Accountable” Obama on Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan: “I Am Accountable”
The president made the statement during a press conference with Hamid Karzai. But is it true?
May 12, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Pakistan’s Two Air Wars Pakistan’s Two Air Wars
US drones bomb Pakistan regularly. Now, Washington is about to deliver twenty F-16s and surveillance planes to Islamabad along with a thousand 500-pound bombs.
May 12, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Gen. McChrystal to Give Closed-Door Briefing to Senate Gen. McChrystal to Give Closed-Door Briefing to Senate
Will Senators ask McChrystal about secret prisons or massacre cover-ups?
May 11, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
(Not) Much Ado About Mullah Omar (Not) Much Ado About Mullah Omar
Rumors are flying that the Taliban leader was captured. But it's hard to believe that news would leak first to a right-wing novelist who's a regular on Glenn Beck's show.
May 11, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Georgetown Professor: ‘Drones Are Not Killing Innocent Civilians’ in Pakistan Georgetown Professor: ‘Drones Are Not Killing Innocent Civilians’ in Pakistan
Christine Fair dismissed reports of civilians deaths as propaganda from Pakistani media sources.
May 10, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Erik Prince Says His Enemies Are al Qaeda, Taliban and ‘Noisy Leftists’ Erik Prince Says His Enemies Are al Qaeda, Taliban and ‘Noisy Leftists’
Blackwater's owner called his critics 'tapeworms' and did his best to sound like a member of the Tea Party.
May 6, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Amy Goodman, Colleagues Sue Minneapolis Police, Secret Service Over Abuse at RNC Amy Goodman, Colleagues Sue Minneapolis Police, Secret Service Over Abuse at RNC
Three Democracy Now! journalists were assaulted and arrested while covering protests at the RNC. Now they are fighting back.
May 5, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
UPDATED: Were US Special Forces Involved in the Arrest of Faisal Shahzad? UPDATED: Were US Special Forces Involved in the Arrest of Faisal Shahzad?
The apparently central role of US special forces in the arrest of Faisal Shahzad raises the question: To what extent are US Special Forces permitted to operate on US soil under Pre...
May 5, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill