Private contractors should have to follow military rules to avoid getting lost in that fog. Unfortunately, Blackwater and similar contractors truly are above the law. The U.S. government exempted its ...

The second trial of a Blackwater contractor charged with first-degree murder for shooting unarmed civilians during the Iraq War has ended in a mistrial, according to US attorney spokesperson Bill ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government’s decadelong attempt to prosecute four Blackwater contractors in the shooting of dozens of unarmed Iraqis in 2007, a case that became a symbol of American power run ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former security contractors charged in a deadly shooting in Iraq are asking a federal judge to dismiss the indictment against them as the case moves forward to trial. The four former ...

The very next day, Blackwater contractors responded to a distress call in Baghdad from the U.S. embassy and ended up saving the life of the badly wounded Polish ambassador to Iraq in a dramatic ...

The Senate’s top Democrat on military matters is pressing the Department of Justice to investigate whether the company formerly known as Blackwater and Raytheon Co. made false or misleading statements ...

A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the first-degree murder conviction of a former Blackwater security contractor, ordering a new trial for the man prosecutors say fired the first shots in ...

IN SEPTEMBER 2007, a caravan of security contractors from the firm Blackwater Worldwide rode into a busy traffic circle in Baghdad. Within minutes, a barrage of bullets and grenades fired by some in ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez paid thousands for personal security to a former Blackwater contractor, a review of Federal Election Commission records shows. AOC’s campaign spent at least $4,636 at ...

Two former Blackwater contractors were arrested yesterday on murder charges in the shootings of two Afghans after a traffic accident last year, according to a federal indictment. The indictment ...

(Adds FBI team asked to go to Iraq, paragraph 4) By Sue Pleming WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - U.S. security contractor Blackwater was involved in at least 195 shooting incidents in Iraq since 2005, ...

It was only a matter of time for this to happen. Now that President Barack Obama has decided to bomb Syria and Iraq in an apparent effort to dislodge the Islamic State (or, ISIS), a big-time proponent ...