Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Army vet battling private insurer for coverage she feels is due

  June 13, 2011 in City on Page A1 A highly trained helicopter mechanic sits in her Chattaroy home and wonders what will come next: another debilitating brain seizure or the therapy she hopes will help her recover from … 36

• No indictment in Seattle man’s 2006 killing of Iraqi

  October 18, 2010 in Nation/World, Region A former security contractor for Blackwater USA will not be indicted in the killing of an Iraqi guard in 2006, federal prosecutors said today. 2

• Iraq tells private guards to surrender guns, leave

  February 11, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD – Iraq has given hundreds of guards linked to the private security company formerly known as Blackwater a week to leave the country or face arrest, Interior Ministry officials …

• Blackwater plaintiffs agree to settlement

  January 8, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 RALEIGH, N.C. – The security firm formerly known as Blackwater has reached a settlement in a series of federal lawsuits in which dozens of Iraqis accused the company of cultivating … 1

• Judge dismisses all charges in Blackwater shooting

    December 31, 2009 in Nation/World A federal judge dismissed all charges Thursday against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a crowded Baghdad intersection in 2007.

• Blackwater tied to clandestine CIA missions

  December 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Highly trained personnel employed with the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide sometimes operated side by side with CIA field officers in Iraq and Afghanistan as …

• Blackwater payoff plan alleged

  November 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who …

• Iraq takes step to oust Blackwater

  January 30, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD – Blackwater Worldwide, the security company accused of using excessive deadly force while protecting U.S. diplomats in Baghdad, would be barred from future work in Iraq under a decision …

• Book reveals role of privatized military

  September 27, 2008 in Features on Page E1 What your middle-school English teacher told you is true: Language is important. Think of the word “contractor,” for example. It likely brings images of baseball-capped guys who build houses or …