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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 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 ...
<div><p>GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights experts called on Iraq and the United States on Thursday to ensure that the 2007 killing of at least 14 Iraqi civilians, which has been blamed on Blackwater security guards, be prosecuted.</p><p>Iraq said on Monday it ...
<div id="subtitle">2 former Blackwater guards arrested, charged with murder in shooting deaths of 2 Afghans</div><div><p>Two former Blackwater contractors were arrested Thursday on murder charges in the shootings of two Afghans after a traffic accident last year, according to a federal indictment.</p><p ...
