(Disney in crosshair?)
http://www.thenation.com/video/154928/jeremy-scahill-blackwaters-secret-relationship-big-business
CIA Blackwater Op Infiltrated Ron Paul Campaign youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOIUWy_iY80&feature=related
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/01/201111145350763809.html
EXCERPT:
Africa
Somali MPs seek contract inquiry
Prime minister urged to explain deals with security contractors in strife-torn nation.
Last Modified: 01 Jan 2011 17:37 GMT
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/world/africa/21intel.html
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This, along with the growing menace of piracy off Somalia’s shores, has created an opportunity for private security companies like the South African firm Saracen International to fill the security vacuum created by years of civil war. It is another illustration of how private security firms are playing a bigger role in wars around the world, with some governments seeing them as a way to supplement overtaxed armies, while others complain that they are unaccountable.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/10/2008109174223218644.html
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Somali pirates have accused European firms of dumping toxic waste off the Somali coast and are demanding an $8m ransom for the return of a Ukranian ship they captured, saying the money will go towards cleaning up the waste.
The ransom demand is a means of "reacting to the toxic waste that has been continually dumped on the shores of our country for nearly 20 years", Januna Ali Jama, a spokesman for the pirates, based in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, said.
"The Somali coastline has been destroyed, and we believe this money is nothing compared to the devastation that we have seen on the seas."
The pirates are holding the MV Faina, a Ukrainian ship carrying tanks and military hardware, off Somalia's northern coast.
According to the International Maritime Bureau, 61 attacks by pirates have been reported since the start of the year.
While money is the primary objective of the hijackings, claims of the continued environmental destruction off Somalia's coast have been largely ignored by the regions's maritime authorities.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/20/blackwater-founder-erik-p_0_n_811766.html
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Erik Prince, whose former company Blackwater Worldwide became synonymous with the use of private U.S. security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, has quietly taken on a new role in helping to train troops in lawless Somalia.
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=203224
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Blackwater involved in Bhutto and Hariri hits: former Pakistani army chief
Tehran Times Political Desk
TEHRAN - Pakistan’s former chief of army staff, General Mirza Aslam Beg (ret.), has said the U.S. private security company Blackwater was directly involved in the assassinations of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto and former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.
http://www.aolnews.com/2010/09/16/reporter-blackwater-spied-for-disney-monsanto-royal-carribean/
EXCERPT:http://www.thenation.com/article/154739/blackwaters-black-ops
Reporter: Blackwater Spied for Disney, Monsanto, Royal Caribbean
Sep 16, 2010 – 1:49 PM
(Sept. 16) -- Controversial private security firm Xe (nee Blackwater) has long had a checkered reputation. Now a new article in the leftist magazine The Nation says that in addition to its involvement in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Blackwater operated through a related firm called Total Intelligence Solutions to perform work for a range of American corporations with international dealings, including Monsanto, Chevron, Royal Caribbean cruises and Walt Disney.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Intelligence_Solutions
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Total Intelligence Solutions, LLC, (TIS) is a risk management and consulting company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. The company delivers threat and vulnerability assessments, data acquisition capabilities, physical and information security services, training, and high-level consulting to Fortune 500 companies, and to U.S. and foreign governments.
TIS owns and operates the Terrorism Research Center, Incorporated (TRC). TRC delivers training and research support relating to counterterrorism and asymmetric warfare/conflict to the private sector, and U.S. and foreign government customers.
TIS is owned by The Prince Group, a private company led by Erik Prince. Erik Prince also owns and/or oversees numerous other investment and business interests to include Xe, the company formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Intelligence_Solutions
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Total Intelligence Solutions, LLC, (TIS) is a risk management and consulting company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. The company delivers threat and vulnerability assessments, data acquisition capabilities, physical and information security services, training, and high-level consulting to Fortune 500 companies, and to U.S. and foreign governments.
TIS owns and operates the Terrorism Research Center, Incorporated (TRC). TRC delivers training and research support relating to counterterrorism and asymmetric warfare/conflict to the private sector, and U.S. and foreign government customers.
TIS is owned by The Prince Group, a private company led by Erik Prince. Erik Prince also owns and/or oversees numerous other investment and business interests to include Xe, the company formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide.
Revolving Door to Blackwater Causes Alarm at CIA
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2006/09/sb-revolving-door-blackwater-1158094722
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Richer
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Robert Richer was the associate deputy director of operations of the United States Central Intelligence Agency, the number two in command of the Operations Directorate, the part of the Agency responsible for human operations overseas, where he served under Jose Rodriguez.[1] He took early retirement in September 2005, after only 10 months on the job, with reports that he "lacked confidence in the agency's leadership" [2] and had "operational issues."
A former Marine, he was with the agency for 35 years, and was the former chief of the CIA's Near East division.
After leaving the CIA, Richer worked for Blackwater USA as Vice-President for Intelligence. [1] Then in 2007 Richer created Total Intelligence Solutions with Cofer Black and Matthew G. Devost, Co-founder and President of Terrorism Research Center, which, according to Richer, "is about delivering evolved intelligence and security solutions to the world's most demanding customers."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Prince
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Prince's father co-founded the Family Research Council with Gary Bauer.[18]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Bauer
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Gary Bauer was one of the signers of the Statement of Principles of Project for the New American Century (PNAC) on June 3, 1997.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_DeVos
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Elisabeth "Betsy" DeVos is the former chairman of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Michigan and wife of former Alticor (Amway) president Dick DeVos, the 2006 Republican candidate for governor of Michigan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_DeVos
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Richard DeVos, Sr. (born March 4, 1926, Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American businessman, co-founder of Amway along with Jay Van Andel (company restructured as Alticor in 2000), and owner of the Orlando Magic NBA basketball team. In 2010, Forbes magazine listed him as the 62nd wealthiest person in the United States with an estimated net worth of USD$ 4.3 billion (tied with three other people). In 2010, "Forbes" ranked him as the 176th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $4.5 billion.[2] (At one point, he was in the top 10 of wealthiest Americans).
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Matthew_Devost
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Mr. Matthew Devost is a Founding Director of the Terrorism Research Center, Inc., and currently serves as President and CEO overseeing all research, analysis, assessment, and training programs. In addition to his duties as President, Mr. Devost also provides strategic consulting services to select international governments and corporations on issues of counter-terrorism, information warfare, critical infrastructure protection, and homeland security. Mr. Devost also co-founded and serves as Executive Director of Technical Defense, Inc., a highly specialized information security consultancy. [1]
Mr. Devost has been researching the impact of information technology on national security since 1993. Mr. Devost has provided support on Information Operations and information terrorism to the Department of Defense community, Presidential Commissions, and numerous other government, law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Mr. Devost has also provided information security consulting and intelligence analysis services to private corporations, including Fortune 500 companies and critical infrastructure owners. [2]
"Mr. Devost has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews, NPR, CBS Radio, CBS News, BBC television, NWCN, Australian television and over four dozen other radio and television programs as an expert on terrorism and information warfare and has lectured or published for the National Defense University, the United States Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities, the Swedish government, Georgetown University, American University, George Washington University, and a number of popular press books - magazines, academic journals and international conferences. Mr. Devost holds a B.A. degree from St. Michael's College and a Master of Arts Degree from the University of Vermont," his biographical note states. [3]
http://www.terec.gatech.edu/devost_bio.html
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Mr. Devost has been researching the impact of information technology on national security since 1993. Prior to joining SDII, Mr. Devost was the Director of Intelligence Analysis for Infrastructure Defense (iDefense), where he led an analytical team identifying infrastructure threats, vulnerabilities and incidents for Fortune 500 and government clients including Microsoft and Citigroup.
As a Senior INFOSEC Engineer at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Mr. Devost provided support on Information Operations and its related subsets to the Department of Defense Community to include the Defense Information Systems Agency, the Joint Staff and unified Commands, the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of the Manager - National Communication System, and numerous other defense, intelligence, and law enforcement entities.
Mr. Devost has also worked for the United States Customs Service and as a graduate fellow at the University of Vermont. As a graduate fellow, Mr. Devost conducted research on national security and information warfare that culminated into a thesis entitled "National Security in the Information Age."
Mr. Devost is a Founding Director of the Terrorism Research Center, Inc.; an institute dedicated to research and analysis of issues in counterterrorism and information warfare. Mr. Devost has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, CBS Radio, BBC television, and Australian television as an expert on cyberterrorism and information warfare and has lectured or published for the National Defense University, the United States Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities, the Swedish government, Georgetown University, and a number of popular press books - magazines, academic journals and international conferences.
Mr. Devost holds a B.A. degree from St. Michael's College and a Master of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of Vermont. In addition, Mr. Devost is certified in the operation of numerous security tools and in the National Security Agency's INFOSEC Assessment Methodology. Mr. Devost is a member of the American Society for Industrial Security and the Information Systems Security Association.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_Research_Center
EXCERPT:
The Terrorism Research Center (TRC, founded in 1996 and based in Arlington, Virginia), by Matthew G. Devost, is an independent institute that conducts research and analysis in the areas of counterterrorism and asymmetric warfare[1]. The website is currently static.
TRC delivered training and research to private corporations, and to U.S. and foreign governments[citation needed]. The main training product is "Mirror Image", a training program that prepares US military intelligence and related personnel to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq.
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2006/09/sb-revolving-door-blackwater-1158094722
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Richer
EXCERPT:
Robert Richer was the associate deputy director of operations of the United States Central Intelligence Agency, the number two in command of the Operations Directorate, the part of the Agency responsible for human operations overseas, where he served under Jose Rodriguez.[1] He took early retirement in September 2005, after only 10 months on the job, with reports that he "lacked confidence in the agency's leadership" [2] and had "operational issues."
A former Marine, he was with the agency for 35 years, and was the former chief of the CIA's Near East division.
After leaving the CIA, Richer worked for Blackwater USA as Vice-President for Intelligence. [1] Then in 2007 Richer created Total Intelligence Solutions with Cofer Black and Matthew G. Devost, Co-founder and President of Terrorism Research Center, which, according to Richer, "is about delivering evolved intelligence and security solutions to the world's most demanding customers."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Prince
EXCERPT:
Prince's father co-founded the Family Research Council with Gary Bauer.[18]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Bauer
EXCERPT:
Gary Bauer was one of the signers of the Statement of Principles of Project for the New American Century (PNAC) on June 3, 1997.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_DeVos
EXCERPT:
Elisabeth "Betsy" DeVos is the former chairman of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Michigan and wife of former Alticor (Amway) president Dick DeVos, the 2006 Republican candidate for governor of Michigan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_DeVos
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| Richard DeVos, Sr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 4, 1926 Grand Rapids, MI, USA |
| Nationality | Dutch-American |
| Known for | Amway founder, owner of NBA's Orlando Magic |
| Net worth |  US$4.5 billion (2010)[1] |
| Religion | Christian Reformed Church in North America |
| Spouse | Helen |
| Children | Dick DeVos, Dan DeVos, Cheri DeVos-Vanderweide, Doug DeVos |
Richard DeVos, Sr. (born March 4, 1926, Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American businessman, co-founder of Amway along with Jay Van Andel (company restructured as Alticor in 2000), and owner of the Orlando Magic NBA basketball team. In 2010, Forbes magazine listed him as the 62nd wealthiest person in the United States with an estimated net worth of USD$ 4.3 billion (tied with three other people). In 2010, "Forbes" ranked him as the 176th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $4.5 billion.[2] (At one point, he was in the top 10 of wealthiest Americans).
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Matthew_Devost
EXCERPT:
Mr. Matthew Devost is a Founding Director of the Terrorism Research Center, Inc., and currently serves as President and CEO overseeing all research, analysis, assessment, and training programs. In addition to his duties as President, Mr. Devost also provides strategic consulting services to select international governments and corporations on issues of counter-terrorism, information warfare, critical infrastructure protection, and homeland security. Mr. Devost also co-founded and serves as Executive Director of Technical Defense, Inc., a highly specialized information security consultancy. [1]
Mr. Devost has been researching the impact of information technology on national security since 1993. Mr. Devost has provided support on Information Operations and information terrorism to the Department of Defense community, Presidential Commissions, and numerous other government, law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Mr. Devost has also provided information security consulting and intelligence analysis services to private corporations, including Fortune 500 companies and critical infrastructure owners. [2]
"Mr. Devost has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews, NPR, CBS Radio, CBS News, BBC television, NWCN, Australian television and over four dozen other radio and television programs as an expert on terrorism and information warfare and has lectured or published for the National Defense University, the United States Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities, the Swedish government, Georgetown University, American University, George Washington University, and a number of popular press books - magazines, academic journals and international conferences. Mr. Devost holds a B.A. degree from St. Michael's College and a Master of Arts Degree from the University of Vermont," his biographical note states. [3]
http://www.terec.gatech.edu/devost_bio.html
EXCERPT:
Mr. Matthew G. Devost
Mr. Matthew G. Devost is the Director of Operations at Security Design International Incorporated (SDII). At SDI, Mr. Devost leads a team of technical information security engineers providing vulnerability assessments and information security consulting services to international corporations and governments.Mr. Devost has been researching the impact of information technology on national security since 1993. Prior to joining SDII, Mr. Devost was the Director of Intelligence Analysis for Infrastructure Defense (iDefense), where he led an analytical team identifying infrastructure threats, vulnerabilities and incidents for Fortune 500 and government clients including Microsoft and Citigroup.
As a Senior INFOSEC Engineer at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Mr. Devost provided support on Information Operations and its related subsets to the Department of Defense Community to include the Defense Information Systems Agency, the Joint Staff and unified Commands, the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of the Manager - National Communication System, and numerous other defense, intelligence, and law enforcement entities.
Mr. Devost has also worked for the United States Customs Service and as a graduate fellow at the University of Vermont. As a graduate fellow, Mr. Devost conducted research on national security and information warfare that culminated into a thesis entitled "National Security in the Information Age."
Mr. Devost is a Founding Director of the Terrorism Research Center, Inc.; an institute dedicated to research and analysis of issues in counterterrorism and information warfare. Mr. Devost has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, CBS Radio, BBC television, and Australian television as an expert on cyberterrorism and information warfare and has lectured or published for the National Defense University, the United States Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities, the Swedish government, Georgetown University, and a number of popular press books - magazines, academic journals and international conferences.
Mr. Devost holds a B.A. degree from St. Michael's College and a Master of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of Vermont. In addition, Mr. Devost is certified in the operation of numerous security tools and in the National Security Agency's INFOSEC Assessment Methodology. Mr. Devost is a member of the American Society for Industrial Security and the Information Systems Security Association.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_Research_Center
EXCERPT:
The Terrorism Research Center (TRC, founded in 1996 and based in Arlington, Virginia), by Matthew G. Devost, is an independent institute that conducts research and analysis in the areas of counterterrorism and asymmetric warfare[1]. The website is currently static.
TRC delivered training and research to private corporations, and to U.S. and foreign governments[citation needed]. The main training product is "Mirror Image", a training program that prepares US military intelligence and related personnel to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq.
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