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Blackwater Founder Linked to Investigators' Murders

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 5, 2009 5:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – Two former Blackwater employees accused company founder and CEO Erik Prince of murder in statements filed in federal court this week, the Nation reports. The former guards, including an ex-Marine, say Prince may have either killed or facilitated the killing of operatives probing the security... Read full story »

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