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October 1, 2021
The threat of far-right domestic terrorism not only persists all these months after the attack on the u.s. capitol, according to some metrics, at least, the threat might be growing. the latest reporting from "the guardian," quote, hacked materials from the website of the right-wing militia group, the oath keepers, show that hundreds of people either joined or renewed their membership after many of the groups members participated in the attacks on the capitol on january 6th. they included people ...
December 24, 2020
Trump pardons of Blackwater contractors in killing of Iraqi civilians stir angry response By Eric Tucker and Ellen Knickmeyer Published article FILE - Tribal elder Mohammed Shafi stands in the Yaka Toot cemetary near the grave of Romal, 22, who was killed by Blackwater (now known as Xe) security forces in an incident that enraged area residents. (Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - The courtroom monitors carried the image of a smiling 9-year-old boy as his father pl...
May 20, 2018
About things relating to setting up contacts with the campaign and back channels and now this meeting. what do you make of it? so the involvement of erik prince, specifically, what do you make of that? >> i used to run into him while i was doing security contracting, all of the stories about what he was doing, like running the new private security force from columbia for the crown prince of the united arab emirates. he was the kind of guy that most westerners wanted to stay away from, but all th...
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Cost? one example in the report, back in february, security guards start firing on american troops, the troops start screaming, "were marines. were marines" but they keep firing. the guards shot and killed a u.s. marine. and went marine corps detained those guard, not only did they find that the guards were high on opium, they hadnt even been train,000 to fire their rifles. security contracting in afghanistan comes off some sort of gangster movie in this scathing senate report. one example, armo...