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21 Apr 2008, 12:40 pm
A reader sent us a story from the Boston Globe that we previously missed about contractors who are suing KBR for toxic exposures to sodium dichromate in Iraq. [read post]
27 Mar 2008, 5:56 pm
AT THINKPROGRESS, getting their plagiarism scandal backward: UPDATE: It appears that Ziemerâ € ™s speech may have been plagiarized from McCain. [read post]
26 Mar 2008, 9:15 pm
OH, JESUS, THIS IS PATHETIC: Iraqi doctors in al-Anbar province warn of a new disease they call â € œBlackwaterâ €  [read post]
23 Mar 2008, 2:47 pm
At the time of the Blackwater incident from last fall, for example, State and DOD had different rules on the use of force for security contractors. [read post]
17 Mar 2008, 12:09 pm
Blackwater Worldwide has been in the news for a long time now. [read post]
17 Mar 2008, 3:54 am
Blackwater's Attorney Wiley Rein, is involved in litigation over the deaths of Blackwater employees in Iraq. [read post]
15 Mar 2008, 7:59 pm
For more, see the March 12 post from the “Ataxingmatter’ Blog House chairman asks agencies to probe Blackwater By Rafael Enrique Valero rvalero@nationaljournal.com March 11, 2008 In letters sent to the Internal Revenue Service, Small Business Administration, and Labor Department on Monday, Rep. [read post]
14 Mar 2008, 2:45 am
Investment by Foreign Governments03/13/2008 Letter to House Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell From Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs Jeffrey Bergner (PDF 71.2 KB)Letter Regarding Allegations Against Employees of Blackwater Worldwide03/13/2008 Letter to House Select Energy Indpependence and Global Warming Chairman Edward Markey From Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson (PDF 67.6 KB)Letter Regarding a Series of EPA Climate… [read post]
11 Mar 2008, 1:48 am
Government03/10/2008 Letters to Small Business Administration Administrator Steve Preston, Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Linda Stiff and Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao From Chairman Henry Waxman (PDF 165 KB)Letters Regarding Potential Violations of Tax, Small Business and Labor Laws by Blackwater Worldwide03/10/2008 Memorandum to Members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee From Chairman Henry Waxman (PDF 947 KB)Memorandum Outlines an… [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 4:16 pm
"House Government Oversight Chairman Waxman sent letters to the Internal Revenue Service, the Small Business Administration, and the Department of... [read post]
6 Mar 2008, 12:01 am
., firm represents some of the toughest defense contractors in the world, including Blackwater USA. [read post]
3 Mar 2008, 3:19 am
BLT law blog [look it up for yourself] reports that Blackwater [the military and security subcontractor] is suing Zuckerman Spaeder in legal malpractice. [read post]
3 Mar 2008, 12:45 am
  A Blackwater official has confirmed that no one depicted in that video is a Blackwater employee or contractor. [read post]
15 Feb 2008, 4:58 am
Here’s another excerpt: … Many of the same legal and logistical obstacles that have impeded other types of investigations involving contractors in Iraq, like shootings involving security guards for Blackwater Worldwide, have made it difficult for the United States government to pursue charges related to sexual offenses. [read post]
7 Feb 2008, 1:10 pm
" In an era of increasing privatization of public functions - from private prisons to Blackwater in Iraq - this decision is an important reminder that private contractors will be held accountable by the courts and cannot simply hide behind the cloak of government authority. [read post]
31 Jan 2008, 11:34 am
"The killing of at least 17 Iraqi civilians by employees of US-based security firm Blackwater in September, the report said, "focused attention on the impunity with which private contractors operate in Iraq. [read post]