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A direct link to the interview series with Conde Nast Portfolio Magazine on the World of Security and the differences associated with Executive Protection, Celebrity Security and High Risk Overseas Details.
And if you hadn’t seen it before, you can check out the companion article here.
Federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas to some of the Blackwater employees present at a Sept. 16 shooting in Baghdad in which the company’s security personnel killed 17 Iraqi civilians, lawyers in the case and government officials briefed on the matter said Monday. The opening of the grand jury inquiry is a significant step […]
CONDÉ NAST PORTFOLIO Magazine did an informative article on what executives need to know and expect when choosing an Executive Protection Firm. Entitled, Covering Your Assets, the piece written by Susan Karlin is meant to educate Executives and Security Directors on what to screen for when hiring a bodyguard.
Below is an excerpt from the article.
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The State Department promised Blackwater USA bodyguards immunity from prosecution in its investigation of last month’s deadly shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians, The Associated Press has learned. The immunity deal has delayed a criminal inquiry into the Sept. 16 killings and could undermine any effort to prosecute security contractors for their role in the incident […]
The Saga Continues…
Blackwater USA, the security company that has come under intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill was accused by a senior Democratic lawmaker of evading tens of millions of dollars in federal taxes…Unlike two other security companies operating in Afghanistan and Iraq, Blackwater has said it designates its workers contractors, not employees, because it is […]
GlobalIncidentMap.com is an interesting site that provides a graphical and text display of Terrorism & Other Suspicious Events along with a realtime feed. You can do searches by country down to the state level and also open any assoicated news stories.
A word or warning all that information presented at once is a bit bleek.
Slate publishes exerpts of the House Oversight Commite Report on Blackwater. CEO, Eric Prince gave testimony yesterday in support of his agency and the dangerous job his contractors do. Click here for story and report.
MSNBC has an interesting article about the rising tensions between the US Military and Blackwater with the State Department caught in the middle.
“It’s not necessarily a bad thing these guys are being held accountable. Iraqis hate them, the troops don’t particularly care for them, and they tend to have a ‘know-it-all’ attitude, which means they […]
The LA times presents an interesting, but critical, article on the security contractors currently working in Iraq. The writer, who spent time with multiple personal security details paints a vivid in not exactly even-handed protrayal of the dangerous work.
“Our convoy had pulled onto the airport highway and was heading for the Green Zone when three […]
With the last week being devoted to my voluntary torture training, a couple news items of interest didn’t get posted. So here’s the round up.
The serious:
Blackwater in hotwater over civilian deaths. The ripple effect has caused The US embassy to suspended all road journeys by its diplomats in order to conduct a “safety review”.
The not so […]
