WASHINGTON, July 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army is seeking a private contractor to provide security for small bases in Afghanistan, the Washington Post reports.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Blackwater Worldwide, the security contractor that protects American diplomats in Baghdad, may be banned by Iraq next year, the U.S. State Department warns.
MOYOCK, Va., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A deal has been struck that will allow security contractor Blackwater Worldwide to operate training vacilities at its Virginia-North Carolina training camp.
BAGHDAD, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. government countered Iraqi claims that employees with Blackwater USA fired “without any provocation” on Iraqi guards, killing three.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Richard J. Griffin resigned Wednesday following a harsh assessment of security in Iraq.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- The Iraqi government wants Blackwater USA to pay $8 million to each of the 17 families whose relatives were shot to death in Baghdad last month.
BOGOTA, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates says removing government contractor Blackwater USA from Iraq is not practical.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A bill that would bring contractors working overseas for the U.S. government under civilian court jurisdiction moved through Congress Wednesday.
CHICAGO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The director of the University of Illinois' police training institute has resigned his post over a possible conflict of interest involving a defense contractor.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Executives of a private security contractor in Iraq were warned employees lacked proper equipment a day before four of them were killed, a report says.
