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Prosecutors who mishandled the investigation into a deadly 2007 Blackwater Worldwide shooting face a possible misconduct citation from a judge who says they withheld evidence and violated the guards' constitutional rights.
A federal judge cited repeated government missteps in dismissing all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a case that inflamed anti-American sentiment abroad.
The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.
Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
The federal prosecutor who became the public face of the Justice Department's investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks, the killing of Chandra Levy and the Blackwater Worldwide shooting is resigning.
Iraq's defense minister on Wednesday insisted that the head of an al-Qaida front group was indeed in custody, refuting a potentially embarrassing online denial purportedly posted by the very man he maintains was arrested.
Iraq's government spokesman insisted Tuesday that the former Blackwater Worldwide can have no long-term presence in the country and said authorities will continue to press for compensation for a deadly September 2007 shooting.
Armed guards from the security firm once known as Blackwater Worldwide are still protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, even though the company has no license to operate there and has been told by the State Department its contracts will not be renewed two years after a lethal firefight that stirred outrage in Baghdad.
FBI scientists were unable to match bullets from a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting to guns carried by Blackwater Worldwide security guards, according to laboratory reports that leave open the possibility that insurgents also fired in the crowded intersection.
The family of a slain Iraqi security guard says in a federal lawsuit that a former Blackwater contractor fatally shot the man while wandering drunk in Baghdad, and the survivors accuse the company of covering up wrongdoing while reneging on promises of compensation.
Blackwater Worldwide's reorganization under the new brand name Xe (zee) includes layoffs designed to make the company leaner.
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the manslaughter case against five former Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of spraying innocent Iraqis with machine-gun fire can continue.
Blackwater Worldwide is still protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, but executives at the beleaguered security firm are taking their biggest step yet to put that work and the ugly reputation it earned the company behind them.
The Pentagon wrote in 2007 that Blackwater Worldwide contractors in Iraq are not subject to U.S. civilian criminal laws. That position undercuts the Justice Department's effort to prosecute five Blackwater security guards for manslaughter.
The State Department said Friday it will not renew Blackwater Worldwide's contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq when it expires in May.
Iraq said Thursday it will bar Blackwater Worldwide from providing security protection for U.S. diplomats because its contractors used excessive force. A look at events surrounding Blackwater's time in Iraq:
An Iraqi military official says authorities have ordered a nighttime vehicle ban across the Sunni-dominated province of Anbar after tribal leaders claimed fraud in last weekend's provincial election.
The State Department has poorly managed a nearly $2 billion deal with Blackwater Worldwide and other security contractors in Iraq, according to a report from the agency's inspector general, which cites failures to station guards in the right places and weak oversight as key problems.
Five former Blackwater Worldwide security guards pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal manslaughter and gun charges resulting from a 2007 shooting in a crowded Baghdad square that killed 17 Iraqi civilians and injured dozens of others.
Iraqis wounded by gunfire in a Baghdad square 15 months ago are awaiting with guarded hopes the beginning of court proceedings against five former private Blackwater Worldwide security guards.
When a team of Blackwater Worldwide security contractors opened fire last year in Baghdad's Nisoor Square, nobody was quite sure if a crime had been committed, and if so, whether there was a prosecutor with the authority to bring charges.
A summary of radio logs from Blackwater Worldwide indicating that a convoy of security guards, Raven 23, reported being under fire in Baghdad's Nisoor Square. Raven 23 is the convoy involved in the fatal shooting of 17 civilians. Raven 4 refers to a separate convoy escorting a U.S. diplomat. Raven 22 is a convoy dispatched to join Raven 4 after a car bombing.
Radio logs from a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad cast doubt on U.S. government claims that Blackwater Worldwide security guards were unprovoked when they killed 14 Iraqi civilians.
The future of security contractor Blackwater Worldwide just got a little more politically sensitive.
The State Department faces serious challenges protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq and may no longer be able to rely on Blackwater Worldwide to do the job, according to an internal report.
Briton in Iraqi custody after contractor killingsIraqi authorities arrested a British contractor on murder charges over the shooting deaths early Sunday of a British and an Australian contractor in Baghdad's protected Green Zone.
Founder, CEO of Blackwater Steps Aside, 'Worn Out' Erik Prince, who founded security contractor Blackwater Worldwide and remained defiant after the company became embroiled in controversy following a deadly 2007 shooting incident in Baghdad, is stepping down as chief executive of the parent company. [Erik Prince] Erik Prince
Feds: 1 killed in chopper crash at Xe campusOne person is dead and a second seriously injured following a helicopter crash on the North Carolina campus of the private security contractor Xe, authorities said.
HolyJuan: Blackwater Contracted to Evict People in Foreclosed HomesMortgage loan companies are contracting with Blackwater Worldwide to assist in the eviction of people still living in foreclosed homes in Chicago. Cook County sheriff Dart has refused to evict renters whose landlords have quit paying the mortgage.
Blackwater 2.0: 'Operator Disneyland'August 26, 2008 Military.com|by Christian Lowe MOYOCK, N.C. -- It's a name that's become synonymous with the murky world of counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan - where the subtle tones of the enemy's colors blend in with innocents.
Despite 'trickery' allegations, judge allows Blackwater to open San Diego facilityA federal judge today cleared the way for the controversial Blackwater Worldwide security firm to open a facility here to provide weapons training and other "force protection" techniques to U.S. Navy sailors.
Limbo for U.S. Women Reporting Iraq AssaultsWomen who say they were sexually assaulted in Iraq by co-workers have found themselves unable to seek justice.
From Texas to Iraq, and Center of Blackwater CaseThe New York Times has identified the gunner in the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqis in September as a 28-year-old former infantry soldier from Texas.
Blackwater Case Faces Obstacles, Justice Dept. SaysLegal gaps and immunity may prevent Blackwater guards involved in a shooting in Iraq from being tried.
'05 Use of Gas by Blackwater Leaves QuestionsA previously undisclosed incident has raised new questions about private security contractors in Iraq.
Blackwater's new California battlegroundIt is here, on this derelict 824-acre chicken and cattle ranch 45 miles east of San Diego, that Blackwater Worldwide wants to establish a West Coast beachhead - a proposal that has stirred up one of Blackwater's biggest battles yet.
43 in Contractor's Convoy Held After Baghdad ShootingA security guard along with 20 other people who had been riding in a truck were arrested Monday after the guard shot a teenage girl in central Baghdad.
Brothers, Bad Blood and the Blackwater TangleA story of two brothers with ties to the security contractor involves estrangement and a potential conflict of interest.
F.B.I. Says Guards Killed 14 Iraqis Without CauseF.B.I. agents investigating the Sept. 16 episode in which Blackwater security personnel shot and killed 17 Iraqi civilians found that all but three of the shootings were unjustified.
Al-Qaeda Hires BlackwaterWhile the United States continues to wage its war on terror in locations where terrorists are not originally present, Al-Qaeda (also known as: al-Qaida or al-Qa'ida or al-Qa'idah or al-¿Que?duh) has been stretched to its limits sending terrorists and trainers to assist locals fi …
Blackwater Mounts a Defense With Top Washington TalentWASHINGTON, Oct. 31 — Blackwater Worldwide, its reputation in tatters and its lucrative government contracts in jeopardy, is mounting an aggressive legal, political and public relations counterstrike.
Rice's "Insightful" Understanding of The Blackwater FiascoBackwater/Blackwater and Rice Treading water before H A Waxman's oversight Committee on Security Contractor Capital Offenses.
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