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DoD really has no idea who it’s hired to do private security, report finds

The Defense Department doesn't know how many private security contractors it has.

By Meghann Myers

4 years ago

In this Dec. 31, 2020, file photo, pardoned Blackwater contractor Evan Liberty poses for a photo in Washington.

After pardon, Blackwater guard defiant: ‘I acted correctly’

Evan Liberty is one of four former Blackwater contractors pardoned by President Donald Trump, freeing them from prison after a 2007 shooting rampage in Baghdad that killed more than a dozen Iraqi civilians.

5 years ago

Trump pardons former Rep. Duncan Hunter and four Iraq war vets convicted in Blackwater shooting

The former Blackwater employees were sent to prison for their role in a controversial 2007 attack in Baghdad which left 14 people dead.

By Leo Shane III

5 years ago

‘I hope she’s scarred for life’ — Recalling my time as a Blackwater mercenary

The author recalls being in Iraq the day that seven Blackwater security contractors were killed in a helicopter crash.

By By Morgan Lerette

5 years ago

Trump taps private equity executive for top special operations job

Louis Bremer, a former SEAL, is the choice to fill a seat that has been empty since the start of 2019.

By Aaron Mehta

5 years ago

Sentences reduced for 3 Blackwater guards from 2007 Iraq massacre

A federal judge on Thursday greatly reduced the sentences of three former Blackwater security contractors, in the latest development from a complex case dating back to the 2007 shootings of unarmed civilians in Baghdad.

6 years ago