The head of Blackwater USA, the private security firm implicated in a series of deadly firefights in Iraq, defended his employees' actions before a Congressional committee Tuesday, saying his firm had ...

Making a rare appearance before Congress on Tuesday, the founder and chairman of Blackwater USA defended his company’s record, disputing a congressional report that determined his company is out of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A report from a congressional committee shows private security contractor Blackwater USA has had to fire 122 employees over the past three years for a variety of problems. The report ...

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The company once known as the world's most notorious private security contractor, Blackwater, is changing its name and its look once again in a bid to prove that it has outgrown its toxic reputation.

The private security contractor Blackwater said on Oct. 13 that it welcomed the FBI’s investigation of its activities in Iraq, and vowed to punish any employees that were implicated in wrongdoing.

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Members of the private security firm Blackwater escort U.S. administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer to a helicopter.Wathiq Khuzaie / EPA Blackwater’s killing of at least nine civilians in downtown Baghdad ...

In just the week since Jeremy Scahill’s appearance on THE JOURNAL, there have been many developments in the Blackwater story: In front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Secretary ...

Blackwater, the controversial private security company used extensively by the U.S. in Iraq, may have paid $1 million in bribes to Iraqi officials in late 2007, The New York Times reports. The bribes ...