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27 Sep 2010, 5:45 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia [official website] declared a mistrial Monday in a murder case against two Blackwater [JURIST news archive] defense contractors after the jury failed to reach a verdict. [read post]
16 Sep 2010, 7:28 pm
Below is a detailed summary of the recent $42 million settlement entered into between the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and Xe Service LLC, formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, for numerous alleged violations of the ITAR and the Arms Export Control Act. [read post]
16 Sep 2010, 8:02 am by Bruce Korol
  Some of the training Blackwater provided to Canadian military forces was in Blackwater/TRC's "Mirror Image" course, where trainees live as a mock Al Qaeda cell in an effort to understand the mindset and culture of insurgents. [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 5:13 am by Jason Poblete
The Tech Apps Group blog most recent post, “Lessons Learned from Blackwater,” is worth a read. [read post]
5 Sep 2010, 1:21 pm by Frank Pasquale
According to Jeremy Scahill (in the book Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army), by 2008 “the number of private contractors in Iraq was at a one-to-one ratio with active-duty US soldiers” (480). [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 3:08 pm
Department of State announced today that on August 18, 2010, Xe Services LLC (formerly Blackwater Worldwide) entered into a civil penalty agreement with the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) to settle numerous alleged violations of the Arms Export Control Act... [read post]
22 Aug 2010, 2:09 pm by InternationalLaw Blogger
According to a New York Times report, the controversial private security firm formerly known as Blackwater (now Xe), has reached a settlement with the U.S. [read post]
20 Aug 2010, 2:38 pm by Jim Walker
I have written many articles about the cruise industry's practice of pollution  Here are a few to consider: Earth Day - Spotlight on Cruising - A Dirty Business Cruise Industry: "Notorious Polluters" Reason No. 8 Not To Cruise: Blackwater, Blackwater, Blackwater Reason No. 9 Not To Cruise: Bunker Fuel - Nasty Tar Sludge! [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 6:46 am
The United States is pulling its combat troops out of Iraq, all right -- and pretty soon that will leave 2400 State Department employees there, protected by 7000 Blackwater-type rent-a-cops and 1400 armored vehicles. [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 5:16 am by jamison
”  Now called Xe Services, Blackwater has collected hundreds of millions of dollars from the U.S. government since 2001. [read post]
2 Aug 2010, 8:24 am by jamison
  She interviewed the survivors and family members of the Nisour Square shootings as part of the suit she settled against Blackwater. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 10:18 pm by Mike
 Trillions will continue disappearing in the Blackwater-Pentagon black hole. [read post]
4 Jul 2010, 4:08 am by jamison
  It wasn’t because she was lead counsel for some high-profile human rights cases:  torture of the Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the shooting of innocent Iraqi citizens by Blackwater. [read post]
20 Jun 2010, 10:14 pm by White Collar Crime Prof Blogger
Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, DOJ Wants Indictment Reinstated in Blackwater Manslaughter Case USA Today, Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez resigns after corruption conviction; Jenna Carlesso, Courant.com, Perez Expected To Resign After Conviction; Washington Post, (AP), Jury finds mayor of Hartford, Conn.,... [read post]
18 Jun 2010, 11:41 am by Mike Scarcella
The Department of Justice is urging a federal appeals court to reinstate the indictment against five former Blackwater security guards, arguing that the prosecution's misuse of protected statements was harmless and that there remains overwhelming physical evidence to continue the... [read post]