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18 Feb 2010, 3:00 am
Blackwater--the corps of mercenaries that got paid much more for each of its employees (oops, contractors) than each soldier in the real army gets paid, and then got to scoff at the laws and commit murder with impugnity --it treats its hired mercenaries as independent contractors to rake in even more profits from its contracts with the US. [read post]
2 Nov 2007, 12:36 pm
" The decision has potentially far-reaching implications for holding all sorts of government contractors--from private prisons to Blackwater--accountable in the federal courts. [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 9:24 am
” Four American veterans serving as Blackwater security contractors in Iraq were convicted of murder and manslaughter for the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007. [read post]
31 Jan 2022, 6:35 am
Must Recognize Indigenous Rights to Spectrum By Darrah Blackwater Arizona–Tribal 2021 Gaming Compact Amendments: What You Need to Know By Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier and Ed Hermes Bent But Not Broken – ICWA Stands: A Summary of “Brackeen v. [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 6:04 am
Here are a few recent stories demonstrating the trend: Double-Spacing Is for Suckers Defense lawyers in the Blackwater case were put on notice that single-spaced documents just won’t cut it. [read post]
15 Jun 2024, 7:05 am
The case against CACI is one of many legal actions against private military contractors accused of detainee abuse, including those against Titan Corporation (later known as L-3 Services) and CACI for their roles in alleged abuse at Abu Ghraib, as well as against Blackwater for incidents like the Nisour Square massacre in Baghdad. [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 8:11 am
Their elaboration in Blackwater v. [read post]
4 Jan 2010, 12:12 am
Judge Slams DOJ Prosecutors, Dismisses Blackwater Charges The Associated Press A federal judge dismissed all charges Thursday against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a crowded Baghdad intersection in 2007. [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 12:08 pm
., and Blackwater. [read post]
20 May 2014, 5:00 am
Training Center (part of the company once known as Blackwater). [read post]
26 Oct 2007, 12:53 am
Iraq veteran Phillip Carter of McKenna Long & Aldridge says three legal regimes could provide criminal jurisdiction: "Blackwater happened exactly on the seam of those three jurisdictional vehicles. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 11:27 am
., and Blackwater. [read post]
22 Feb 2007, 12:30 am
In the case, which the justices will review at their conference Friday, the contractors' estates filed suit against Blackwater Security, a company with whom the decedents contracted to perform military escort services. [read post]
12 Jan 2010, 4:13 pm
Murder charges against Blackwater employees dismissed due to prosecutors' misconduct Coming at the tail end of 2009, a federal judge dismissed all charges against five employees of the controversial security company Blackwater. [read post]
5 Nov 2017, 12:27 am
York Finch General Hospital, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 647, at paras. 87-88, and Blackwater v. [read post]
9 Dec 2008, 8:04 am
Blackwater Shootings of Iraqis Unprovoked, Say Prosecutors
The Associated Press
Unprovoked gunfire and grenades killed 14 innocent Iraqis and hurt dozens more in a 2007 Baghdad attack, prosecutors said Monday in announcing charges with mandatory 30-year prison terms against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards. [read post]
10 Dec 2011, 5:50 pm
"In Blackwater Woods" by Mary Oliver, from American Primitive. [read post]
11 Jul 2017, 1:31 pm
Advisers in the Trump administration asked Blackwater founder Erik Prince to develop plans for Afghanistan calling for the use of military contractors rather than deployment of U.S. servicemembers, the Times reports. [read post]
1 Dec 2017, 8:21 am
Erik Prince, founder of the security firm Blackwater, confirmed to congressional investigators that he secretly met a Russian banker close to President Vladimir Putin to discuss a U.S. [read post]
7 Mar 2018, 12:26 pm
The special counsel subpoenaed Nader in an effort to obtain information about a January 2017 meeting convened by Emirati Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan in Seychelles, which brought Erik Prince—the founder of Academi, a private military company formerly known as Blackwater, and an unofficial adviser to President Trump’s transition team—together with a Russian investor with close ties to President Vladimir Putin. [read post]
