The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
DUBLIN’S ST James’s Hospital has reported the highest number of new HIV cases in one year since records began, with a 20 per cent increase in positive diagnoses.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
RICHMOND, Va. -- James River Coal Co. said Wednesday that it plans to offer $125 million in convertible senior notes with interest rates to be set by negotiations with initial purchasers.
Media Blog (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... war in Iraq. What's missing is any analysis of the eight years of Clinton. Here's a good piece by James Risen in the New York Times from 1998 that shows what wasn't going on in terms of our Afghan policy: In February 1989, the last Soviet troops wearily crossed the bridge over the Amu Darya out of Afghanistan, a defeated army walking home to an empire on the verge of disintegration....
Notes from the Lounge (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... to give the public some sense of what was going on. I have little doubt there’s plenty more in James Risen and Eric Lichtblau’s files that never made it to print. Wild assertions of harm to national security were thrown about, but I never saw anyone adequately explain just how the level of detail in those stories could conceivably have been of benefit to al Qaeda, unless they had...
War in Context (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Fine and inquiry possible for Blackwater successor By Mark Mazzetti and James Risen, New York Times, November 19, 2009 The international security company formerly called Blackwater Worldwide is facing large government fines for unlicensed arms shipments to Iraq, as a key Congressional committee is asking for a separate investigation into whether the company bribed Iraqi officials. In...
CommonDreams.org Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
by Mark Mazzetti and James Risen WASHINGTON — The international security company formerly called Blackwater Worldwide is facing large government fines for unlicensed arms shipments to Iraq, as a key Congressional committee is asking for a separate investigation into whether the company bribed Iraqi officials. In talks likely to result in millions of dollars in penalties, executives...
Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
ARTICLE: Blackwater Said to Pursue Bribes to Iraq After 17 Died, By MARK MAZZETTI and JAMES RISEN, New York Times, November 10, 2009 Depending on how this goes down, it could spell the effective end of Blackwater/Xe. Attempting to bribe...
Emptywheel (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... letter is, in turn, a response to an editorial the NYT ran after Congress caved on the PAA and a James Risen article reporting on what the legislation actually did. Crazy Pete claims to refute the editorial and (more importantly) the Risen article. Only, the EFF document dump makes it clear that Crazy Pete is, um, lying his ass off. Every single one of Crazy Pete’s “refutations”...
New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... Desk; Pg. 14, 902 words, Security Company Faces Fines and a New Inquiry, By MARK MAZZETTI and JAMES RISEN, WASHINGTON ... 78%); FRAUD & FINANCIAL CRIME (77%); TAX FRAUD (77%); CRIMINAL OFFENSES (76%); US ... ... INTERVIEWS (74%); TAX LAW (73%); APPROVALS (72%); ... 3. The New York Times , November 19, 2009 Thursday, Late Edition - Final, Section B; Column 0; Personal Tech; BASICS;...
History News Network (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The byline to the article listed three names, including that of James Risen, the well-known author of State of War, a recent and controversial book about US intelligence operations under the Bush Administration. And like the sensational allegations Risen made in State of War, the Times article was based almost entirely on anonymous sources.While...
Later On (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
After Blackwater slaughtered 17 Iraqi civilians, they tried to bribe Iraqi officials to silence criticism and buy loyalty. This company is rotten through and through. Mark Mazzetti and James Risen in the NY Times: Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism [...]
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Gary Jackson, left, then the company president, approved bribes for Iraqi officials, former executives say. When Cofer Black, then the vice chairman, center, learned of the scheme, he reportedly confronted the chairman, Erik Prince, right. By MARK MAZZETTI and JAMES RISEN NYT WASHINGTON — Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi...
Count Us Out (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
by Mark Mazzetti and James Risen, 11/11/09 WASHINGTON — 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, according to former company [...]
War in Context (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Blackwater said to approve Iraqi payoffs after shootings By Mark Mazzetti and James Risen, New York Times, November 10, 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 [...]
CommonDreams.org Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
by Mark Mazzetti and James Risen WASHINGTON - 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, according to former company officials. read more
