See: Operation Iraq: Blessed Blackwater
Occupation Iraq: Blackwater's Day in Court
Just a legalistic show for you to make you think we are doing something and holding people accountable.
"Security firm’s ex-chief indicted; 5 from Blackwater are facing charges" by Mike Baker, Associated Press | April 17, 2010
RALEIGH, N.C. — The former president of Blackwater Worldwide was charged yesterday with using straw purchases to stockpile automatic weapons at the security firm and filing false documents to cover up gifts given to the King of Jordan.
And you wonder why the war$ never end?
The federal indictment charges Gary Jackson, 52, who left the company last year in a management shake-up, along with four other former workers. The charges open a new front of the government’s oversight of the sullied security company.
Honestly, I'm tired of the MSMBS and government games when NOTHING EVER CHANGES!
Several of the company’s contractors have previously been charged with federal crimes for their actions in war zones, but the company’s executives have so far weathered a range of investigations. The company has been trying to rehabilitate its image since a 2007 shooting in Baghdad left 17 people dead, outraged the Iraqi government and led to a federal charges against several Blackwater guards — accusations later thrown out of court after a judge found prosecutors mishandled evidence.
Too late to rehabilitate!
And those great government lawyers just screwed up, huh?
Have another helping of government and MSM BS, readers.
Around the time that Jackson left the company, Blackwater changed its name to Xe Services.
A war-looting turd, by any other name, still smells like shit.
The charges against Jackson include a conspiracy to violate firearms laws, false statements, possession of a machine gun, and possession of an unregistered firearm.
There are no conspiracies except, you know, 19 Arabs from an Afghan cave.
Also indicted were former Blackwater general counsel Andrew Howell, 44; former executive vice president Bill Mathews, 44; former procurement vice president Ana Bundy, 45; and, 65-year-old Ronald Slezak, a former weapons manager. The latest case stems from a raid conducted by federal agents at the company’s headquarters in Moyock in 2008 that seized 22 weapons, including 17 AK-47s.
Isn't it great that tax money has to be spent chasing down war-looting criminals who are profiting off paper-promoted lies, America?
Isn't this fun?
Blackwater signed agreements in 2005 in which the company financed the purchase of 34 automatic weapons for the Camden County sheriff’s office. Sheriff Tony Perry became the official owner of the weapons, but Blackwater was allowed to keep most of the guns at its armory.
The indictment accuses Blackwater officials of enticing the local sheriff’s office to pose as the purchaser of the weapons, something prosecutors called a straw purchase. The office provided blank letterhead to the company, which then used it to prepare letters ordering weapons.
And how many of these operations are CIA fronts that never make the papers or are investigated by the government.
Prosecutors said company officials, hoping to land a lucrative overseas contract, presented the King of Jordan with five guns as gifts then realized that they were unable to account for where the weapons went. To cover it up, they falsified four federal documents “to give the appearance that the weapons had been purchased by them as individuals,’’ according to the indictment. Federal law prohibits licensed firearms dealers such as Blackwater to have more than two of the same style of weapon. Law enforcement agencies can have fully automatic weapons.
Related: Massachusetts Justice: The Guns of Massachusetts
Kenneth Bell, an attorney for Jackson, said the former executive was a true American hero. Jackson spent two decades in the military as a Navy SEAL. “These charges are false,’’ Bell said. “He will defend himself, as he defended this country, in what he calls the greatest justice system in the world.’’
James Sweeney, an attorney for Mathews, called the indictment “a persecution born of political purpose.’’
At this point you just give up on these people.
Mercenaries are role models in an Empire, don't you know that?
Does anyone ever admit guilt or accept blame in AmeriKa -- other than tortured patsies, 'er, "terrorists?"
Pat Woodward, an attorney for Slezak, said he looks forward to his client’s vindication. Xe spokesman Mark Corallo said the company has fully cooperated with the federal investigation.
Also see: Occupation Iraq: Blackwater Banging on the Door
Yeah, they are STILL WORKING in Iraq, readers!
They NEVER LEFT!
