seems like blackwater xe

is doing ALL of the cia's dirty deeds. what exactly are the dudes and chicks of the cia DOING? lounging about in their jammies with a mug of cocoa?

i DO NOT WANT BLACKWATER XE bombing people. i don't want them in iraq (neither do the iraqis). hell, i don't even want them in the united states. i'm not naive. i know what the cia does and is supposed to do. they should take their vaginas outta their momma's handbags AND DO THEIR OWN EFFING DIRTY WORK

C.I.A. Said to Use Outsiders to Put Bombs on Drones
By JAMES RISEN and MARK MAZZETTI
WASHINGTON — From a secret division at its North Carolina headquarters, the company formerly known as Blackwater has assumed a role in Washington’s most important counterterrorism program: the use of remotely piloted drones to kill Al Qaeda’s leaders, according to government officials and current and former employees.

The division’s operations are carried out at hidden bases in Pakistan and Afghanistan, where the company’s contractors assemble and load Hellfire missiles and 500-pound laser-guided bombs on remotely piloted Predator aircraft, work previously performed by employees of the Central Intelligence Agency. They also provide security at the covert bases, the officials said.

The role of the company in the Predator program highlights the degree to which the C.I.A. now depends on outside contractors to perform some of the agency’s most important assignments. And it illustrates the resilience of Blackwater, now known as Xe (pronounced Zee) Services, though most people in and outside the company still refer to it as Blackwater. It has grown through government work, even as it attracted criticism and allegations of brutality in Iraq.........

how many MILLIONS of dollars did we pay blackwater

to capture, torture and kill terrorists? many millions. however, according to the nyt article linked to below, they DIDN'T CAPTURE OR KILL ANYONE OF 'IMPORTANCE' (that's MY word)

so our lead spook agency can't even do it's OWN job? hmmmmmmmm

are they lazy OR incompetent or both?

and hey xe peeps, i'll say it again, a rose a steamin' pile o' shite by any other name is still a rose a steamin' pile o' shite


C.I.A. Sought Blackwater’s Help in Plan to Kill Jihadists
By MARK MAZZETTI

WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 hired outside contractors from the private security contractor Blackwater USA as part of a secret program to locate and assassinate top operatives of Al Qaeda, according to current and former government officials.

Executives from Blackwater, which has generated controversy because of its aggressive tactics in Iraq, helped the spy agency with planning, training and surveillance. The C.I.A. spent several million dollars on the program, which did not successfully capture or kill any terrorist suspects.

The fact that the C.I.A. used an outside company for the program was a major reason that Leon E. Panetta, the C.I.A.’s director, became alarmed and called an emergency meeting in June to tell Congress that the agency had withheld details of the program for seven years, the officials said...........

no matter what

if this story is true or not true (i of course am leaning more toward true), we all know what sort of people found organizations like blackwater (changing your name to xe doesn't change who you are or what you've done or what you will do).

prince reminds me of one of those nefarious characters you see in spy movies or thrillers. those that have the ear of the president (i don't think he has much of obama's ear. i KNOW he had the big dick's and king george's ear.) those that kill and murder (in the movies that is. prince has NOT been charged or convicted in these charges so i'm not talking ABOUT him. just a character i think he COULD be). those that think they believe in god. those that think their god is telling them to kill everyone who isn't a 'true believer' (whatever the eff THAT means) those that are reckless and thoughtless and heartless and self absorbed. those that care nothing about anyone other than their own circle of rich white dudes (women are just to f**k). those that think killing is ok and do not suffer from pangs of hurt of conscious. those that murder without effort. those that are not just immoral but amoral. those that have their own mission that concerns none of us. those that think they are a god among men.




Founder of Blackwater-Xe Accused Of Murder, Gun Running To Iraq

By Steve Hynd

Sworn statements to a Virginia federal court accuse Blackwater founder Eric Prince of using murder to silence witnesses to criminal acts by Blackwater, of smuggling weapons into Iraq to sell for profit, of destroying evidence of criminal acts and lying to federal agencies.

A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements filed on August 3 in federal court in Virginia. The two men claim that the company's owner, Erik Prince, may have murdered or facilitated the murder of individuals who were cooperating with federal authorities investigating the company. The former employee also alleges that Prince "views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe," and that Prince's companies "encouraged and rewarded the destruction of Iraqi life."....

a rose by any other name

still has thorns.

xe is still blackwater. they can change their name, but they can't change what they are


Contractors investigated in shooting of Afghan civilians

From Mike Mount and Suzanne Simons
CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. military in Afghanistan is investigating a group of military contractors who shot and wounded two Afghan civilians in Kabul earlier this month, according to the military.

The contractors worked for a company called Paravant, which is affiliated with Xe, the new company name for the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide, according to sources familiar with the incident. Paravant is owned by Erik Prince, who is also the owner of Xe.

“The contractors were involved in a vehicle accident in Kabul at approximately 9 p.m. May 5. While stopped for the vehicle accident, the contractors were approached by a vehicle in a manner the contractors felt threatening,” according to a U.S. military press release.

“The contractors fired upon the vehicle, reportedly wounding two Afghans,” the statement said.

The wounded Afghans were taken to a hospital, according to the release.

The press release did not identify the contracting company. A spokesman for the U.S. Military’s Central Command, which oversees combat in Afghanistan, said, “Because the incident remains under investigation, there’s no further information available beyond the information in the press release.”

But a senior source in the contracting industry said that, while off duty, the four contractors were allegedly drinking before the accident...........

hmmmmmmmmm

a rose a streamin' pile o' shite by any other name IS STILL A FUCKING STEAMIN' PILE O' SHITE

Blackwater Picks A New Name: It's Xe
NPR.org, February 13, 2009 · Blackwater Worldwide is abandoning its tarnished brand name.

Blackwater officials said Friday its family of two dozen businesses will now operate under the name Xe, pronounced like the letter "z."

The decision comes as part of an ongoing rebranding effort that grew more urgent following a September 2007 shooting in Iraq that left at least a dozen civilians dead.

Blackwater President Gary Jackson said in a memo to employees of the North Carolina-based company that the new name reflects the change in company focus away from the business of providing private security.........

Blackwater to change name to 'Xe'
Associated Press
......................The parent company's new name is pronounced like the letter "z." Blackwater Lodge & Training Center — the subsidiary that conducts much of the company's overseas operations and domestic training — has been renamed U.S. Training Center Inc., the company said Friday.

The decision comes as part of an ongoing rebranding effort that grew more urgent following a September 2007 shooting in Iraq that left at least a dozen civilians dead. Blackwater president Gary Jackson said in a memo to employees the new name reflects the change in company focus away from the business of providing private security.

"The volume of changes over the past half-year have taken the company to an exciting place and we are now ready for two of the final, and most obvious changes," Jackson said in the note...............