Blackwater Said to Approve Iraqi Payoffs After Shootings

Former executives said it was unclear if the payoffs of about $1 million were made, but the goal was to hush criticism and buy support after 17 civilians were killed in 2007. Full Story »

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Posted by: via MuckRack - Nov 11, 2009 - 12:16 AM PST
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Nov 11, 2009 - 6:15 AM PST

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by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 11, 2009

The NYT appears to have done significant investigative journalism in the murky and dishonest world of black water to pursue this corruption story. A number of anonymous sources, but that seems to go with the territory if there are bribes in a crime.

Blackwater/Xe seems to have added a violation of the corrupt practices act to their mass murder in Iraq.

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