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In reply to the discussion: Remember Blackwater? Erik Prince? [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)53. Thank you for the heads-up, JustAnotherGen!
Mebbe the guy's true loyalty is to the almighty dollar.
From the OP:
But behind the back of corporate leadership at FSG, Prince was living a double life.
Working with a small cadre of loyalists including a former South African commando, a former Australian air force pilot, and a lawyer with dual citizenship in the U.S. and Israel Prince sought to secretly rebuild his private CIA and special operations enterprise by setting up foreign shell companies and offering paramilitary services, according to documents reviewed by The Intercept and interviews with several people familiar with Princes business proposals.
Several of the proposals for private security services in African nations examined by The Intercept contained metadata in the digital files showing Prince and his inner circle editing and revising various drafts.
Since 2014, Prince has traveled to at least half a dozen countries to offer various versions of a private military force, secretly meeting with a string of African officials. Among the countries where Prince pitched a plan to deploy paramilitary assets is Libya, which is currently subject to an array of U.S. and United Nations financial and defense restrictions.
-- https://theintercept.com/2016/03/24/blackwater-founder-erik-prince-under-federal-investigation/
Seems like just the other day, young Erik was giving President Obama advice on who to kill by drone.
Blackwater managed CIA Predator drone assassination program

Ah, (FONDLY) they grow out of office and favor so fast!
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I have a long bio on the Prince and his parallels with UBL as a CIA contractor, here:
leveymg
Mar 2016
#54
Here's the kicker: HRC's State Dept. granted new contracts to Prince while he was being prosecuted
leveymg
Mar 2016
#55
If Wall Street can fake promise "compliance", then I suppose the MIC can, too, eh?
MrMickeysMom
Mar 2016
#92
Blackwater was hardwired into Defense policy infrastructure - like Halliburton and KBR.
blm
Mar 2016
#79
Yeah, and Prince and the family he married into are supposed to be so super-Christian.
bulloney
Mar 2016
#3
Can't they nail this guy for treason or some other equally punishable offense?
Paper Roses
Mar 2016
#40
Funny to see the intercept callling out someone for links to Chinese intelligence
Blue_Tires
Mar 2016
#56