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Erik Prince

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Prince

Erik D. Prince (born June 6, 1969 in Holland, Michigan) is the founder and sole owner of the 'private' military company Blackwater USA.

[1] Testifying before the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on October 2, 2007, he gave his title as Chairman and CEO of the Prince Group and Blackwater USA.[2]

Early life and career
Erik earned an airplane pilot's license at age 17 and graduated from Holland Christian High School.[3] He attended the United States Naval Academy after high school,[4] but left the Academy after a short time, and ultimately graduated from Hillsdale College.

He was an 'intern' in the White House under President George H. W. Bush.[5]

After college, he earned a commission in the United States Navy after joining in 1992 via Officer Candidate School. He served as a Navy SEAL officer on deployments to Haiti, the Middle East and the Mediterranean, including Bosnia.

When his father Edgar Prince 'unexpectedly' died in 1995, Prince ended his Navy service prematurely. Prince's mother, Elsa Prince, sold the family's automobile parts company, Prince Corporation, for $1.3 billion to Johnson Controls, Inc. Now a millionaire, Prince moved to Virginia Beach and personally financed the formation of Blackwater USA in 1997.[4][6]

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Looks like a nice guy to me. His mommy left him 1.6 billion and he has invested it.

He even works for a living>

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FBI Takes Lead In Blackwater Investigation
By Sue Pleming and Andy Sullivan
Thu Oct 4, 4:11 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has taken control from the State Department of an investigation into the September 16 shooting incident involving security contractor Blackwater in which 11 Iraqis were killed, the department said on Thursday.

The shift occurred for a variety of reasons, including to prepare for the possibility the case could be referred later on to the U.S. Justice Department or Iraqi authorities for further action, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071004/ts_nm/usa_iraq_blackwater_dc
;_ylt=Ann3F8Bly6vIUNa.lAZGSzT2_sEF

Question:

Does the FBI have any legitimate jurisdiction in Iraq?

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Gestapo Open Fire On Car In Iraq, Kill 2 Christian Women
By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD - Guards working for an Australian-owned security company fired on a car as it approached their convoy Tuesday, killing two women civilians before speeding away from the latest bloodshed blamed on the deadly mix of heavily armed protection details on Baghdad's crowded streets.



The deaths of the two Iraqi Christians � including one who used the white sedan as an unofficial taxi to raise money for her family � came a day after the Iraqi government handed U.S. officials a report demanding hefty payments and the ouster from Iraq of embattled Blackwater USA for a chaotic shooting last month that left at least 17 civilians dead.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071010/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

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US Official Quizzed Over Blackwater Stepping Down

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A senior US State Department official quizzed over family links to a private security firm accused of killing civilians in Iraq has announced he is stepping down, the department said on Friday.

Howard Krongard, an inspector general in the State Department involved in overseeing some of its private contractors, announced he would retire on January 15, in a letter to President George W. Bush released by the department.



He had been accused by the chairman of a congressional committee monitoring US involvement in Iraq of blocking investigations into contracting fraud and arms smuggling there.

He was also summoned to hearings in Congress over his brother Alvin's alleged involvement with the security firm Blackwater, whose guards opened fire in a crowded Baghdad neighborhood on September 16 as they guarded a State Department convoy.

Blackwater said its guards came under attack.

Henry Waxman, the chairman of the committee whose work includes monitoring private contractors operating in Iraq, last month reported conflicting testimonies by the brothers about Alvin Krongard's links to the firm.

Howard Krongard testified that his brother had told him he was not on the board of Blackwater USA and had no connections to the firm. But Alvin Krongard later told committee staff that he did tell his brother about his links to it.

"We thank him for his dedication to public service and wish him well in the future," State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos said, announcing Krongard's decision ... to retire.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usiraqpoliticssecurityresign;_ylt=Aidc.c4_RRoZgbFlNdmuGHoDW7oF

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CIA Torture Jet Crashes With 4 Tons of COCAINE
by redstatehatemonitor
Wed Dec 12, 2007 at 04:21:00 PM PST

This Florida based Gulfstream II jet aircraft # N987SA crash landed on September 24, 2007 after it ran out of fuel over Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula it had a cargo of several tons of Cocaine on board now documents have turned up on both sides of the Atlantic that link this Cocaine Smuggling Gulfstream II jet aircraft # N987SA that crashed in Mexico to the CIA who used it on at least 3 rendition flights from Europe and the USA to Guantanamo's infamous torture chambers between 2003 to 2005.

ZAP-AT-A ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapata

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/12/12/19210/608/933/420107