Extent of #Blackwater and #CIA Collaboration Uncovered

By Yana Kunichoff
Published December 11, 2009

"New details of Blackwater participation in clandestine CIA raids detail the extent to which private security contractors were involved in covert government antiterror operations.

"According to former employees and current and former American intelligence officials, who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity because they feared repercussions, Blackwater security guards participated in clandestine raids to capture or kill suspected insurgents in #Iraq and #Afghanistan and in transportation of detainees on CIA flights.

"The raids against suspects were said to occur almost nightly between 2004 and 2006, the height of the Iraqi insurgency. Several of the former Blackwater employees said the lines dividing the government-sanctioned agencies (the CIA and the military) and Blackwater began to blur.

"This information highlights a more extensive relationship between the CIA and Blackwater, now re-named Xe Services, than government investigation had previously acknowledged.

"This was confirmed recently by an article about #ErikPrince, the founder of Blackwater, published in Vanity Fair. In it, Prince spoke about the extent of his involvement with the CIA, which ranged from putting together, funding and executing operations to bring personnel into 'denied areas' to targeting specific people for #assassination who were deemed enemies by the #USGovernment.

"Though Prince alleged that he participated as a private citizen and used his personal funds to carry out operations, the Blackwater employees interviewed by The New York Times confirmed both their full knowledge of and participation in the raids.

"#Xe spokesman Mark Corallo, however, continued to deny this."

Full article:
https://truthout.org/articles/extent-of-blackwater-and-cia-collaboration-uncovered/

#TigerSwan #BigOil #HumanRights #Covert #Corporatism #Corporatocracy
#Corruption #Capitalism #Colonialism

Remember how the CDC, FDA, and HHS had to frantically scrub their webpages of all mentions of “transgender” or “gender ideology,” or anything related?

Well, a federal judge has ordered them to put the pages back as litigation from outraged medical providers moves forward. The plaintiffs state that they rely on the critical information when caring for patients.

#health #PublicHealth #GenderIdeology #trans #transgender #trumpAdmin #USGovernment #USPol #LGBTQIA #lgbtq

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-orders-hhs-cdc-fda-restore-deleted-webpages-health-information/?ftag=CNM-00-10aac3a

Inhaltswarnung: (Article) All the ways Elon #Musk is breaking the law, explained by a law professor // #USA #USGov Zum Öffnen/Schließen klicken

** DOGE is accessing US Department of Education information from a freaking insecure cloud server (the AI software used to analyze the data was on a cloud server they accessed using Azure) **

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2025/02/07/heres-what-to-know-about-elon-musks-doge-democratic-states-sue-trump-for-letting-doge-into-treasury-system/

#USA #USGovernment #CyberSecurity
#data #DataBreech #MajorHeist

Very specific US government (gov’t) dates:

March 14 — gov’t funding will run out

Prepare for a shutdown (imo). It is very likely the powers-that-be will use this opportunity to further grind spending and attack gov’t employees.

Sept 30 — gov’t funding will run out again

This is the end of the govt’s fiscal year.

December 31— Tax Cuts and Jobs Act individual income tax provisions will expire.

Congress will need to act.

#USA #USPol #USGovernment

https://www.crfb.org/blogs/upcoming-congressional-fiscal-policy-deadlines

There are currently more than 30 lawsuits relating to Trump administration executive orders. Court Watch has compiled them all here and is keeping the list up to date.

https://flip.it/7XOa6M

#TrumpAdministration #USPolitics #USGovernment #Law #DonaldTrump

The #USgovernment’s targeting of #Iran’s #PressTV has been ongoing since June 2021, when its website domain was seized. Despite this, the channel has continued to interview guests from the #UnitedStates and maintain correspondents there. Among its guests has been Weir, who says she has been interviewed by PressTV multiple times over the years without issue—until now.

Weir, best known for her book “Against Our Better Judgment: The hidden history of how the United States was used to create Israel.” also runs the website “If Americans Knew,” which offers critical perspectives on occupied #Palestine. Following the FBI’s unexpected visit to her home, Weir expressed concern over what she perceives as a coordinated effort to suppress #dissenting views on #Israel.

“It would appear someone is now trying to set the stage to silence dissent on Israel-Palestine in the United States by trumping up ‘connections with Iran,’” Weir said, noting that other pro-Palestine #activists have reported similar visits from the #FBI.

https://popularresistance.org/why-did-the-fbi-show-up-at-alison-weirs-door/