Jeremy Scahill - Blackwater

30 Robert Dreyfuss, “Phoenix Rising,” The American Prospect, January 1, 2004.

31 Ibid.

32 Ibid.

33 Ibid.

34 Transcript, Democracy Now! January 10, 2005.

35 Scott Shane, “Poker-Faced Diplomat, Negroponte Is Poised for Role as Spy Chief,” the New York Times, March 29, 2005.

36 Ibid.

37 Michael Hirsh and John Barry, “‘The Salvador Option’: The Pentagon May Put Special-Forces-Led Assassination or Kidnapping Teams in Iraq,” Newsweek (Web exclusive), January 8, 2005.

38 Transcript, Democracy Now! February 18, 2005.

39 Anthony Shadid and Steve Fainaru, “Militias on the Rise Across Iraq: Shiite and Kurdish Groups Seizing Control, Instilling Fear in North and South,” the Washington Post, August 21, 2005.

40 Transcript, Democracy Now! February 28, 2006.

41 Ibid.

42 Scott Ritter, “The Salvador Option: By Any Standard, the Ongoing American Occupation of Iraq Is a Disaster,” www.aljazeera.net , January 20, 2005.

43 Tom Lasseter, “Sectarian Resentment Extends to Iraq’s Army,” Knight-Ridder, October 12, 2005.

44 Patrick Cockburn, “Does Anyone in Washington or at Downing Street Know What’s Really Happening in Iraq?” CounterPunch , November 28, 2006.

45 David Brown, “Study Claims Iraq’s ‘Excess’ Death Toll Has Reached 655,000,” the Washington Post, October 11, 2006.

46 Transcript, “President Discusses War on Terror and Rebuilding Iraq,” www.whitehouse.gov, December 7, 2005.

47 Jim Warren, “Kentucky Buddies Are Killed in Iraq: 2 Ex-Soldiers Were With Security Firms Died in Separate Incidents,” the Lexington Herald Leader , April 23, 2005.

48 Liz Sly, “6 Americans Die in Crash of Helicopter: Civilians Employed by Private Security Firm,” the Chicago Tribune, April 22, 2005.

49 “Security Company Faces Loss of Seven in Iraq: ‘A Very Sad Day for the Blackwater Family,’” Associated Press, April 22, 2005.

50 Ibid.

51 Transcript, ABC World News Tonight, April 23, 2005.

52 Hector Gutierrez, “Coloradan Killed in Iraq Crash Trying to Earn Family Nest Egg,” Rocky Mountain News , April 23, 2005.

53 Ibid.

54 Liz Sly, “6 Americans Die in Crash of Helicopter: Civilians Employed by Private Security Firm,” the Chicago Tribune, April 22, 2005.

55 John F. Burns, “Video Appears to Show Insurgents Kill a Downed Pilot,” the New York Times, April 23, 2005.

56 Ibid.

57 Author copy of video.

58 John F. Burns, “Video Appears to Show Insurgents Kill a Downed Pilot,” the New York Times, April 23, 2005.

59 Thomas Wagner, “Militant Group Says It Shot Down Helicopter in Iraq, Killed Sole Survivor,” Associated Press, April 22, 2005.

60 Ibid.

61 Ibid.

62 Blackwater USA press release, April 21, 2005.

63 Transcript, CNN Live From , April 21, 2005.

64 Transcript, CNN Wolf Blitzer Reports , April 21, 2005.

65 Ibid.

66 Transcript, Defense Department Briefing, April 22, 2005.

67 Emery P. Dalesio, “N.C. Security Company Faces Largest Death Toll in Iraq,” Associated Press, April 23, 2005.

68 Samiha Khanna, “Slain Guards’ Lives Recalled: N.C. Company Loses 7 in Iraq,” the News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), April 24, 2005.

69 Steve Hundley, “U.S. Sends Soldiers Into a Meat Grinder,” Austin American-Statesman, June 11, 2006.

70 Samiha Khanna, “Slain Guards’ Lives Recalled: N.C. Company Loses 7 in Iraq,” the News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), April 24, 2005.

71 “11 Die As Missile Downs Copter—Blackwater’s Black Day: 7 Employees Killed,” the Commercial Appeal (Memphis), April 22, 2005.

72 Blackwater USA press release, April 21, 2005.

73 Ibid.

74 Joe D. Morton, Acting Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security and Director for the Office of Foreign Missions, Statement to Employees of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, April 22, 2005.

75 Transcript, Daily Press Briefing, U.S. State Department, April 21, 2005.

76 Ibid.

77 “11 Die As Missile Downs Copter—Blackwater’s Black Day: 7 Employees Killed,” the Commercial Appeal (Memphis), April 22, 2005.

78 Thomas Wagner, “Car Bomb Kills 8 at Baghdad Mosque; Militant Group Says It Killed Survivor of Copter Crash,” Associated Press, April 22, 2005.

79 Emery P. Dalesio, “N.C. Company Loses Seven in Iraq,” Associated Press, April 23, 2005.

1 U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform Minority Staff Special Investigations Division, “Halliburton’s Questioned and Unsupported Costs in Iraq Exceed $1.4 Billion,” June 27, 2005.

2 Ibid.

3 David Firestone, “Senate Votes to Require Open Bidding on Contracts,” the New York Times, October 3, 2003.

4 Bloomberg News, “Pentagon Official Sees No Gouging,” the Houston Chronicle, July 2, 2004.

5 Joseph Schmitz, “Improving Oversight at Defense; Mission Drives Overhaul of IG’s Office,” Federal Times, September 8, 2003; Department of Defense biography of Joseph Schmitz, www.defenselink.mil/bios/ schmitz_bio.html.

6 T. Christian Miller, “Pentagon Investigator Resigning: Joseph E. Schmitz, the Defense Department’s Inspector General, Is Suspected of Blocking Investigations of Senior Bush Officials,” the Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2005.

7 Ibid.

8 Author copy of Schmitz’s letter.

9 Ibid.

10 Transcript of Joseph Schmitz’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the City Club of Cleveland, June 25, 2004.

11 Joseph E. Schmitz official biography, Department of Defense, February 10, 2005.

12 As stated on the Web site of the Order of Malta Federal Association, USA, www.smom.org/worldwide-history.php, captured December 4, 2006.

13 Ibid.

14 Remarks delivered by Inspector General Joseph E. Schmitz of the Department of Defense to the 16 thInternational Military Chaplains Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, February 9, 2005.

15 J. Cofer Black speaking at the American Enterprise Institute, May 17, 2006.

16 Blackwater USA press release, “Joseph E. Schmitz Becomes Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel for The Prince Group,” September 13, 2005.

17 Ibid.

18 Howard Seelye, “Schmitz Striving for Moderate Image in Race for Utt’s Seat,” the Los Angeles Times, April 12, 1970.

19 Ibid.

20 Phil Kerby, “The Reagan Backlash,” The Nation, September 25, 1967.

21 David Haldane and Jean O. Pasco, “Fiery O.C. Ultraconservative Schmitz Dies,” the Los Angeles Times, January 11, 2001.

22 Ibid.

23 Adam Bernstein, “Conservative GOP Congressman John G. Schmitz, 70, Dies,” the Washington Post, January 12, 2001.

24 David Haldane and Jean O. Pasco, “Fiery O.C. Ultraconservative Schmitz Dies,” the Los Angeles Times, January 11, 2001.

25 “LeTourneau’s Father Dies,” the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 12, 2001.

26 Thomas J. Foley, “Rousselot, Schmitz Condemn Visit Plan,” the Los Angeles Times, July 17, 1971.

27 Ibid.

28 Adam Bernstein, “Conservative GOP Congressman John G. Schmitz, 70, Dies,” the Washington Post, January 12, 2001.

29 David Haldane and Jean O. Pasco, “Fiery O.C. Ultraconservative Schmitz Dies,” the Los Angeles Times, January 11, 2001.

30 Adam Bernstein, “Conservative GOP Congressman John G. Schmitz, 70, Dies,” the Washington Post, January 12, 2001.

31 Ibid.

32 David Haldane and Jean O. Pasco, “Fiery O.C. Ultraconservative Schmitz Dies,” the Los Angeles Times, January 11, 2001.