67 Carmen Gloria Vitalic, “Ejército investiga reclutamiento de ex militares para trabajar como ‘guardias’ en Irak,” La Tercera (Chile), July 21, 2004.
68 Freddy Cuevas, “Honduras Fines U.S. Subsidiary Over Alleged Mercenary Training,” Associated Press, November 25, 2006.
69 “Honduras Extends Deadline for Deporting Chileans After Nicaragua Refuses to Accept Them,” Associated Press, September 24, 2005.
70 “Chileans Trained in Honduras to Be Shipped to Iraq,” the Santiago Times, September 21, 2005.
71 Weekly News Update on the Americas #817, September 25, 2005.
72 “Honduras Deports Chileans Training for Private Guard Duty in Iraq,” Associated Press, September 23, 2005.
73 “Chilean Security Guards Destined for Iraq, Training in Honduras,” Honduras This Week, September 26, 2005.
74 “Engañados dos hondureños que trabajaban en Irak,” EFE Agency (Spain), October 29, 2005.
75 Freddy Cuevas, “Honduras Fines U.S. Subsidiary Over Alleged Mercenary Training,” Associated Press, November 25, 2006.
76 Ibid.
77 “Former Officer Accused of Recruiting Soldiers, Police, for Security Work in Iraq,” Associated Press, October 21, 2005.
78 Héctor Rojas, “José Miguel Pizarro dice que recluta a efectivos para trabajar en labores de seguridad en el Medio Oriente, pero niega que se trate de mercenaries. Empresario asegura que enviará 3.000 ex militares chilenos a Irak en 2006,” La Tercera (Chile), October 28, 2005.
79 Interview, October 2006.
80 Interview by e-mail, October 2006.
CHAPTER 14
1 Unless otherwise noted, all quotes and information from Danica Zovko come from author interviews in the summer of 2006.
2 Author copy.
3 Joseph Neff and Jay Price, “After the Horror, Strong Words Mask Inaction; Little Has Been Done to Determine the Facts of the Ambush in Fallujah That Cost Four Civilian Contractors Their Lives,” News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), August 1, 2004.
4 “A Warrior Who Wanted Peace,” St. Petersburg Times (Florida), April 14, 2004.
5 “Death and Funeral Notices,” San Diego Union-Tribune, April 9, 2004.
6 Renae Merle, “Contract Workers Are War’s Forgotten; Iraq Deaths Create Subculture of Loss,” Washington Post, July 31, 2004.
7 Ibid.
8 Ibid.
9 Unless otherwise noted, all quotes and information from Katy Helvenston-Wettengel come from author interviews throughout 2006.
10 David Barstow, “Security Firm Says Its Workers Were Lured Into Iraqi Ambush,” New York Times, April 9, 2004.
11 Transcript, The Big Story With John Gibson, Fox News, March 31, 2004.
12 Ibid.
13 Transcript, Morning Edition, NPR, April 1, 2004.
14 Transcript, The Big Story With John Gibson, Fox News, April 2, 2004.
15 Patrick Graham, “Veiled Threat: Why an SUV Is Now the Most Dangerous Vehicle in Iraq,” The Observer (London), April 4, 2004.
16 Ibid.
17 Mark LeVine, “Seeing Iraq Through the Globalization Lens,” Christian Science Monitor, April 5, 2004.
18 David Barstow, “Security Firm Says Its Workers Were Lured Into Iraqi Ambush,” New York Times, April 9, 2004.
19 Ibid.
20 Ibid.
21 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Majority Staff Report, “Private Military Contractors in Iraq: An Examination of Blackwater’s Actions in Fallujah,” September 2007.
22 David Barstow, “Security Firm Says Its Workers Were Lured Into Iraqi Ambush,” New York Times, April 9, 2004.
23 Jim Steele’s “Premiere Speakers Bureau” biography.
24 Jon Lee Anderson, “The Uprising,” The New Yorker, May 3, 2004.
25 Colin Freeman, “Fallujah: Brutal Ambush Might Have Been Avoided,” San Francisco Chronicle, April 19, 2004.
26 Ibid.
27 Michael Duffy, “When Private Armies Take to the Front Lines,” Time, April 12, 2004.
28 Colin Freeman, “Fallujah: Brutal Ambush Might Have Been Avoided,” San Francisco Chronicle, April 19, 2004.
29 Ibid.
30 Ibid.
31 Joseph Neff and Jay Price, “After the Horror, Strong Words Mask Inaction; Little Has Been Done to Determine the Facts of the Ambush in Fallujah That Cost Four Civilian Contractors Their Lives,” News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), August 1, 2004.
32 Ibid.
33 “U.S. Security Contractor Cites Explosive Growth Amid Iraq War,” Associated Press, October 13, 2004.
34 Ibid.
35 Ibid.
36 Interviews 2006.
37 Interviews 2006.
38 Blackwater Tactical Weekly, November 8, 2004.
39 Bill Sizemore and Joanne Kimberlin, “When Things Go Wrong,” Virginian-Pilot, July 26, 2006.
40 Author copy of photo.
41 Blackwater Tactical Weekly, November 22, 2004.
42 Beckman Coulter v. Flextronics (Orange County Superior Court, California). The verdict was the largest in California in 2003 and the largest in Orange County history.
43 Interview 2006.
44 Richard P. Nordan v. Blackwater Security Consulting, LLC et. al., filed January 5, 2005.
45 Ibid.
46 Author copy of contract.
47 Blackwater Motion to Dismiss, filed January 31, 2005.
48 Richard P. Nordan v. Blackwater Security Consulting, LLC et. al., filed January 5, 2005.
49 Ibid.
50 Interview 2006.
51 Richard P. Nordan v. Blackwater Security Consulting, LLC et. al., filed January 5, 2005.
52 Ibid.
53 Joseph Neff and Jay Prince (the News & Observer), “Use of Private Contractors in War Zones Proves Costly,” Associated Press, October 25, 2004.
54 Author copy of contract.
55 Author copy of letter.
56 Author copy of letter.
57 Transcript, Hearing of House Government Reform Committee, September 28, 2006.
58 E-mail to producers of PBS Frontline, www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/warriors/etc/response.html, posted June 21, 2005.
59 Ibid.
60 “Interim Audit Report on Inappropriate Use of Proprietary Data Markings by the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) Contractor,” Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, October 26, 2006.
61 Ibid.
62 Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr., “Halliburton Contracts in Iraq: The Struggle to Manage Costs,” New York Times, December 29, 2003.
63 Halliburton Statement, December 7, 2006.
64 Letter from Representative Henry Waxman to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, December 7, 2006.
65 Ibid.
66 Transcript, “Hearing on Iraq Private Contractor Oversight,” House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, February 7, 2007.
67 See Jeremy Scahill and Garrett Ordower, “KBR’s $400 Million Iraq Question,” The Nation online, March 12, 2007.
68 Transcript, “Hearing on Iraq Private Contractor Oversight,” House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, February 7, 2007.
69 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Majority Staff Report, “Private Military Contractors in Iraq: An Examination of Blackwater’s Actions in Fallujah,” September 2007.