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Blackwater Worldwide, the mercenary firm that failed in its attempt to put a training camp in East County's Potrero, is back in the news tonight (Nov. 10). According to the New York Times, top Blackwater officials "authorized secret payments of $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to former company officials," says the Times. Blackwater, now named Xe Services, failed to get its training camp in Potrero, but did succeed in putting a firing range in Otay Mesa.
Blackwater Worldwide, the mercenary firm that failed in its attempt to put a training camp in East County's Potrero, is back in the news tonight (Nov. 10). According to the New York Times, top Blackwater officials "authorized secret payments of $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to former company officials," says the Times. Blackwater, now named Xe Services, failed to get its training camp in Potrero, but did succeed in putting a firing range in Otay Mesa.