Blackwater Said to Approve Iraqi Payoffs After Shootings | New York Times
Posted by Faiz on November 11th, 2009
“Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad … Blackwater’s strategy of buying off the government officials, [is] illegal under American law … If Blackwater followed through, the company or its officials could face charges of obstruction of justice and violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which bans bribes to foreign officials.”
