Government Repeatedly Threatening Reporter Who Exposed Blackwater With Arrest

100,000 sign up to support New York Times reporter James Risen who is facing jail.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk

From Aleternet | If you blinked at the end of June, you may have missed one of the best pieces of journalism in 2014. The New York Times headline accompanying the story was almost criminally bland, but the content itself was extraordinary: A top manager at Blackwater, the notorious defense contractor, openly threatened to kill a US State Department

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Federal Government Accused Of Withholding Evidence In Blackwater Trial

U.S. Attorney says “a series of innocent oversights” resulted in the loss of evidence that would support assertions that the defendants were returning fire in Baghdad in 2007.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
Blackwater Grand Jury

On Monday, attorneys for the four former Blackwater guards currently on trial for the 2007 killings of 14 Iraqi civilians, police officers and army personnel in Baghdad argued that the federal government knowingly suppressed evidence for the case. The evidence in question -- photographs of eight spent shell casings fired at the scene of the

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Blackwater Guards Face Trial In Iraq Shootings

After years of delays, former Blackwater Worldwide security guards are going on trial in the killings of 14 Iraqis and the wounding of at least 18 others.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Liberty

WASHINGTON — After years of delays, former Blackwater Worldwide security guards are going on trial in the killings of 14 Iraqis and the wounding of at least 18 others. Over the next few days, a jury of 12 residents from the District of Columbia will be chosen from a pool of 150 people to decide the guards' fate. The trial is expected to last

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Reports Of Blackwater Swarming Kiev As East Vows Independence

Following contentious referendum vote, leaders in Donetsk ask Russia to absorb eastern state.

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley

  The chasm between western-backed insurgents in Kiev and Russia-aligned populations in eastern Ukraine continues to grow as the Donetsk region has now asked to join Russia, according to reports Monday, following a contentious referendum vote over the weekend. Hours after final results revealed a 90% majority in Donetsk and 96%

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Ex-Blackwater Contractors Seek Dismissal Of Baghdad Massacre Case

The four former Blackwater Worldwide contractors are accused of taking part in a Sept. 16, 2007 shooting that prosecutors say killed 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Nisoor Square.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Blackwater Worldwide security guard Donald Ball leave federal court in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, after pleading not guilty to manslaughter charges. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former security contractors charged in a deadly shooting in Iraq are asking a federal judge to dismiss the indictment against them as the case moves forward to trial. The four former Blackwater Worldwide contractors are accused of taking part in a Sept. 16, 2007 shooting that prosecutors say killed 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in

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Exclusive: Private Security Contractors, Fanning The Flames In Afghanistan? (AUDIO)

Presence of US-backed private security in Afghanistan seems only to contribute to the ongoing violence.

Jo Erickson
By Jo Erickson

  [soundcloud id='115651871'] As the world media spotlight fixes on the Syria crisis, hidden from view is the continuing bloody war raging in Afghanistan, where civilian casualties are escalating. Adding to the death toll are U.S.-backed private security contractors. In a recent incident currently under investigation by NATO, a gunman,

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