Cyber Pearl Harbors and digital Blackwaters mean the cyber defence industry is on the cusp of a boom.
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The most hated companies in history
BP may currently be the most despised company in the world, but it’s not alone in the hate stakes. Some classic US companies also rank in the top hated historical list, like Blackwater, Halliburton and Microsoft.
For Sale: Blackwater
Blackwater, the US military security company embroiled in civilian killings in the Iraq War, is being put on the market. But what will happen to the its covert CIA activities if it gets sold?
exposed The secret Blackwater tapes
The Nation has secret tapes of the leader of controversial US military contractor Blackwater, in which he reveals details about the group’s clandestine actions in Afghanistan and turns up his nose at the Geneva Convention.
Prostitutes, South Park and weapons: the most shocking revelations on Blackwater
Controversial security company Blackwater reportedly stole weapons meant for the Afghanistan police and checked them out under the name ‘Eric Cartman’, despite being unlicensed to carry arms in the country. A wrap of the latest Blackwater scandals.
Blackwater is still working for the US
The Pentagon and CIA are still employing controversial military contractor Blackwater in Afghanistan (albeit under a new name), despite allegations of involvement in murder, gun-running, child prostitution and more, ABC News reveals.
Doing the CIA’s dirty work: former Blackwater chief reveals all
The former head of controversial US military contractor Blackwater, Erik Prince, tells all to Vanity Fair about the company’s assassination and espionage work for the CIA in Afghanistan and Iraq
CIA outsources its dirty work in Pakistan
The US is paying controversial private military contractor Blackwater to plan targeted drone-strike assassinations and run “snatch and grab” operations on key Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan, according to an investigation by The Nation.
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US security contractor planned a $1m cover-up of Iraqi civilian killings
The US military security contractor formerly known as Blackwater paid $1 million in an attempt to buy Iraqi officials’ silence over the killing of 17 Iraqi civilians by Blackwater guards in 2007, claims the NYT.
CIA hired Blackwater for Al Qaeda hitsquad
The CIA ‘death squad’ plot thickens: the intelligence agency reportedly hired outside security contractor Blackwater — recently marred by allegations of murder, gun-running and child prostitution — to help with its plan to assassinate key members of Al Qaeda.
US security contractor in Iraq linked to weapons smuggling and child prostitution
New accusations against Blackwater USA — until recently, the largest private military contractor in Iraq — and its founder Erik Prince allege their involvement in weapons smuggling, sex rings, child prostitution and promoting “Christian supremacy”.
Blackwater’s murky Iraq massacre role
The private security contractor, fallen on hard times, comes under fire again — this time for allegations that it tried to cover up a massacre.
Blackwater puts Iraq’s cast of unsavoury charactors in the spotlight
The Iraq horror show rolls on and the atrocity du jour — involving private contractors from the sinister Blackwater agency — epitomises what we’ve done to Iraq, writes Jeff Sparrow.
