Jeremy Scahill Live-Tweeting Blackwater Hearings: "Blackwater Has Had Over 20 Alter-Egos, Shell Co."

Author, Investigative Journalist and Blackwater expert Jeremy Schahill is live-tweeting the Senate hearings into Blackwater. START FROM THE BOTTOM AND READ UP!

As much as this is fun and all, there are much more serious aspects of Blackwater for the Senate to investigate and they don't
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Oh snap! Sen. Levin is smacking down Fred Roitz
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Blackwater lied to US military and said Paravant (which did not exist) had years of experience: Sen. Levin
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Blackwater has had over 20 alter-egos, shell companies, etc
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@RainforestMoon he left. chairing a different hearing
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@varonearts live streaming here: http://bit.ly/aLAWuV
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@hafiz_rashid indeed. it is like circa 1997
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BOMBSHELL: Raytheon asked Blackwater to create a shell company for Afghan contract, says Blackwater VP
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Sen McCaskill: Paravant a "classic example of a cover organization." Roitz: "That's a very good question."
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@hafiz_rashid not on CSPAN... you can watch it here: http://bit.ly/7lGiw
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I see... so it was the military that told Eric Cartman to take the weapons. Got it
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Roitz is claiming US military consented to Blackwater taking Afghan weapons from Bunker 22 for company use
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Roitz references Blackwater's work with "other agencies" of the government
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Roitz's prepared statement says: "last week, evacuated a Congressman from Niger." Was this Alan Grayson?
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New Blackwater whistleblower hotline: If you are an innocent civilian murdered by Blackwater, call 1-900-CRUSADE
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Wait. Is Fred Roitz saying Blackwater forces rescued Rep. Alan Grayson from Niger during the coup?
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Panel 1 over. Now comes Fred Roitz from central Blackwater HQ. Watch him dodge and duck and try to confuse
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Punishment for Blackwater guy who shot another BW guy in head was.... being sent home to US
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Some important info is coming out today re: Blackwater, but man Congress is clueless about the key issues and questions
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Sen. Levin: Blackwater manager instructed personnel not to cooperate w Army about weapons taken from Bunker 22
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@attackerman: Mr. Walker seems to be the guy behind Erik Prince in this photo, no?: http://bit.ly/cvM4lt
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uh oh. frmr exec Walker appears to be revealing a document Blackwater did not hand over to committee
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Dear Sen. Levin: Ask them about Erik Prince's claim to have FOBs in Afghanistan and who monitors them.
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frmr #Blackwater exec: Blackwater did not inform US military of company's armed movements in Afghanistan
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Sen. Levin: Blackwater's "sloppy vetting" puts US in position where ppl w criminal records are seen to be representing USA
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@NellCee no consequences for their repeated misconduct and crimes, etc
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There was no US government contracting representative overseeing Blackwater contract in Afghanistan
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RT @attackerman: 'Whats killing me about #Blackwater is that we have 2 sets of rules and 1 image' -- Sen Claire McCaskill
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Sen McCaskill acknowledges that she was guarded by Blackwater recently in Afghanistan
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As we watch this hearing, remember that Blackwater is likely to win a new $1 billion Afghan training contract next month
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Steven Ograyensek, contracting officer -- U.S. Army is coming off really bad, claims to know nothing about anything/
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How does a former Blackwater exec not know what WPPS stand for? It is their biggest money maker with the USG
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cocaine and ditching military deployment... now where have we heard that before?
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"Paravant," a company with no track record or history, gets a multi-million US contract with no checking of references
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Military contracting official claims he had no clue Paravant was Blackwater. Shows how much diligence they do in hiring companies
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Have you gone AWL from the military? Tested positive for cocaine while in military? No prob. Blackwater wants you!
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Sen. Begich: Blackwater used shell company Paravant to hire personnel deemed unfit for deployment
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frmr Blackwater exec McCracken admits that Paravant was created as shell company to shake Blackwater "baggage" to win contracts
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Sen Begich: the whole Blackwater/Paravant thing looks like a "big scam"
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The GOP line at this hearing thus far is that it is all the fault of the US military, not Blackwater
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Basically, Raytheon was the pimp
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Blackwater contractor was shot in the head by another Blackwater contractor with an AK-47 they'd been told to surrender
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Sen. Levin: Blackwater took arms belonging to Afghan forces and used them without approval from CENTCOM
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former Blackwater exec McCracken admits #Blackwater personnel used weapons without authorization in Afghanistan
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@danielelima7 that's the hearing right now
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Head of US-Afghan training program says he doesn't know what % of trainers are contractors vs. US military
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hearing resuming
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for those just joining, the #Blackwater hearing is in recess for a bit for votes
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RT @takenforaction: RT @Uncle_Jimbo: Blackwater would be an excellent choice to train the Afghan police. Good access to hookers
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When will the Senate investigate Red Sleigh Down?
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I heard Mr. Hanky is making a surprise appearance today--star witness
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@Archtype http://bit.ly/d3rtnb
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former #Blackwater exec John Walker seems to have had some Johnnie Walker today
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former #Blackwater/Paravant executives about to testify. Some took the 5th and refused to show up for hearing
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Sen. McCain: #Blackwater personnel killed "innocent Afghan civilians"
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Here is the live-stream of the Senate #Blackwater hearing happening now: http://bit.ly/d3rtnb
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hey @takenforaction, love that hashtag: #blackwaterkilledkenny
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Full text of Sen. Levin's opening statement on #Blackwater: http://bit.ly/aZQ33T
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Sen. Levin: Blackwater conducted "unauthorized activity" in Afghanistan with illicitly possessed weapons
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Sen. Levin: Blackwater gave weapons to people "who should not have been hired" in Afghanistan
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#Blackwater hearing starting now in Senate. Will Eric Cartman appear under oath? Who killed Kenny?
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Live steam links in the post.

I don't see the letters C I A anywhere in the OP.

as anything other than a conduit to funnel taxpayer money to RW buddies?

here in Alaska, taking advantage of the special "minority/small business" considerations that the Alaska Native corps enjoy (wrongfully, in my opinion).

Shannyn Moore has been discussing this quite a bit in her radio and TV shows.

http://shannynmoore.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/moore-up-north-7/

Maybe I just have to spend some time with it. Anybody know the name of that other site that has three columns you can choose # for and updates really quickly. No login req'd?

jeremyscahill hearing adjourned. All things considered, Blackwater got off pretty easy.
about 3 hours ago

jeremyscahill Sen Levin says they are referring Blackwater's use of shell companies to Justice Department
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