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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNotorious Mercenary Erik Prince Is Advising Trump From the Shadows
https://theintercept.com/2017/01/17/notorious-mercenary-erik-prince-is-advising-trump-from-the-shadows/<snip>
Prince founded the notorious private security firm Blackwater, which rose to infamy in September 2007 after its operatives gunned down 17 Iraqi civilians, including a 9-year-old boy in Baghdads Nisour Square. Whistleblowers also alleged that Prince encouraged an environment in which Iraqis were killed for sport. At the height of the Blackwater scandals in 2007, another prominent Trump backer, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, praised Prince, who once worked in his congressional office. Prince, Rohrabacher said, is on his way to being an American hero just like Ollie North was.
Ultimately, Prince sold Blackwater and now heads up a Hong Kong-based company known as Frontier Services Group. The Intercept has previously reported on Princes efforts to build a private air force for hire and his close ties to Chinese intelligence. One of his latest schemes is a proposal to deploy private contractors to work with Libyan security forces to stop the flow of refugees to Europe.
Prince has long fantasized that he is the rightful heir to the legacy of Wild Bill Donovan and his Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA. After 9/11, Prince worked with the CIA on a secret assassination program, in addition to offering former SEALs and other retired special operators to the State Department and other agencies for personal security.
Blaming leftists and some congressional Democrats for destroying his Blackwater empire, Prince clearly views Trumps vow to bring back torture, CIA-sponsored kidnapping, and enhanced interrogations, as well as his commitment to fill Guantánamo with prisoners, as a golden opportunity to ascend to his rightful place as a covert private warrior for the U.S. national security state. As we reported last year, Prince who portrays himself as a mix between Indiana Jones, Rambo, Captain America, and Pope Benedict is now working with the Chinese government through his latest private security firm. The Trump presidency could result in Prince working for both Beijing and the White House.
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Notorious Mercenary Erik Prince Is Advising Trump From the Shadows (Original Post)
kentuck
Apr 2017
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guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)1. This:
The Trump presidency could result in Prince working for both Beijing and the White House.
It is all about the money for Prince and his sister DeVos.
world wide wally
(21,751 posts)2. Talk about weaving tangled webs
Applan
(693 posts)3. Prince's sister is....
Betsy DeVos