Lawmakers Ask Hillary Clinton to Explain Erik Prince’s Mercenaries in the UAE 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-rang...
May 23, 2011 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Jeremy Scahill: Inside Erik Prince’s United Arab Emirates Mercenary Army 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...
May 18, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Jeremy Scahill: Is Blackwater’s Erik Prince Starting a Proxy War Against Iran? 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?
May 17, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Erik Prince, You’re No Indiana Jones Erik Prince, You’re No Indiana Jones
Blackwater's infamous founder is building a mercenary army in the United Arab Emirates.
May 16, 2011 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Children Becoming Collateral Damage Children Becoming Collateral Damage
Christina-Taylor Green was nine years old. She was born on September 11, 2001. She died on January 8, 2011 in Tucson, along with a federal judge and four others in a shooting targe...
Jan 10, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Did US Special Operations Forces Want to ‘Target’ Refugee Camps in Pakistan? Did US Special Operations Forces Want to ‘Target’ Refugee Camps in Pakistan?
A confidential cable, released by Wikileaks, from the US embassies in Afghanistan and Pakistan reveals that US diplomats were asked for intelligence on refugee camps "fo...
Dec 2, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
US Businessman: Blackwater Paid Me to Buy Steroids and Weapons on Black Market for its Shooters US Businessman: Blackwater Paid Me to Buy Steroids and Weapons on Black Market for its Shooters
The businessman also alleges he witnessed Blackwater's cocaine- and hashish-laced "frat parties gone wild" and random shooting at Iraqi civilians.
Sep 23, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater’s Secret Relationship with Multinational Corporations Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater’s Secret Relationship with Multinational Corporations
Jeremy Scahill says secret documents reveal Blackwater's relationships with multinational corporations like Monsanto and Chevron, as well as to foreign governments.
Sep 20, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater’s Secret Relationship with Big Business Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater’s Secret Relationship with Big Business
Jeremy Scahill says secret documents reveal Blackwater's relationships with multinational corporations like Monsanto and Chevron, as well as to foreign governments.
Sep 20, 2010 / Video / Democracy Now!
Blackwater’s Black Ops Blackwater’s Black Ops
Internal documents reveal the firm's clandestine work for multinationals and governments.
Sep 15, 2010 / Decade in Review / Jeremy Scahill