Blackwater

Trump Pardons Four Blackwater Contractors for Nisour Square Massacre

| Importance: 9/10

President Trump pardoned four Blackwater private military contractors convicted of killing 14 Iraqi civilians, including two children, in Baghdad’s Nisour Square in 2007. Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, and Dustin Heard were serving sentences ranging from 12 years to life …

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Erik Prince Establishes Kremlin Backchannel in Seychelles Meeting with Putin Ally

| Importance: 5/10

Erik Prince, founder of military contractor Blackwater and brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, met with Putin ally Kirill Dmitriev in Seychelles to establish back channel between incoming Trump administration and Kremlin. George Nader told Dmitriev that Prince “is designated by Steve …

Erik Prince Kirill Dmitriev George Nader Steve Bannon Jared Kushner +1 more backchannel privatization diplomatic-bypass russian-connections blackwater +1 more
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Blackwater Nisour Square Massacre Exposes Systematic Private Military Corporate-State Fusion Accountability Crisis and Constitutional Violation

| Importance: 9/10

Blackwater private military contractors’ killing of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Nisour Square exposes systematic corporate-state fusion accountability crisis where privatized government military functions operate beyond constitutional and legal constraints. The massacre demonstrates …

Blackwater Worldwide Erik Prince State Department Central Intelligence Agency Iraqi Government +3 more systematic-corporate-capture systematic-constitutional-violation blackwater constitutional-constraint-bypass privatized-government-functions +10 more
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