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US concerned over Blackwater's work in Afghanistan

AFP Global Edition 12 days ago

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is concerned about possible misconduct in Afghanistan by the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater and has promised to review the issue, the Pentagon said. Gates made the pledge to lawmakers after receiving a letter from ...

Pentagon concerned over Blackwater's work in Afghanistan

AFP American Edition 12 days ago

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is concerned about possible misconduct in Afghanistan by the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater and has promised to review the issue, the Pentagon said. Gates made the pledge to lawmakers after receiving a letter from ...

Gates concerned about Blackwater's conduct: Pentagon

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 12 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates is concerned about the conduct in Afghanistan of the company formerly known as Blackwater and has pledged to review the matter, the Pentagon said on Friday. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin had asked ...

Senator warns against $1B deal with Blackwater

AP News 13 days ago

Senior Democrat says Pentagon should consider barring Blackwater from $1B deal A senior Senate Democrat said Thursday the Pentagon should consider barring Blackwater, now called Xe Services, from a new $1 billion deal to train Afghan police because of "serious questions" about ...

Key lawmaker seeks to block $1 billion Blackwater deal

Reuters US Online Report Top News 13 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon should consider blocking a potential $1 billion contract with the company formerly known as Blackwater to train Afghan police because of questions about its conduct in Afghanistan, a top U.S. senator said. In letters to Defense Secretary ...

Before Blackwater case failed, legal debate at DOJ

AP News 15 days ago

Before Blackwater case crumbled, internal legal debate played out at DOJ over evidence As the U.S. investigated Blackwater Worldwide contractors for a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad, a legal debate was playing out behind the scenes at the Justice Department between two ...

US Army's lax supervision cited in Blackwater case

AFP Global Edition 22 days ago

The US Army's lax supervision was cited in a Senate investigation of controversial private security firm Blackwater, which allowed employees to use weapons without authorization in Afghanistan. At the outset of a months-long probe, the Senate Armed Service Committee found several cases ...

Senate panel finds lawless Blackwater contractors

AP News 22 days ago

Senate investigation says Army turned blind eye as Blackwater hired violent drug users A Senate investigation accuses the Army of turning a blind eye when a Blackwater subsidiary hired violent drug users to help train the Afghan army and declared "sidearms for ...

Blackwater staff among CIA-base attack victims: reports

AFP American Edition 23 days ago

<div><p>A suicide attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan a week ago killed two contractors with XE, the controversial private security firm once known as Blackwater, US media reported.</p><p>The two apprently were among seven CIA operative and a Jordanian intelligence officer killed ...

Blackwater settles civil lawsuits over Iraq deaths

AP News 23 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Company once known as Blackwater settles lawsuits alleging reckless culture, civilian deaths</div><div><p>The security firm formerly known as Blackwater has reached a settlement in a series of federal lawsuits in which dozens of Iraqis accused the company of cultivating a reckless culture ...

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