152 Author copy of Senator Grassley letter to Schmitz, dated August 8, 2005.
153 Ibid.
154 “Holes in the Tanker Story,” Washington Post, June 20, 2005.
155 R. Jeffrey Smith, “Tanker Inquiry Finds Rumsfeld’s Attention Was Elsewhere,” Washington Post, June 20, 2006.
156 Ibid.
157 Mike Allen, “Details on Boeing Deal Sought; Senators Raise Questions About White House Involvement,” Washington Post, June 8, 2005.
158 “Holes in the Tanker Story,” Washington Post, June 20, 2005.
159 Transcript, “Hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee,” June 7, 2005.
160 U.S. Senate lobbying registration records.
161 Ibid.
162 Author copy of Senator Grassley letter to Schmitz, dated August 8, 2005.
163 Alicia Mundy, “Material Withheld from Tanker Report Angers Senate Panel; Many Names, Data Blacked Out—Key Pentagon Official Refused to Aid Probe,” Seattle Times, June 8, 2005.
164 Joe Milicia, “Inspector General Says Prisoner Abuse Result of ‘Bad Eggs,’” Associated Press, June 25, 2004.
165 “DoD Inspector General Lauds Bremer,” American Forces Information Service, November 15, 2004.
166 Ibid.
167 Ibid.
168 Remarks as delivered by Department of Defense Inspector General Joseph E. Schmitz to Order of Malta, Federal Association, USA, at the Church of the Little Flower, Bethesda, Maryland, February 5, 2005.
169 Blackwater USA press release, “Red Cross-Blackwater Fundraiser and Silent Auction a Huge Success!” November 23, 2005.
170 George Cahlink, “Defense IG Schmitz Leaves for Senior Post With Blackwater,” Defense Daily, September 1, 2005.
CHAPTER 19
1 Blackwater USA press release, “Blackwater USA Continues to Support Katrina Devastated Areas; Aid Focuses on Humanitarian, Security and Clean Up Needs,” September 13, 2005.
2 Unless otherwise noted, descriptions of Blackwater’s operations and quotes from its personnel in New Orleans are from the author’s time there in September 2005.
3 Alex Berenson and John M. Broder, “Police Begin Seizing Guns of Civilians,” New York Times, September 9, 2005.
4 Joanne Kimberlin and Bill Sizemore, “Blackwater: On American Soil,” Virginian-Pilot, July 27, 2006.
5 Ibid.
6 Ted Roelofs, “Iraq or New Orleans, It’s All Part of the Job; Former Kentwood Cop Describes War-like Horrors from Security Assignment,” Grand Rapids Press, September 13, 2005.
7 Ibid.
8 Frank Borelli, “Blackwater in Louisiana,” SwatDigest.com, September 8, 2005.
9 Griff Witte, “Private Security Contractors Head to Gulf,” Washington Post, September 8, 2005.
10 Bill Sizemore, “Blackwater Employees Create a Stir in New Orleans,” Virginian-Pilot, September 15, 2005.
11 Blackwater USA press release, “Blackwater Joins Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort!” September 1, 2005.
12 Blackwater USA press release, “Blackwater USA Continues to Support Katrina Devastated Areas; Aid Focuses on Humanitarian, Security and Clean Up Needs,” September 13, 2005.
13 Interview, May 2006.
14 Lolly Bowean and Deborah Horan, “Outsiders Come Looking for Work,” Chicago Tribune, September 18, 2005.
15 August Cole, “From Green Zone to French Quarter,” MarketWatch, September 18, 2005.
16 Blackwater Tactical Weekly, September 19, 2005.
17 August Cole, “From Green Zone to French Quarter,” MarketWatch, September 18, 2005.
18 Author copy of Erik Prince’s speech at West 2006 conference in San Diego, January 11, 2006.
19 Joanne Kimberlin and Bill Sizemore, “Blackwater: On American Soil,” Virginian-Pilot, July 27, 2006.
20 Ibid.
21 Author copy of contract.
22 Interviews, September 2005.
23 Author copy of government contract records.
24 Interview, June 2006.
25 Joanne Kimberlin and Bill Sizemore, “Blackwater: On American Soil,” Virginian-Pilot, July 27, 2006.
26 Bruce Alpert, “Democrats Fight Repeal of Prevailing Wage Law; Recovery Contractors Can Reduce Salaries,” Times-Picayune (New Orleans), September 27, 2005.
27 Pratap Chatterjee, “Big, Easy Iraqi-Style Contracts Flood New Orleans,” CorpWatch, September 20, 2005.
28 Rita J. King, “A High-Stakes Game With Almost No Rules,” CorpWatch, August 16, 2006.
29 Ibid.
30 Spencer S. Hsu, “$400 Million FEMA Contracts Now Total $3.4 Billion,” Washington Post, August 9, 2006.
31 “Fluor’s Slowed Iraq Work Frees It for Gulf Coast,” Reuters, September 9, 2005.
32 Christian Parenti, “New Orleans: Raze or Rebuild?” The Nation online, September 12, 2005.
33 Interviews, September 2005.
34 Christopher Cooper, “Old-Line Families Escape Worst of Flood and Plot the Future,” Wall Street Journal, September 8, 2005.
35 Interview, September 2006.
36 ISI Web site, www.isiusa.us/html/about.swf, captured December 7, 2006.
37 Transcript, “U.S. Senators Tom Coburn (R-Ok) and Barack Obama (D-Il) Hold a News Conference on Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts,” September 14, 2005.
38 Author copy of letter.
39 Author copy of letter.
40 Interview, 2006.
41 Author copy of memo.
42 Joanne Kimberlin and Bill Sizemore, “Blackwater: On American Soil,” Virginian-Pilot, July 27, 2006.
43 Renae Merle, “Storm-Wracked Parish Considers Hired Guns: Contractors in Louisiana Would Make Arrests, Carry Weapons,” Washington Post, March 14, 2006.
44 LeRoy v. Blackwater USA, filed August 25, 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana.
45 Joanne Kimberlin, “Fort Swaggart: Bible Campus Becomes Blackwater Base,” Virginian-Pilot, July 27, 2006.
46 Joanne Kimberlin and Bill Sizemore, “Blackwater: On American Soil,” Virginian-Pilot, July 27, 2006.
47 Author copy of Erik Prince’s speech at West 2006 conference in San Diego, January 11, 2006.
48 Joanne Kimberlin and Bill Sizemore, “Blackwater: On American Soil,” Virginian-Pilot, July 27, 2006.
49 Terry Rodgers, “Finish the Fence, Congressmen Say; Republican Leaders Gather at Border to Promote ‘Real ID Act,’” San Diego Union-Tribune, March 30, 2005.
50 Press Release, “Rep. Rohrabacher Commends Minuteman Project,” April 19, 2005.
51 Dan Robinson, “US Citizen Volunteers on Border Security: We Won’t Stop,” Voice of America, May 12, 2005.
52 Transcript, “Hearing of the Management, Integration, and Oversight Subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee. Subject: Training More Border Agents: How the Department of Homeland Security Can Increase Training Capacity More Effectively,” May 24, 2005.
53 Ibid.
54 Ibid.
55 Blackwater Tactical Weekly, June 13, 2005.
56 Stephen Losey, “Border Patrol Should Consider Outsourcing its Training, Lawmaker Says,” Federal Times, May 27, 2005.
57 Blackwater USA press release, “Red Cross-Blackwater Fundraiser and Silent Auction a Huge Success!” November 23, 2005.
58 Ibid.
59 Blackwater Tactical Weekly, August 28, 2006.
60 Author copy of memo dated September 16, 2005.
61 Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and James V. Grimaldi, “Lobby Firm Is Scandal Casualty; Abramoff, DeLay Publicity Blamed for Shutdown,” Washington Post, January 10, 2006.
62 Government lobbying records.
63 Judy Sarasohn, “Security Contractors Try Friendly Persuasion,” Washington Post, December 22, 2005; government lobbying records.
64 Government lobbying records.
65 Erik Prince bio from Prince Manufacturing.
66 Paul Kane and John Bresnahan, “Letters Depict a Softer Abramoff,” Roll Call, March 29, 2006.
67 Author copy of Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation records.
68 Toward Tradition Web site, www.towardtradition.org.
69 “The Rabbi Responds,” Seattle Weekly, January 18, 2006.
70 Jack Abramoff plea agreement, January 3, 2006.
71 David Postman and Hal Bernton, “Abramoff Used Area Foundation as Conduit for Money,” Seattle Times, January 9, 2006.
72 Ibid.
73 Ibid.
74 Kate Ackley and Tory Newmyer, “Key Clients Quit Alexander Strategy Group; Others Weigh Options,” Roll Call, January 11, 2006.
75 Anna Palmer, “Pickups,” Legal Times, March 27, 2006.
76 Ibid.