CIA asks Justice to probe leaks of secrets
Besieged by leaks of several closely held secrets, the CIA has asked the Justice Department to examine what it regards as the criminal disclosure of a secret program to kill foreign terrorist leade…
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CIA Blackwater Op Infiltrated Ron Paul Campaign
The Wayne Madsen Report says that the CIA used Blackwater linked mercenaries as journalists in order to gather intelligence.
Flushing Blackwater
By Jeremy Scahill Congressional intelligence committees should also conduct a wide-ranging investigation into Blackwater's involvement in the CIA assassination program. This investigation must…
Blackwater Accused of Creating 'Killing Program'
A memo obtained by SPIEGEL indicates that cooperation between the CIA and private security firm Blackwater was deeper than previously known. SPIEGEL has uncovered further details about a plan to set …
C.I.A. Said to Use Outsiders to Put Bombs on Drones
From a secret division at its North Carolina headquarters, the company formerly known as Blackwater has assumed a role in Washington’s most important counterterrorism program: the use of remotely p…
Blackwater: CIA Assassins?
By Jeremy Scahill "What the agency was doing with Blackwater scares the hell out of me," said Jack Rice, a former CIA field operator who worked for the directorate of operations, which r…
C.I.A. Sought Blackwater’s Help in Plan to Kill Jihadists
The Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 hired outside contractors from the private security contractor Blackwater USA as part of a secret program to locate and assassinate top operatives of Al Qaed…
US Still Paying Blackwater Millions
By Jeremy Scahill Despite its scandal-plagued track record, Blackwater (which has rebranded itself as Xe) continues to have a presence in Iraq, trains Afghan forces on US contracts and provides go…
Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder
By Jeremy Scahill A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements filed on A…
Blackwater Seeks Gag Order
By Jeremy Scahill Blackwater (which recently renamed itself "Xe") is attempting to use other means to silence its victims. On July 20, the company's high-powered lawyers from Mayer B…