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Erik Dean Prince (born June 6, 1969) is an American businessman, investor, and former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, and the founder of the private military company Blackwater.He served as Blackwater's CEO until 2009 and as its chairman until its sale to a group of investors in 2010.
Academi, formerly known as Blackwater and Blackwater Worldwide, is an American private military contractor founded on December 26, 1997, [2] by former Navy SEAL officer Erik Prince. [3] [4] It was renamed Xe Services in 2009, and was again renamed to Academi in 2011, after it was acquired by a group of private investors. [5]
The book details the rise of Blackwater USA, a private military company, and the growth of security contracting in the Iraq War and the War on Terrorism.In the book, Scahill contends that Blackwater exists as a mercenary force, and argues that Blackwater's rise is a consequence of the demobilization of the US military following the Cold War and its overextension in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Prince's ambitious efforts stalled after former President Donald Trump left office, according to a Time investigation. Blackwater founder Erik Prince had plans to create a $10 billion private army ...
Erik Prince, the private security executive and supporter of former U.S. President Donald Trump, "at the very least" helped evade an arms embargo on Libya, according to excerpts from a United ...
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The Nisour Square massacre occurred on September 16, 2007, when employees of Blackwater Security Consulting (now Constellis), a private military company contracted by the United States government to provide security services in Iraq, shot at Iraqi civilians, killing 17 and injuring 20 in Nisour Square, Baghdad, while escorting a U.S. embassy convoy.
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