Jeremy Scahill - Blackwater

35 Interview, September 2006.

36 ISI Web site, www.isiusa.us/html/about.swf, captured December 7, 2006.

37 Transcript, “U.S. Senators Tom Coburn (R-Ok) and Barack Obama (D-Il) Hold a News Conference on Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts,” September 14, 2005.

38 Author copy of letter.

39 Author copy of letter.

40 Interview, 2006.

41 Author copy of memo.

42 Joanne Kimberlin and Bill Sizemore, “Blackwater: On American Soil,” Virginian-Pilot, July 27, 2006.

43 Renae Merle, “Storm-Wracked Parish Considers Hired Guns: Contractors in Louisiana Would Make Arrests, Carry Weapons,” Washington Post, March 14, 2006.

44 LeRoy v. Blackwater USA, filed August 25, 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana.

45 Joanne Kimberlin, “Fort Swaggart: Bible Campus Becomes Blackwater Base,” Virginian-Pilot, July 27, 2006.

46 Joanne Kimberlin and Bill Sizemore, “Blackwater: On American Soil,” Virginian-Pilot, July 27, 2006.

47 Author copy of Erik Prince’s speech at West 2006 conference in San Diego, January 11, 2006.

48 Joanne Kimberlin and Bill Sizemore, “Blackwater: On American Soil,” Virginian-Pilot, July 27, 2006.

49 Terry Rodgers, “Finish the Fence, Congressmen Say; Republican Leaders Gather at Border to Promote ‘Real ID Act,’” San Diego Union-Tribune, March 30, 2005.

50 Press Release, “Rep. Rohrabacher Commends Minuteman Project,” April 19, 2005.

51 Dan Robinson, “US Citizen Volunteers on Border Security: We Won’t Stop,” Voice of America, May 12, 2005.

52 Transcript, “Hearing of the Management, Integration, and Oversight Subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee. Subject: Training More Border Agents: How the Department of Homeland Security Can Increase Training Capacity More Effectively,” May 24, 2005.

53 Ibid.

54 Ibid.

55 Blackwater Tactical Weekly, June 13, 2005.

56 Stephen Losey, “Border Patrol Should Consider Outsourcing its Training, Lawmaker Says,” Federal Times, May 27, 2005.

57 Blackwater USA press release, “Red Cross-Blackwater Fundraiser and Silent Auction a Huge Success!” November 23, 2005.

58 Ibid.

59 Blackwater Tactical Weekly, August 28, 2006.

60 Author copy of memo dated September 16, 2005.

61 Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and James V. Grimaldi, “Lobby Firm Is Scandal Casualty; Abramoff, DeLay Publicity Blamed for Shutdown,” Washington Post, January 10, 2006.

62 Government lobbying records.

63 Judy Sarasohn, “Security Contractors Try Friendly Persuasion,” Washington Post, December 22, 2005; government lobbying records.

64 Government lobbying records.

65 Erik Prince bio from Prince Manufacturing.

66 Paul Kane and John Bresnahan, “Letters Depict a Softer Abramoff,” Roll Call, March 29, 2006.

67 Author copy of Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation records.

68 Toward Tradition Web site, www.towardtradition.org.

69 “The Rabbi Responds,” Seattle Weekly , January 18, 2006.

70 Jack Abramoff plea agreement, January 3, 2006.

71 David Postman and Hal Bernton, “Abramoff Used Area Foundation as Conduit for Money,” Seattle Times, January 9, 2006.

72 Ibid.

73 Ibid.

74 Kate Ackley and Tory Newmyer, “Key Clients Quit Alexander Strategy Group; Others Weigh Options,” Roll Call, January 11, 2006.

75 Anna Palmer, “Pickups,” Legal Times, March 27, 2006.

76 Ibid.

1 Transcript, President Bush speaking in the Oval Office, November 8, 2006.

2 Renae Merle, “Census Counts 100,000 Contractors in Iraq,” Washington Post, December 5, 2006.

3 Transcript, “Remarks By Vice President Dick Cheney at an Armed Forces Full Honor Review in Honor of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld,” December 15, 2006.

4 Transcript, Face the Nation, CBS, December 17, 2006.

5 Peter Baker, “Bush to Expand Size of Military,” Washington Post, December 19, 2006.

6 President George W. Bush, “State of the Union,” January 23, 2007.

7 Nathan Hodge, “Washington Urged to Save Money By Raising Private Military ‘Contractor Brigade,’” Financial Times, February 10, 2005.

8 Mark Hemingway, “Warriors for Hire: Blackwater USA and the Rise of Private Military Contractors,” The Weekly Standard, December 18, 2006.

9 Mark Hemingway, “Warriors for Hire: Blackwater USA and the Rise of Private Military Contractors,” The Weekly Standard, December 18, 2006.

10 Author copy of fact sheet from “6 thInternational Special Operations Exhibition and Conference (SOFEX 2006),” held March 27-30, 2006, King Abdullah Air Base, Amman, Jordan.

11 Ibid.

12 “Record Number of Participants to Visit SOFEX 2006,” DefenseWorld.net, captured November 2, 2006.

13 BlackwaterUSA.com.

14 Official biography, “His Majesty King Abdullah II,” Jordanian Embassy to the United States, www.jordanembassyus.org/new/jib/monarchy/hmka.shtml, captured December 2, 2006.

15 Riad Kahwaji, “Jordan Forming Spec Ops Air Unit; Contracted U.S. Aviators Will Conduct Training,” Armed Forces Journal, February 1, 2005.

16 Ibid

17 Ibid.

18 Author copy of Erik Prince’s speech at West 2006.

19 Riad Kahwaji, “Jordan Leads Region in Spec Ops Capabilities,” Defense News, March 20, 2006.

20 “Exclusive Interview: Partner for Peace. His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, King of The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,” www.special-operations-technology.com/print_article.cfm?DocID=1361, undated.

21 Jonathan Franklin, “The SWAT Olympics: North America’s Toughest, Most Heavily Armed Cops Go Head-to-Head in Live Ammo Games to See Who’s the Ultimate Badass. What’s Not to Love?” Maxim, September 2004.

22 Blackwater USA press release, “Blackwater USA Parachute Team Launched,” March 21, 2006.

23 Kelly Kennedy, “Private Firm Pitches Army-for-Hire Plan,” Air Force Times, April 10, 2006.

24 Ibid.

25 Ibid.

26 Transcript, “Private Military Firm Pitches Its Services in Darfur,” National Public Radio, All Things Considered, May 26, 2006.

27 Ibid.

28 E-mail to author, December 2006.

29 Transcript, Chris Taylor, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Blackwater USA, speaking at George Washington University Law School, January 28, 2005.

30 E-mail to author, December 2006.

31 Peter S. Goodman, “China Invests Heavily in Sudan’s Oil Industry; Beijing Supplies Arms Used on Villagers,” Washington Post, December 23, 2004.

32 Ibid.

33 C.I.A. World Factbook, https://cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2178rank.html, captured December 6, 2006.

34 Peter S. Goodman, “China Invests Heavily In Sudan’s Oil Industry; Beijing Supplies Arms Used on Villagers,” Washington Post, December 23, 2004.

35 Sara Flounders, “The U.S. Role in Darfur, Sudan: Oil Reserves Rivaling Those of Saudi Arabia?” The Centre for Research on Globalization, June 6, 2006.

36 Mark Hemingway, “Warriors for Hire: Blackwater USA and the Rise of Private Military Contractors,” The Weekly Standard, December 18, 2006.

37 Nathan Hodge, “Blackwater CEO Touts Private Peacekeeping Model,” Defense Daily, February 23, 2005.

38 Ibid.

39 Christian Freedom International “About Us,” www.christianfreedom.org/about_cfi/Statement%20of%20Faith.html, accessed on November 26, 2006.

40 Jim Jacobson, “Slave Redemption Money Rewards the Slaver,” Washington Times, May 30, 1999.