Trying to connect the dots

And finding how amazingly interconnected Blackwater is:

Erik Prince and Blackwater (North, USA, Worldwide, etc.) The Blackwater brass. The International Peace Operations Association which Blackwater left in 2007.

(Update: Muckety seems to reset itself or I'm not copying correctly. Click on Muckety and type in Erik Prince. The connections are fascinating.)





Erik Prince's background. Some of the foundations he's connected to.

Blackwater in Iraq.

Blackwater subverting the voice of the people?:

In January 2008, Marshall Adame, a Democrat running for Congress in North Carolina's 3rd District, took part in a live question-and-answer forum where he was asked a question about Blackwater. Adame, who had served as a State Department official in Iraq recounted, "I saw them shoot people, I saw them crash into cars while I was their passenger. There was absolutely no reason, no provocation whatsoever." He then stated, "There is no place in the American force structure, or in American culture for mercenaries, they are guns for hire; No more, no less."[citation needed] This led Blackwater executive vice president Bill Mathews to send an internal corporate email to staff:

There is a man named Marshall Adame who is running for congress in our district. He just put a quote online which says he wants this company and all of us to cease to exist. Do you like your jobs? Are you sick and tired of the slanderous bullshit going on in DC? If so, would you all mind joining me in reminding Mr. Adame that he is running for office in our backyard. Tell all your friends and family too. We welcome their assistance in making this point very clear to Mr. Adame.
Anyone who wants to send a letter may do so at the following address…....
His email is ....
He was too cowardly to put a phone number on the web. I ask that you keep your comments to Mr. Adame professional (well, mostly professional). We help him if our comments get threatening or too crass. Let’s run this goof out of Dodge….![citation needed]

As a result of the letter writing campaign Adame stated, "I feel very strongly about how extensively organized Blackwater has become, and I will do everything I can as a congressman to look into that, to find out whether or not the things they're doing are even legal."

Obviously, Erik Prince and his multiple corporations know that money to politicians buys power.

Most stunning of all:

Value of Blackwater's federal contracts in 2001: $736,906

Value in 2002: $3.4 million

Value in 2003: $25 million

Value in 2004: $48 million

Value in 2005: $352 million

Value in 2006: $593 million

Total value of all Blackwater contracts at the end of 2006: $1 billion

Percentage growth since 2001: 80,453

Current number of Blackwater's federal contracts, according to Erik Prince: "More than 50."

Percentage of Blackwater holding company Prince Group's revenue derived from federal contracts: 90

The Blackwater apologist showed back up in comments to try to burnish Blackwater's reputation.

I've had someone in Herndon, Virginia checking in regularly as well as from McLean Virginia. So, if you have a post up about Blackwater, Erik Prince, or any of his multiple subsidiaries, you may get a visit from one of these:

Domain Name qwest.net ? (Network)
IP Address 67.130.62.# (ONE VOICE COMMUNICATIONS)
ISP Qwest Communications
Location
Continent : North America
Country : United States (Facts)
State : Virginia
City : Mc Lean

In the Total Intelligence Solutions group there is The Black Group LLC run by Cofer Black, the Terrorism Research Center, and the Technical Defense, Inc.

Within the Technical Defense, Inc is the Talos Technology Consulting, the Terrorism Research Center, and Proconsul.

Talos Technology Consulting is in Herndon, Virginia:

Talos Technology Consulting, Inc.
3336 Fern Hollow Place
Suite 100
Herndon, VA 20171

And:

Now it has a brother company, Total Intelligence Solutions that offers intelligence services, risk analyses to companies and governments.Chairman of the Board is J. Cofer Black, former director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) counter terrorist center.

[snip]

The company is located in Ballston Virginia, very close to the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

Analysts in their 20s sit hunched over computers, scanning activities in the Middle East, Islamic World, Europe and South America.

And:

Prince Group, LLC:
1660 International Dr
McLean, VA, 22102-4848

And the Blackwater apologist?:

Domain Name rcn.com ? (Commercial)
IP Address 208.58.69.# (RCN Corporation)
ISP RCN Corporation
Location
Continent : North America
Country : United States (Facts)
State : District of Columbia
City : Washington

RCN corporation is in Herndon, Virginia

196 Van Buren St.
STE 300
Herndon, VA 20170