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October 22, 2021
The Guns of North Carolina: Training for the Next January 6?
The barrage of gunfire and explosions from this “Tactical and Cultural Training Center” in the North Carolina woods already has the majority-Black town next door on edge. How worried should the rest of us be?
Laura Flanders
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April 10, 2020
Cambridge Analytica Showed Us the Dangers of ‘Academic Commercialism’
What happens to ethics when universities rush to monetize their work?
Colleen Cordes
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February 28, 2020
Reading Richard Rorty in Tehran
What the American philosopher’s visit to Tehran in 2004 can teach us about Iranian society—and our own.
Samuel Thrope
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March 31, 2015
Blackwater: One of the Pentagon’s Top Contractors for Afghanistan Training
A Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction report reveals the major recipients of DoD’s Afghanistan reconstruction programs.
Tim Shorrock
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October 29, 2014
Finally, a Verdict on Blackwater’s Nisour Square Shooters
Accountability for the massacre in Iraq is a start—but we should also be talking about reducing reliance on private military contractors.
The Editors
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July 14, 2014
America: The Impotent Superpower
American military and corporate power have triumphed over all rivals—so why does the United States still struggle to impose its will on the world?
Tom Engelhardt
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May 23, 2011
Lawmakers Ask Hillary Clinton to Explain Erik Prince’s Mercenaries in the UAE
“The implications of allowing a US citizen to assemble a legion in any foreign country, and especially in a combustible region like the Middle East, are serious and wide-ranging,” they allege.
Jeremy Scahill
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May 18, 2011
Jeremy Scahill: Inside Erik Prince’s United Arab Emirates Mercenary Army
Why is Blackwater founder Erik Prince building a mercenary army for the United Arab Emirates? The contracted guns will be much less involved in maintaining the peace than they will in suppressing any dissent within the country.
Press Room
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May 17, 2011
Jeremy Scahill: Is Blackwater’s Erik Prince Starting a Proxy War Against Iran?
Blackwater’s Erik Prince is building an army of mercenaries for the United Arab Emirates. One that includes no Muslims. What is going on here?
Press Room
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May 16, 2011
Erik Prince, You’re No Indiana Jones
Blackwater’s infamous founder is building a mercenary army in the United Arab Emirates.
Jeremy Scahill