Jeremy Scahill - Blackwater

9 Jim Timmerman, “Holland’s Home-Grown Prince Corp. Has Big Role in Community,” Holland Sentinel, July 19, 1996.

10 “Prince Manufacturing Co. Builds Diecast Machines,” Holland Sentinel, June 5, 1969.

11 Ibid.

12 “Prince Corp. Constantly Expanding,” Holland Sentinel, May 16, 1973.

13 Caroline Vernia, “Prince’s Jewel: Production of Illuminated Visors,” Holland Sentinel , January 26, 1980.

14 Letter from Family Research Council president Gary Bauer, April 13, 1995.

15 Ibid.

16 Caroline Vernia, “Prince’s Jewel: Production of Illuminated Visors,” Holland Sentinel , January 26, 1980.

17 Ibid.

18 “Blackwater’s Founder on the Record,” Virginian-Pilot, July 24, 2006.

19 Ibid.

20 Prince Corporation brochure, undated.

21 Katherine Sanderson, “Prince Expanding, Building New Office,” Holland and Golden Sentinel, January 29, 1983.

22 Diane Carmony, “Prince Corp. Plans Functional, Aesthetically Pleasing Facilities,” Grand Rapids Press, August 31, 1987.

23 Ibid.

24 “Edgar Prince: Spirit of Giving Defined a Giant,” Grand Rapids Press , March 3, 1995.

25 Katherine Sanderson, “Prince Expanding, Building New Office,” Holland and Gold Sentinel, January 23, 1983.

26 Robert Young Pelton, Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror , Crown, New York, 2006, p. 3.

27 Letter from Family Research Council president Gary Bauer, April 13, 1995.

28 “Orlando Magic, NBA Team Valuations,” Forbes , www.forbes.com/lists/2005/32/324583.html, accessed November 30, 2006.

29 Rachel Burstein and Kerry Lauerman, “She Did It Amway,” Mother Jones , September/ October 1996.

30 Ibid.

31 Ibid.

32 Ibid.

33 Ibid.

34 Author copy of Holland, Michigan, Polk directories.

35 Letter from Family Research Council president Gary Bauer, April 13, 1995.

36 Ibid.

37 Rachel Burstein and Kerry Lauerman, “She Did It Amway,” Mother Jones , September/October 1996.

38 Ibid.

39 June Kronholz, “Big Test: In Michigan, Vouchers Get Money and Savvy and a Broad Coalition—Amway Chief and Wife Give Program Higher Profile, Better Shot at Success,” Wall Street Journal, October 25, 2000; “Biographical Information About Betsy DeVos,” Associated Press, October 21, 2006.

40 Ward Harkavy, “The Bush-Cheney Gazillions Tour,” The Village Voice, October 22, 2003.

41 Gordon Trowbridge, Charlie Cain, and Mark Hornbeck, “Granholm Wins Second Term,” Detroit News, November 8, 2006.

42 Ted Roelofs, “(Mostly) Conservative to the Core; Dutch Values Made Us This Way, But a Large Group Has Never Fit the Mold,” Grand Rapids Press, October 31, 2004.

43 Russ Bellant, The Religious Right in Michigan Politics , Americans for Religious Liberty, Silver Spring, Maryland, 1996, pp. 52-55, 63.

44 Ibid., p. 61.

45 Ibid., p. 33.

46 Ibid., p. 32.

47 Ibid., pp. 34-35.

48 Ibid., p. 35.

49 “Elsa Prince, DeVos Give Calvin College $10 Million Each,” Holland Sentinel, July 27, 1998; author copy of Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation records.

50 Michael Lozon, Vision on Main Street: Downtown Holland’s Resurgence as the Heart of the Community , Lumir Corporation, 1994, pp. 101-115, 136-140.

51 Ibid., pp. 102-103.

52 Ibid., pp. 86-87.

53 Ibid.

54 Letter from Family Research Council president Gary Bauer, April 13, 1995.

55 Ibid.

56 “Major Auto Suppliers in West Michigan,” Grand Rapids Business Journal, May 26, 1992.

57 “The Prince Legacy,” Grand Rapids Press, March 3, 1995.

58 Michael Lozon, Vision on Main Street , p. 101; “Edgar Prince: Spirit of Giving Defined a Giant,” Grand Rapids Press, March 3, 1995.

59 “Edgar Prince: Spirit of Giving Defined a Giant,” Grand Rapids Press, March 3, 1995; Jim Harger, “Prince Corp. Will Continue to Prosper,” Grand Rapids Press, March 4, 1995.

60 Jim Harger, “Prince Corp. Will Continue to Prosper,” Grand Rapids Press, March 4, 1995.

61 “Edgar Prince: Spirit of Giving Defined a Giant,” Grand Rapids Press, March 3, 1995.

62 Ibid.

63 Jim Harger, “Prince Corp. Will Continue to Prosper,” Grand Rapids Press, March 4, 1995.

64 Ibid.

65 John Agar and John Burdick, “Eulogies Focus on Religious Side of Prince,” Holland Sentinel, March 6, 1995; Letter from Family Research Council president Gary Bauer, April 13, 1995.

66 John Agar and John Burdick, “Eulogies Focus on Religious Side of Prince,” Holland Sentinel, March 6, 1995.

67 “A Christian Man; Holland Philanthropist, Industrialist Edgar D. Prince Leaves Many Hometown Legacies,” Grand Rapids Press (Lakeshore supplement), March 3, 1995.

68 John Burdick, “Bil Mar Cofounder, Downtown Supporter Honored,” Holland Sentinel, October 19, 2002.

69 “Blackwater’s Founder on the Record,” Virginian-Pilot, July 24, 2006.

70 John Agar, “Family Says He Always Put Them First,” Holland Sentinel, March 3, 1995.

71 John Agar and John Burdick, “Eulogies Focus on Religious Side of Prince,” Holland Sentinel, March 6, 1995.

72 John Agar, “Family Says He Always Put Them First,” Holland Sentinel, March 3, 1995.

73 Ibid.

74 Letter from Family Research Council president Gary Bauer, April 13, 1995.

75 Joseph Neff and Jay Price, “A Business Gets a Start,” News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), July 29, 2004.

76 Ibid.

77 Author copy of Federal Election Commission records.

78 Ibid.

79 Erik Prince’s official Prince Manufacturing biography.

80 Ted Roelofs, “Neither Party Well Off Here as Primary Nears,” Grand Rapids Press, February 23, 1992.

81 Ibid.

82 Author copy of Erik Prince’s military records; Interviews 2006.

83 Interviews 2006.

84 Michael Lozon, “New Era Begins at Prince,” Holland Sentinel, October 2, 1996.

85 Ibid.

86 Ibid.

87 Richard Harrold, “City Officials Talked With Governor About Job Loss,” Holland Sentinel, March 31, 2004.

88 Mark Sanchez, “A Prince, by Any Other Name,” Holland Sentinel, October 16, 1998; Patrick Revere, “Analysts: Area Hit Hardest by JCI,” Holland Sentinel, June 2, 2006.

89 Ted Roelofs, “(Mostly) Conservative to the Core; Dutch Values Made Us This Way, But a Large Group Has Never Fit the Mold,” Grand Rapids Press, October 31, 2004.

90 John Burdick, “Bil Mar Cofounder, Downtown Supporter Honored,” Holland Sentinel, October 19, 2002; Russ Bellant, The Religious Right in Michigan Politics, p. 13.

91 John Burdick, “Bil Mar Cofounder, Downtown Supporter Honored,” Holland Sentinel, October 19, 2002.

92 Federal campaign records.

93 June Kronholz, “Big Test: In Michigan, Vouchers Get Money and Savvy and a Broad Coalition—Amway Chief and Wife Give Program Higher Profile, Better Shot at Success,” Wall Street Journal, October 25, 2000.

94 “Kerry Candaele’s interview with Robert Pelton,” www.iraqforsale.org/ robert_pelton.php, accessed November 28, 2006.

95 Joan Nicole Prince obituary from Herrick District Library obituary file; Obituary, Albany Times Union, June 24, 2003.

96 Amazon.com page for Christian Fatherhood , www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/0965858227, accessed November 30, 2006.

97 “Voter’s Guide for Serious Catholics,” Catholic Answers Action, San Diego, 2006.