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41 Ibid.

42 “The Danger Zone” radio program, produced by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, October 8, 2006.

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

44 Willis Witter, “Private Firms Eye Darfur,” Washington Times, October 2, 2006.

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

46 E-mail to author, December 2006.

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

48 Ibid.

49 Max Boot, “Darfur Solution: Send in the Mercenaries,” Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2006.

50 Ibid.

51 Max Boot, “A Mercenary Force for Darfur,” Wall Street Journal, October 25, 2006.

52 Ted Koppel, “These Guns for Hire,” New York Times, May 22, 2006.

53 See: Democracy Now! “Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria’s Oil Dictatorship,” September 30, 1998.

54 Unless otherwise noted, comments from Representative Schakowsky are drawn from an interview in June 2006.

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

56 Joanne Kimberlin, “Blackwater Eyes Creation of Private ‘Brigade Force,’” Virginian-Pilot, July 28, 2006.

57 Transcript, “Hearing of the National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations Subcommittee of the House Government Reform Committee,” June 13, 2006.

58 IPOA Member List, http://ipoaonline.org/php/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=30, accessed December 7, 2006.

59 J. J. Messner, letter to the editor, “Don’t Call Us Mercenaries!,” The Nation, July 10, 2006.

60 James Rosen, “Contractors Operate in a Legal Gray Area; The Roles of an Interrogator and an Interpreter in the Abuse Scandal Are Murky. Even Less Clear Is Whom They Answer to,” Star Tribune, May 23, 2004.

61 Rebecca Ulam Weiner, “Peace Corp.; As the International Community Dithers Over Darfur, Private Military Companies Say They’ve Got What It Takes to Stop the Carnage; If Only Someone Would Hire Them,” Boston Globe, April 23, 2006.

62 IPOA History, http://ipoaonline.org/php/index.php?option=com_content& task=view&id =13&Itemid=30, captured December 7, 2006.

63 Transcript, “Hearing of the National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations Subcommittee of the House Government Reform Committee,” June 13, 2006.

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

65 IPOA Code of Conduct, Version 10, http://ipoaonline.org/php/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=62, accessed December 7, 2006.

66 Ibid.

67 Transcript, “Hearing of the National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations Subcommittee of the House Government Reform Committee,” June 13, 2006.

68 IPOA Mission Statement, http://ipoaonline.org/php/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=31, accessed December 7, 2006.

69 Transcript, “Hearing of the National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations Subcommittee of the House Government Reform Committee,” June 13, 2006.

70 P. W. Singer, Corporate Warriors , p. 114.

71 Ibid., pp. 116-117.

72 Republic of South Africa Prohibition of Mercenary Activities and Prohibition and Regulation of Certain Activities in Areas of Armed Conflict Bill, October 2005.

73 BBC News, “Q&A: Equatorial Guinea ‘Coup Plot,’” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3597450.stm, January 13, 2005.

74 BBC News, “Q&A: Equatorial Guinea ‘Coup Plot,’” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3597450.stm, January 13, 2005; BBC News, “Profile: Simon Mann,” September 10, 2004.

75 Republic of South Africa Prohibition of Mercenary Activities and Prohibition and Regulation of Certain Activities in Areas of Armed Conflict Bill, October 2005.

76 “South Africa Passes Controversial Mercenaries Bill,” Reuters, August 29, 2006.

77 John Reed, “S. African Ban on Mercenaries Could Hit Conflict Zone Workers,” Financial Times, August 30, 2006.

78 Republic of South Africa Prohibition of Mercenary Activities and Prohibition and Regulation of Certain Activities in Areas of Armed Conflict Bill, October 2005.

79 John Reed, “S. African Ban on Mercenaries Could Hit Conflict Zone Workers,” Financial Times, August 30, 2006.

80 Doug Brooks, “New Legislation Will Undermine South Africa’s Security Staff Abroad,” Cape Times, October 5, 2005.

81 “Defence Portfolio Committee Hears: Role of South Africans ‘Critical for World Peace,’” Mercury (South Africa), May 24, 2006.

82 Clare Nullis, “South Africa Assembly OKs Mercenary Bill,” Associated Press, August 29, 2006.

83 Rebecca Ulam Weiner, “Peace Corp.; As the International Community Dithers Over Darfur, Private Military Companies Say They’ve Got What It Takes to Stop the Carnage; If Only Someone Would Hire Them,” Boston Globe, April 23, 2006.

84 Clare Nullis, “South Africa Assembly OKs Mercenary Bill,” Associated Press, August 29, 2006.

85 Ibid.

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

87 Joanne Kimberlin, “Blackwater Eyes Creation of Private ‘Brigade Force,’” Virginian-Pilot, July 28, 2006.

88 Author copy, Central Contractor registration documents for Greystone Limited.

89 Ibid.

90 Ibid.

91 Author copy of guest list.

92 Author copy of brochure.

93 Author copy of invitation.

94 Author copy of video.

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

96 West 2006 Web site, www.afcea.org/events/west/2006/intro.html, accessed December 7, 2006.

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

98 Stephen Daggett and Amy Belasco, “Defense Budget for FY2003: Data Summary,” Congressional Research Service, March 29, 2002.

99 P. W. Singer, Corporate Warriors , p. 15.

100 Ibid., p. 16.

101 Ian Traynor, “The Privatisation of War,” the Guardian, December 10, 2003.

102 Paul Krugman, “Battlefield of Dreams,” New York Times, May 4, 2004.

103 Bill Sizemore, “The Layered Look: On Multi-level Contracts, Everyone Gets a Cut,” Virginian-Pilot, July 28, 2006.

104 “Rebuilding Iraq,” Government Accountability Office, June 2006.

105 Ibid.

106 Ibid.

107 www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_reconstruction_costs.htm.

108 Peter W. Singer, “Peacekeepers, Inc.” Policy Review, June 2003.

109 Gary Stoller, “Homeland security generates multibillion dollar business,” USA Today, September 10, 2006.

110 Cofer Black’s remarks at American Enterprise Institute Conference, “Contractors on the Battlefield: A Briefing on the Future of the Defense Industry,” May 17, 2006.

111 Ibid.

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

113 David Lerman and Stephanie Heinatz, “War in Iraq: For Contractors, War Is a Job, Not an Adventure,” Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia), April 4, 2004.

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

115 Cofer Black’s remarks at American Enterprise Institute Conference, “Contractors on the Battlefield: A Briefing on the Future of the Defense Industry,” May 17, 2006.