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• US, Israel try to back away from the brink -- ANNE GEARAN and STEVEN GUTKIN, Associated Press, 2010-03-16
• US Israel criticism ignites firestorm in Congress -- MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press, 2010-03-15
• US wants Israel to cancel Jerusalem building plan -- MARK LAVIE, Associated Press, 2010-03-15
• ECPAC deserves more respect -- Babara Slater, Union Tribune, 2010-03-11
• Israel OKs 1,600 new homes in east Jerusalem -- ARON HELLER, Union Tribune, 2010-03-09
• Israel to let UN chief, EU official into Gaza -- ", Associated Press, 2010-03-09
• Biden urges Israel to take risks for peace -- ARON HELLER, Union Tribune, 2010-03-09
• El Cajon’s money pit / Arts center could drain $4.3 million more -- ", Union Tribune, 2010-03-08
• Israelis, Palestinians to begin indirect talks -- IAN DEITCH, Union Tribune, 2010-03-08
• Palestinians approve indirect talks with Israel -- ", Union Tribune, 2010-03-07
• Settlement deep in West Bank seen as peace spoiler -- KARIN LAUB, Union Tribune, 2010-03-07
• Brooklyn DA: No criminality caught on ACORN video -- ", Union Tribune, 2010-03-02 Features Acorn Org
• Lakeside fire board members targets of recall drive -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2010-02-27
• Interview - Jeff Halper - The Global Pacification Industry -- Jeff Harper, You Tube, 2010-02-26
• Stop Outsourcing Security Act -- Jan Schakowski, Bernie Sanders, Congress, 2010-02-23
• Lakeside Fire District Meeting 2010-02-23 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2010-02-23 At the meeting, the citizens' oversight group Lakeside First submitted recall paperwork to Nick Johnson and Jim Hemsley in response to the firing of the Fire Chief.
• Obituary: HAMANN, ROBERT DALE -- ", Union Tribune, 2010-02-23 Hamann was a strong supporter of ultra-right wing politics in East County
• ECPAC Conceptual Business Plan -- Kurt Swanson, City Of El Cajon, 2010-02-17
• Helix Water District Board Meeting - 2010-02-17 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2010-02-17 Discussed rate changes; Features Mark Schuppert
• COPs Report on the San Diego County Registrar of Voters Procedures -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2010-02-11 This is document C00026
• Activist a common sight recording local meetings -- Ray Lutz is government watchdog -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2010-01-30 Features Raymond Lutz
• Fire chief's firing triggers board recall drive -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2010-01-28 Lakeside Fire Board
• 3 local hospitals are fined for errors -- Mike Lee, Union Tribune, 2010-01-28
• Coyote Wells (AKA Wind Zero) Draft EIR -- ", Imperial County, 2010-01-26
• Lakeside Fire Board 2010-01-26 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2010-01-26 Meeting after the unexpected firing of the Fire Chief, Mark Baker brings out many angry residents.
• A venue to make El Cajon proud -- Editor, Union Tribune, 2010-01-23
• Biden: U.S. to appeal dismissal of Blackwater charges -- Dan Lothian and Samira Simone, CNN, 2010-01-23 Nisour Square Massacre
• Air America Media is ceasing its live programming operations -- ", Air America, 2010-01-22 Progressive TVand Radio
• Supreme Court Decision -- CITIZENS UNITED v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION -- ", Supreme Court, 2010-01-21
• $100,000 given to clinic for uninsured -- Grant is increased for Volunteers in Medicine -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2010-01-21 Features Raymond Lutz
• Citizens United vs. FEC Decision -- ", Supreme Court, 2010-01-21 Allows unlimited corporate contributions
• Police academy suspends classes -- Kristina Davis, Union Tribune, 2010-01-21 (Note: this academy recently pulled their contract with Blackwater/Xe to use the Blackwater Otay training facility. See Blackwater In Southwestern College for the full story on our 10-month battle to stop that contract. This additional scrutiny of their training facility may be a result as well.)
• Residents blame union for ouster of fire chief -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2010-01-19 Lakeside Fire Board
• C00025 2010-01-18 COPS to GHD re: Health Fair -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2010-01-18 Includes general list of typical problems in citizen access
• Labor excesses show in firing of chief -- Linda Strom, Union Tribune, 2010-01-16 Lakeside Fire Board
• A stage in disrepair -- Editor, Union Tribune, 2010-01-16
• Wind Zero Project to Bring Racing And Training Facility To Imperial County -- ", Tribune Weekly Chronicle, 2010-01-13
• C00024 - 2010-01-13 COPS to GHD -- Service Assessment -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2010-01-13
• Open Letter to Congress -- Dismissal of Case Against Blackwater Contractors Condemned, Groups Unite behind Stop Outsourcing Security Act -- Raymond Lutz, Dan Kenney, Christian Stalberg, Citizens Oversight, 2010-01-12
• EDITORIAL: Voters need full picture of donors -- Editor, Fresno Bee, 2010-01-08 Features Joel Anderson
• Politicians rely on county parties to funnel contributions, avoid campaign limits -- Chase Davis, California Watch, 2010-01-02 Features Joel Anderson
• OPINION GRANTING THE DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS THE INDICTMENT -- RICARDO M. URBINA United States District Judge, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 2009-12-31 Nisour Square Massacre
• Judge Drops Charges From Blackwater Deaths in Iraq -- Charlie Savage, New York Times, 2009-12-31 Nisour Square Massacre
• Boys & Girls Club gets health grant -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2009-12-24 Features Raymond Lutz
• Dumanis' silence on scandal called 'striking' -- Chris Reed, Union Tribune, 2009-12-23 Features Joel Anderson
• Anderson scandal: DA still lurking? -- Chris Reed, Union Tribune, 2009-12-22 Features Joel Anderson
• Grossmont Healthcare Board Meeting -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-12-18 Includes Boys and Girls Club $100K grant from general fund.
• ECPAC Community Forum -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-12-16
• Does Anderson ‘win at all costs’? -- Michele Clock, John Marelius, Union Tribune, 2009-12-13 Features Joel Anderson
• Blackwater Loses a Job for the C.I.A. -- Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 2009-12-12
• Anderson fined for donation violations -- John Marelius, Michael Gardner, Michele Clock, Union Tribune, 2009-12-11 Features Joel Anderson
• FPPC Decision and Order -- Joel Anderson Violations -- ", Fair Political Practices Commission, 2009-12-10 Features Joel Anderson
• Local Assemblyman Faces Illegal Contributions Allegations -- ", Ten News, 2009-12-09 Features Joel Anderson
• Loopholes, Tricks and End Runs: Evasions of Campaign Finance Laws, and a Model Law to Block Them -- Molly Milligan, Center For Governmental Studies, 2009-12-07 Features Joel Anderson
• C00023 - GHD, Timely Minutes, too many meetings -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-12-05
• FPPC clears Placer GOP, but Rocklin councilman quits party in disgust -- Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee, 2009-12-03 Features Joel Anderson
• Anderson faces big fine over donations -- Michele Clock, John Marelius, Union Tribune, 2009-12-01 Features Joel Anderson
• Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan: Jeremy Scahill Reveals Private Military Firm Operating in Pakistan Under Covert Assassination and Kidnapping Program -- Jeremy Scahill, Democracy Now, 2009-11-24
• Anderson defends mailer touting bill -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2009-11-23 Features Joel Anderson
• La Mesa lawmaker’s mailer targets rival -- Michele Clock, John Marelius, Union Tribune, 2009-11-21 Features Joel Anderson
• Susan West Friedman; tireless activist was passionate about righting social injustices -- Blanca Gonzalez, Union Tribune, 2009-11-21 Obituary Features Susan Friedman
• Fine and Inquiry Possible for Blackwater Successor -- MARK MAZZETTI and JAMES RISEN, New York Times, 2009-11-19
• GOP official quits over Anderson transactions -- Michele Clock, John Marelius, Union Tribune, 2009-11-18 Features Joel Anderson
• Response from ACORN to Republican Party of San Diego -- David Lagstein, Acorn Org, 2009-11-16 Features East County Democratic Club
• Fresno Co. GOP's aid to So Cal lawmaker investigated -- John Ellis, Fresno Bee, 2009-11-11 Joel Anderson returns $78K in dirty money
• Blackwater Said to Pursue Bribes to Iraq After 17 Died -- MARK MAZZETTI and JAMES RISEN, New York Times, 2009-11-11
• ACLU Letter to SWC: Southwestern College Actions and Policies Infringing Free Speech -- David Blair-Loy, American Civil Liberties Union, 2009-11-09 Southwestern College ACLU
• FIRE Letter to Southwestern College Superintendent-President Raj K. Chopra -- Adam Kissel, Foundation For Individual Rights In Education, 2009-11-03
• THE SHOW “NEEDS” TO GO ON -- Ron Shelby, ", 2009-11-02 Rebuttal to UT Editorial of 2009-10-31
• The Show Need Not Go On -- Don Sevrens, Union Tribune, 2009-10-31
• Statisticians reject global cooling -- SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press, 2009-10-27
• Judge Refuses to Dismiss War Crimes Case Against Blackwater -- Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, 2009-10-22
• East County Dems denouce short shrift of ACORN -- Pat Sherman, San Diego City Beat, 2009-10-22 Acorn Org East County Democratic Club
• Hearing of the Assembly Select Committee on K-16 Articulation, Access and Affordability -- Marty Block, Chair -- Marty Block, Citizens Oversight, 2009-10-20 SDSU Enrollment Policy
• Cindy McCain Bankrolled Conference That Called for Ban on Mercenaries -- Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports, 2009-10-16
• Blackwater-Xe Contract Canceled by Southwestern College -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-10-16 We worked for ten months on this project, and success is sweet indeed! THANK YOU!
• Board cancels divisive contract -- Unanimous vote reverses pact with controversial Blackwater/Xe -- John Carter, Southwestern College Sun, 2009-10-14
• Southwestern College Board Meeting, 2009-10-14 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-10-14 Thank you for attending this meeting!! WE WON! Includes cancellation of Blackwater-Xe contract.
• CCT Termination Agreement for ECPAC Management -- ", City Of El Cajon, 2009-10-13
• Inquiry opens in Anderson finances -- State initiates probe of local assemblyman -- John Marelius and Michele Clock, Union Tribune, 2009-10-08 Features Joel Anderson
• State scrutinizes Fresno Co. Republican funds -- E.J. Schultz, Fresno Bee, 2009-10-06 Joel Anderson
• Sleazy scam -- Anderson must return tainted donations -- Editor, Union Tribune, 2009-10-03 features Joel Anderson
• Attorney General Jerry Brown Addresses Grassroots Convention -- Jerry Brown, Citizens Oversight, 2009-10-03 Jerry Brown
• Assemblyman's campaign fund transactions raising questions -- La Mesa Republican may seek Senate seat -- Michele Clock John Marelius, Union Tribune, 2009-10-01 Joel Anderson
• San Diego County Sheriff Candidate Debate -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-09-25 County Sheriff?. Includes Bill Gore, Jay La Suer, Jim Duffy, Bruce Ruff
• Repairs could close arts center for 2 years -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2009-09-24
• Taking a bite out of climate data -- Patrick J. Michaels, National Review Online, 2009-09-23
• The folly of the fence -- Editor, Union Tribune, 2009-09-22
• ACORN director fires organizer seen on tape -- Worker gave border-crossing advice to fake hooker, pimp -- Eleanor Yang Su, Union Tribune, 2009-09-18 Acorn Org
• Citizen journalism will remain part of changing news models, says report -- Laura Oliver, Journalism.co.uk, 2009-09-18
• SCHOOL BOARD LEARNS A LESSON, FACES WRATH OF PUBLIC: HUNDREDS CONFRONT LMSV BOARD OVER CENSORSHIP OF LIVE OBAMA SPEECH -- Gayle Early, East County Magazine, 2009-09-18
• A school board polarized by politics -- Don Sevrens, Union Tribune, 2009-09-17
• New resource for citizen journalists -- Matthew Eltringham, Bbc News, 2009-09-17
• Ire over Obama speech action draws hundreds to meeting -- Michele Clock, Union Tribune, 2009-09-16 La Mesa Spring Valley School Board
• District Parents Stand Up to School Board that Banned Obama’s Speech -- Frank Gormlie, Ob Rag, 2009-09-15
• School trustee sealed his political future -- Joe Nagle, Union Tribune, 2009-09-15 La Mesa Spring Valley School Board
• Goldstone Report on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict -- Justice Richard Goldstone, United Nations, 2009-09-15
• La Mesa Spring Valley School District Board Meeting, 2009-09-15 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-09-15
• School board's holiday meeting -- Editor, Union Tribune, 2009-09-12
• Pulling the plug on president's broadcast -- Janet Gastil, Union Tribune, 2009-09-11
• Two school board members regret blocking Obama speech -- Michele Clock, Union Tribune, 2009-09-10
• School board's blackout of Obama speech criticized -- Michele Clock, Union Tribune, 2009-09-09
• Pres. Obama National Address to Students -- President Barack Obama, Whitehouse.gov, 2009-09-08
• La Mesa Spring Valley School Board - Emergency Meeting - 2009-09-07 -- ", Citizens Oversight, 2009-09-07
• C00022 R: Response to C00022 by Registrar of Voters -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-09-03 San Diego County Canvass Procedures
• C00022: Questions to Registrar of Voters on Nov, 2008 Election (Part 3) -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-09-01 Requested sign-in rosters, Street Indexes, Question about ballot counts, and Premier contact. San Diego County Canvass Procedures
• Understanding Community Media -- Kevin Howley, Sage Publications, 2009-09-01 $42.95 in Paperback; $89.95 in hardcover.
• Red Kayaks and Hidden Gold: The rise, challenges and value of citizen journalism -- John Kelly, Reuters Institute of the Study of Journalism, 2009-09
• Blackwater tapped foreigners on secret CIA program -- ADAM GOLDMAN and PAMELA HESS, Associated Press, 2009-08-31
• Will Drones Make General Atomics the next Blackwater? -- Laura Flanders, The Nation, 2009-08-26
• Taking a Dim View of Solar Energy -- Matthew Philips, Newsweek, 2009-08-25
• C.I.A. Said to Use Outsiders to Put Bombs on Drones -- James Risen and Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 2009-08-21
• Blackwater Disclosure Adds to CIA Worries -- R. Jeffrey Smith and Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 2009-08-21
• C.I.A. Sought Blackwater's Help to Kill Jihadists -- Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 2009-08-20
• Blackwater Still Armed in Iraq -- Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, 2009-08-14
• Southwestern College Board Meeting, 2009-08-12 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-08-12 Thank you for attending this meeting. We got the item on the agenda for October.
• Briton may hang for killings in Baghdad -- Oliver August, The Times, 2009-08-10 Mercenaries continue to be a problem.
• US security firm faces fresh allegations - 07 Aug 09 -- ", Al Jazeera, 2009-08-07
• Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder -- Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, 2009-08-04 Now we know why Prince stepped down.
• Constitutional Convention Panel -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-08-01 Sponsored by Common Cause, League Of Women Voters, MAPA, Bay Area Council, Citizens Oversight.org
• Blackwater Seeks Gag Order -- Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, 2009-07-23 Blackwater attempts to silence Iraqi lawsuits using a gag order claiming that information could impact national security.
• County says war games can continue without loudspeakers -- Jim Okerblom, Union Tribune, 2009-07-22
• In a quiet area, combat training raises a ruckus -- Jim Okerblom, Union Tribune, 2009-07-18
• Evidence-Based Critique on America's Healthcare System -- Jeoffry B. Gordon, MD, MPH, Citizens Oversight, 2009-07-15 Healthcare Reform?
• The Great American Bubble Machine -- Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, 2009-07-13
• Southwestern College Board Meeting, 2009-07-08 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-07-08
• How to Video Record Public Meetings -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-06-27 Ray Lutz of Citizens Oversight.org explains how to use a digital video camera to video record public meetings.
• On the Rates of Sea Level Rise -- Clues from the distant past -- Wolfgang Berger, Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, 2009-06-20
• San Diego City Council Meeting 2009-06-16: settle with Blackwater for $150,000 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-06-16. Council agreed to ask Blackwater to forgive the debt and to improve internal system to avoid future misuse by unscrupulous companies.
• San Diego City Settlement with Blackwater for $150,000 regarding Otay Mesa facility. -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-06-16 Includes comments about the City Council Meeting.
• At What Cost -- Contingency Contracting In Iraq and Afghanistan -- Interim Report to Congress -- ", Commission on Wartime Contracting In Iraq and Afghanistan, 2009-06-11 121 Pages
• Southwestern College Governing Board meeting, 2009-06-10 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-06-10 Videos available for entire meeting and Blackwater Comments only. Includes Agenda item #21 "TASK FORCE FOR FIRING RANGE"
• Letter to Imperial Valley College regarding Threat of Arrest -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-05-21 Imperial Valley College
• Imperial Valley College Academic Senate Discusses Wind Zero project, 2009-05-20 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-05-20 Lutz harassed and threatened with arrest at the end of the meeting. See Wind Zero and Imperial Valley College
• Sailors on Blackwater anti-piracy ship claim harrassment -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, 2009-05-14 Includes lawsuit complaints.
• Forum Held Over Southwestern College's Contract With Military Security Firm XE -- ", Kfmb Radio, 2009-05-14 Blackwater In Southwestern College
• Memorandum of Understanding between Xe Services, LLC and Southwestern Community College District -- ", Southwestern College, 2009-05-13 Blackwater In Southwestern College
• Baja California Police Train With US Navy -- Amy Isackson, Kpbs News, 2009-05-13 Regional Security Summit
• Southwestern College Board, 2009-05-13, Blackwater-Xe Item -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight.org, 2009-05-13 3 Parts; Blackwater In Southwestern College
• Letter from CitizensOversight to SouthwesternCollege Governing Board regarding renegotiated XeBlackwater Agreement. -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-05-12 Blackwater In Southwestern College
• Riverside County General Plan Amendment to LU-6.2 -- ", Riverside County Planning Dept, 2009-05-09 Allows private government contractors the same exemptions as government. (BAD!)
• Blackwater, now Xe, era ends in Iraq -- ", upi.com, 2009-05-07
• Wind Zero discussion at Imperial Valley College, 2009-05-06 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-05-06 Imperial Valley College
• 22 Arrested at Blackwater's Illinois Compound -- Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports, 2009-04-28 Includes pictures of the event and arrests during civil disobedience.
• Ethics and Military Contractors: Examining the Public-Private Partnership. -- Mc Cain Conference, Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, United States Naval Academy, 2009-04-23
• Blackwater out of Iraq? No, not yet -- Matthew Lee, Mike Baker, Associated Press, 2009-04-20
• Injured war zone contractors fight to get care -- ", Los Angeles Times, 2009-04-16
• Southwestern College Board Meeting, 2009-04-15, Blackwater Comments -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-04-15 Blackwater In Southwestern College Features Congressman Bob Filner
• Vote probe raises fears over 'fix' - '06 Pima County result, electronic system in question -- Dennis Wagner, The Arizona Republic, 2009-04-15
• Congressman Bob Filner to address Southwestern College Governing Board to Oppose Blackwater Agreement -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-04-15 Blackwater In Southwestern College
• Sunrise Powerlink Community Meeting, Alpine, April 6, 2009 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-04-06
• Blackwater-like Procinctu-Group Project Given Hearing without Notice -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-04-06
• Lawsuit targets Xe over Iraq shootings -- ", Associated Press, 2009-04-02 The complaint alleges three security guards for the state-run Iraqi Media Network were shot by Blackwater security as the guards tried to move along a slowing car in the King Faisal Square traffic circle in February 2007.
• Stop Blackwater Presentation, April 2009 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-04-02 Blackwater In Southwestern College
• Minutes of Southwestern College March 11 Meeting Regarding Blackwater -- ", Southwestern College, 2009-04-01 Blackwater In Southwestern College
• More lawsuits filed against Blackwater security firm -- Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times, 2009-03-27 Filed on behalf of family of teacher killed on Sept. 9, 2007 and 15 families of those killed on Sept. 16, 2007
• Iraqi widow files suit; husband killed by Blackwater employee -- Greg Moran, Union Tribune, 2009-03-21
• Xe - Blackwater Sued for Drunken Killing of Iraqi VP's Guard and Alleged Cover Up, According to Burke ONeil LLC -- ", Burke ONeil LLC, 2009-03-20
• New deal for Blackwater -- Jim Mc Elhatton, Washington Times, 2009-03-17
• Comments on SDG&E Fire Safety by Donna Tisdale -- Donna Tisdale, Citizens Oversight, 2009-03-17
• U.S. Moves to Replace Contractors in Iraq -- Karen De Young, Washington Post, 2009-03-17
• Riverside County Residents Protest Proposed Security Training Facility -- Ann Weston, Kpfk Radio, 2009-03-17
• CPRA Request of Southwestern College & Blackwater -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-03-16 Blackwater In Southwestern College
• Southwestern to rework training contract with Xe -- Chris Moran, Union Tribune, 2009-03-12 Blackwater In Southwestern College
• Blackwater (Xe) at Southwestern College -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-03-11 Blackwater In Southwestern College
• Citizens' Oversight Group wants Blackwater Agreement with Southwestern College Pulled. -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-03-03 Blackwater In Southwestern College
• Letter to Southwestern College Governing Board requesting that the MOU with Blackwater be reconsidered and revoked. -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-03-03 Blackwater In Southwestern College
• Email: From the guy with a bag on his head -- Mark Pentilescu, ", 2009-03-02 Blackwater In Southwestern College
• Congressman Hopes to Break Blackwater Deal with School -- ", San Diego 6, 2009-03-02 Blackwater In Southwestern College
• Mercenary King Erik Prince Resigns as Blackwater CEO -- Jeremy Scahill, Huffington Post, 2009-03-02
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Forum 2009-03-01 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-03-01
• It's a new (bad) name, but same Blackwater -- Raymond Lutz, Union Tribune, 2009-02-28
• Governing board sets deal with Blackwater -- Filner, faculty rip SWC pact with "mercenaries" -- Esmeralda F. Ramirez, Southwestern College Sun, 2009-02-25 Blackwater In Southwestern College
• Lakeside Community Speaks out against Sunrise Powerlink In El Monte Valley -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-02-25
• C00019 R : Response to Questions to Registrar of Voters -- Registrar Of Voters, Citizens Oversight, 2009-02-24 San Diego County Canvass Procedure
• Powerlink meeting is met with outrage -- Residents say SDG&E didn't announce routing -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2009-02-21 Powerlink to be routed through pristine El Monte Valley.
• Burned Up: Lakeside Planners, Fire Officials and Residents Vent Anger Over State's Approval of Powerlink with no Notice to their Community -- Miriam Raftery, East County Magazine, 2009-02-18
• Think Solar, Think Small -- Craig D. Rose, The Nation, 2009-02-16
• Blackwater Sheds Tarnished Name: New Name Is 'Xe' -- Mike Baker, Huffington Post, 2009-02-13
• Blackwater Changes Its Name, Shall Now Be Called the Knights Who Say 'Xe' -- Jeremy Scahill, Alter Net, 2009-02-13
• Scandal-Ridden Blackwater Changes Name -- Maddy Sauer, Megan Chuchmach, Abc News, 2009-02-13
• Students to use firing range at Blackwater site -- (Unknown), Union Tribune, 2009-02-09 Blackwater In Southwestern College
• Proposition 11 Redisticting Commission Meeting, 2009-02-09 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-02-09 Discuss outreach and selection process of pool of panelists for 2010 redistricting.
• Romoland angry over training center -- Rob Mc Millan, Abc News, 2009-01-30
• Afghan Guards Confound U.S. Forces -- YOCHI J. DREAZEN, Wall Street Journal, 2009-01-30
• State Department To Blackwater: You're Fired, Leave Iraq by May -- BRIAN ROSS and KIRIT RADIA, Abc News, 2009-01-30
• Blackwater: private US security firm mired in Iraq controversy -- Audrey Gillan, The Guardian, 2009-01-29
• Security training facility faces opposition -- Rick Mc Cann, Private Officer, 2009-01-29
• Southwestern College / Blackwater MOU -- ", Southwestern College, 2009-01-28 Blackwater In Southwestern College
• Clouds on SDG&E’s Sunny Plans -- Craig D. Rose, San Diego Reader, 2009-01-28
• LOCAL RESIDENTS ASK: WHY WAS THIS PRIVATE PARAMILITARY FIRM APPROVED BY THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS? -- ", Citizens Oversight, 2009-01-27
• Photos - Border Fence in Otay -- Nathan Trotter, ", 2009-01-25
• C00019: Letter to RegistrarOfVoters regarding election processing -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-01-08 Registrar Of Voters includes C00019, C00020, C00021; San Diego County Canvass Procedure
• Rosemount HS grad is keeping the seas safe -- Nathan Hansen, Rosemount Town Pages, 2009 News coverage that prompted the firing of Chris Waugaman, slapping him in irons, and eventually his lawsuit against Blackwater.
• C00017 R: Response from San Diego County Registrar of Voters regarding Elections Procedures -- Registrar Of Voters, Registrar Of Voters, 2008-12-16 San Diego County Canvass Procedures; Includes Ballot Order Procedure, One Percent Manual Tally Procedure, Collection Center Comments on Carton Seals
• AT&T and L.A. City Hall Quietly Lead a National Push to Silence the Little Guy -- Patrick Range Mc Donald, L.A. WEEKLY, 2008-12-11
• Logic & Accuracy Testing Procedure for use with Gems Server -- ", Registrar Of Voters, 2008-12-09 San Diego County Canvass Procedure
• Biographical sketches of 5 indicted Blackwater Worldwide security guards -- ", Associated Press, 2008-12-08
• C00018: COPS submission to US Election Assistance Commission -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-12-08
• U.S. Justice Department hands down 35-charge indictments against Blackwater Guards -- ", CSpan, 2008-12-08 Nisour Square Massacre
• Blackwater Backlash -- ", Nbc San Diego, 2008-12-05
• Central Tabulator Audit Log, 2008-11 Election -- ", Registrar Of Voters, 2008-12-03 San Diego County Canvass Procedure
• San Diego County Manual Tally Report for 2008-11-04 election -- Deborah Seiler, Registrar Of Voters, 2008-12-02 Manual Tally Issues; San Diego County Canvass Procedure 1% Tally shows serious 20-29% failure rate
• C00017: Letter to San Diego Registrar of Voters regarding Election Procedures -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-12-02 San Diego County Canvass Procedures
• C00016R: Response by County Counsel regarding Nov. 20 Letter to the RoV -- San Diego County Counsel, San Diego County, 2008-11-25 R00016 Manual Tally Issues, San Diego County Canvass Procedures
• SD Registrar of Voters meets with Citizens' Oversight -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-11-25 San Diego County Canvass Procedure Discuss 1% Manual tally and other questions about elections processing
• C00016: Letter to RoV: Manual Tally Report Questions, 2008-11-20 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-11-20 Manual Tally Issues (C00016) San Diego County Canvass Procedure
• Angry Parents call for Kelly to resign from school board. -- Lori Bledsoe, Alpine Sun, 2008-11-20
• Registrar Manual Tally Reports Indicate Substantial Problems with Diebold Scanners in 2008 Elections -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-11-20 Manual Tally Issues San Diego County Canvass Procedure
• Iraq Pact Forces Security Contractors to Confront Work Without Immunity -- August Cole, Wall Street Journal, 2008-11-19
• Secret Order Lets U.S. Raid Al Qaeda -- Eric Schmitt and Mark Mazzetti, Ny Times, 2008-11-10
• Opinion / Background On Jim Kelly "Press Conference" -- Bill Weaver, ", 2008-11-06
• Blackwater: Layoffs -- Robert O Harrow, Washington Post, 2008-11-05
• Suggested Step-by-step to assist in complying with the Post-Election Manual Tally Requirements -- ", Secretary Of State, 2008-11-04 Manual Tally Issues, San Diego County Canvass Procedure
• Tally Center Logs for 2008-11-04 Election -- ", Registrar Of Voters, 2008-11-04 San Diego County Canvass Procedures [Seals broken or missing: Error rate: 99 cases out of 1650 = 6%
• Registrar Refused to Confirm Compliance with State Elections Code -- Reports not produced in the last two primary elections as required by law -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-11-03
• Helix High board calls for trustee to resign -- Leonel Sanchez, Union Tribune, 2008-10-31
• RAMONA: Charter school files for bankruptcy -- Editor, North County Times, 2008-10-30
• REGION: Stage set for southern power line -- By DAVE DOWNEY - Staff Writer, North County Times, 2008-10-30
• Competition, demand are new battle for MRAP maker -- Bruce Smith, Associated Press, 2008-10-30 Force Protection's difficulty could spell curtains for Blackwater Worldwide
• Public Comment by Raymond Lutz regarding lack of reports from Diebold Scanner equipment -- ", San Diego County, 2008-10-28 Skip to offset 38:00; Scanner Tape Review; San Diego County Canvass Procedure
• Uniformity in Election Administration: A 2008 Survey of Swing State County Clerks -- National Edition -- Allison Mc Neely and Adam Fogel, Fair Vote, 2008-10-27 there is much work to be done to create uniform standards for the conduct of elections at the local level.
• 52nd CD Forum 2008-10-22 Cuyamaca College -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-10-22 Includes attempt by write-in Candidate Joe Ryan to be a part of the forum. Features Mike Lumpkin, Michael Benoit?, and Duncan Hunter Jr?
• Request of clarification and response regarding deployment of the 1st Brigade Combat Team on United States soil -- Mike Copass, Progressive Democrats Of America, 2008-10-21
• New Fence Will Split a Border Park -- RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, New York Times, 2008-10-21
• A Question of power -- Stop the Sunrise Powerlink -- Diane Conklin Donna Tisdale, ", 2008-10-20 Very important description of the ridiculous Sunrise Powerlink
• Cofer Black, Out of the Shadows -- Kevin Mc Murray, Mens Journal, 2008-10-17 Black continues the glorification of Bush.
• Foreign Liquefied Natural Gas -- Amita Sharma Amy Isackson, Kpbs News, 2008-10-13
• Do we really need paramilitary training here? -- Paul Jacobs, North County Times, 2008-10-12
• Democrats on pace to lead registration -- Craig Gustafson, Union Tribune, 2008-10-09
• C00015: Letter to Secretary of State regarding Statement of Votes Cast -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-10-08 Scanner Tape Review San Diego County Canvass Procedures
• Grossmont Union High School District Board Candidate Forum -- League Of Women Voters, Citizens Oversight, 2008-10-06 GUHSD; Features Gary Woods?, Priscilla Schreiber, Meg Jedynak?, Larry Urdahl?, Carroll Boone?
• Training facility reeks of Blackwater -- Paul Jacobs, North County Times, 2008-10-05
• Govt. Uses Contractors to Probe Iraq Contractors -- Kirit Radia, Abc News, 2008-10-03 State Dept. Move to Let Contractors Probe Complaints Over Other Contractors May Be Illegal
• C00014: Letter to Registrar of Voters requesting Statement of Votes Cast -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-10-03 Scanner Tape Review
• El Cajon City Council Member Dick Ramos Endorses Ray Lutz for 77th State Assembly Seat -- Eugene Cook, Lutz For Assembly, 2008-10-02
• Blackwater Machine Gun Found in Raid on Iraqi Insurgents -- Brian Ross, Abc News, 2008-10-02
• NEW BLACKWATER PROTESTS MARK ANNIVERSARY OF NISOUR SQUARE SHOOTINGS -- Gayle Early, East County Magazine, 2008-10
• La Mesa City Council Candidate Forum -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-09-23 Sponsored by League Of Women Voters
• California Nurses Association Endorses Ray Lutz for 77th State Assembly Seat -- Eugene Cook, Lutz For Assembly, 2008-09-22
• Ohio Voting Machines Contained Programming Error That Dropped Votes -- Mary Pat Flaherty, Washington Post, 2008-09-21 Manual Tally Issues
• Ex-Blackwater trainer faces drug charges in Canada -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, 2008-09-17
• Candidate acknowledges she lacks listed credentials -- Chris Moran, Union Tribune, 2008-09-12 Spotlight on Rose Urdahl
• Drilling – Fool's Gold -- Raymond Lutz, East County Californian, 2008-09-11
• Ex-councilman admits to stealing from mother -- Ray Huard, Union Tribune, 2008-09-11 Regarding Charles Santos
• A San Diego Retirement -- Editorial Staff, Wall Street Journal, 2008-09-06 Jan Goldsmith? mentioned Blackwater Otay in his rebuttal. Even the Wall Street Journal supports Aguirre.
• Raising sales taxes hurts all of us -- Joel Anderson, Union Tribune, 2008-08-29 Anderson misses the fact that taxes to not leave the economy, but actually help it if spent correctly.
• Barack Obama at the 2008 DNC -- Barack Obama, DNC, 2008-08-29
• Dennis Kucinich addresses impeachment at PDA event -- Dennis Kucinich, ", 2008-08-28 Sign the Petition at http://www.Kucinich.us
• Family sues Sharp Grossmont Hospital -- Cheryl Clark, Union Tribune, 2008-08-28
• Planning group has 7 running for 5 slots -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2008-08-28
• California Moves on Bill to Curb Sprawl and Emissions -- Felicity Barringer, New York Times, 2008-08-28 Diane Conklin? submitted.
• Cramped power grid foils renewable plans -- Matthew Wald, Union Tribune, 2008-08-28
• Sunrise "Profitlink" -- a fossil fuel addiction fix -- Raymond Lutz, East County Californian, 2008-08-28
• Department of Energy Scoping Meeting on Baja Wind Transmission Line -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-08-26 1-4pm Jacumba, CA
• Comment on Recirculated draft environmental impact report/supplemental draft environmental impact statement for the Sunrise powerlink transmission project -- Steven Siegel, Justin Augustine, Center For Biological Diversity & Sierra Club, 2008-08-25
• Longtime insider believes in Sharp Grossmont Hospital -- Bob Yarris, Union Tribune, 2008-08-24
• Pat Nixon at the U.S.-Mexico Border -- Joseph Nevins, New America Media, 2008-08-22
• Questions and Concerns regarding Public Use Permit No. 885 - ProcinctuGroup -- Ron Goldman, Planning Director, County of Riverside Planning Dept., 2008-08-20
• Blackwater guards face prosecution over killing of 17 Iraqi civilians -- James Bone, RINF, 2008-08-19
• CPRA Request to Grossmont Healthcare District on Board Members' Attendence -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-08-18 Ref: C00013
• News Release: Citizens Group Requests Grossmont Healthcare Board Meeting Attendance Logs -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-08-18
• New policy approved for Sharp Grossmont -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2008-08-16
• Grossmont Healthcare District 2008-08-15 Full Meeting -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-08-15
• Grossmont Healthcare District Board 2008-08-15 Communication Policy Changes Only -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-08-15 Includes public comment and meeting content related to the communication changes proposal
• GHD Agreement Relating to Quality Assurance and Patient Care Reports -- ", Grossmont Healthcare Board, 2008-08-15
• One-Fifth of Iraq Funding Paid to Contractors -- William Fisher, Inter Press Service, 2008-08-14
• Should We Abolish Oversight Boards? -- Raymond Lutz, East County Californian, 2008-08-14
• Increased scrutiny has hospitals focusing more on safety -- Keith Darce, Union Tribune, 2008-08-09
• Changing the immigration debate -- Marcela Sanchez, Union Tribune, 2008-08-09 Opinion
• Democrats of East County 'Unite for Change' -- Ron Cook, East County Herald, 2008-08-07
• Border Patrol detained activist who was filming -- Leslie Berenstein, Union Tribune, 2008-08-07
• Democratic candidates urge voters to unite for change -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian, 2008-08-07
• Sharp admits communication errors -- Angelica Martinez and Cheryl Clark, Union Tribune, 2008-08-05
• Baja Wind EA Scoping Notice -- ", Federal Register, 2008-08-04
• Contribution to the Recirculated Draft EIR for the Sunrise Powerlink (regarding the RWEP) (Lutz) -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-08-04 [Proves that claims of 1250 MW is not feasible in 7500 acre area proposed.]
• Deleted photo sparks fears DEA hiring mercenaries -- Muriel Kane, Raw Story, 2008-08-04
• Sharp Grossmont says it's moving to correct communication problems -- Angelica Martinez, Union Tribune, 2008-08-04
• Smugglers Gulch + BLM proposing wind energy plans for the East County -- Rett Lawrence, Ten News, 2008-08-01 Features Jeanette Hartman?, Duncan Hunter?
• Officials Hope To Expand County Wind Energy -- Ten News, Ten News, 2008-08 Features Jeanette Hartman?; Includes footage of the Border Fence work with Duncan Hunter? and Brian Bilbray?.
• GUHSD Resolution Endorsing Proposition 8 -- ", Grossmont Union High School District, 2008-07-31
• Blackwater Q&A raises more questions -- Myra Webb, Alan Segal, Gregg Rosner, Union Tribune, 2008-07-30
• State cites preventable deaths in report on Sharp Grossmont -- Cheryl Clark, Union Tribune, 2008-07-30
• A Divided Friendship -- ", UCSD, 2008-07-29 Details Friendship Park and its planned demise.
• Q&A: Erik Prince & Brian Bonfiglio -- Editor, Union Tribune, 2008-07-27
• SBA Inspector General: Size Determination Regarding Blackwater Worldwide Affiliate Presidential Airways, Inc. -- Eric Thorson, Inspector General, Small Business Administration, 2008-07-25 Questions propriety of treating mercs as contractors.
• Defense chief questions use of contractors for training -- Dale Eisman, Louis Hansen, Virginian Pilot, 2008-07-22 "Webb wrote that Navy briefers have told him that until an individual contract exceeds $78.5 million, it need not be reviewed by the secretary of the Navy."
• McCain Crosses the Border, Gets No Satisfaction -- John Ross, Counter Punch, 2008-07-21 McCain uses Blackwater Mercs in Mexico
• The Candidates' Positions on Private Security Contractors -- Matthew Schwarzfeld, Pro Publica, 2008-07-18
• Iraq Case Sheds Light On Secret Contractors -- Siobhan Gorman and August Cole, Wall Street Journal, 2008-07-17 MVM is another large private security contractor like Blackwater
• How One Mid-Size Paper Took On Blackwater -- Matthew Schwarzfeld, Pro Publica, 2008-07-14
• Power line sent SDG&E warnings before fire began -- JHarry Jones, Union Tribune, 2008-07-11
• Fires spawn lawsuits, possible charges against SDG&E -- Dave Downey, North County Times, 2008-07-10
• Cal Fire report blames SDG&E -- JHarry Jones Tony Manolatos, Union Tribune, 2008-07-10
• Mexican Torture Training Raises Questions About U.S. Military/Police Aid -- Laura Carlsen, Huffington Post, 2008-07-09
• Rice Fire Investigation Report -- ", Cal Fire, 2008-07-08 Cause determined to be downed power lines
• The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández Lesson Plan — Video Clip -- Kieran Fitzgerald, Pbs Org, 2008-07-08
• Witch Fire Investigation Report -- ", Cal Fire, 2008-07-08 Power line arcing is determined to be the cause of the fire.
• San Diego City Attorney's INTERIM REPORT NO. 32: CALIFORNIA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY MANDATE IN PERIL -- Mike Aguirre, San Diego City Attorney, 2008-07-08
• San Diego appeals court ruling allowing Blackwater to operate in Otay -- Ronald Powell, Union Tribune, 2008-07-03
• Blackwater Plan Roils Capitol Hill -- August Cole, Wall Street Journal, 2008-07-02
• US Private Contractor Leads Torture Training in Mexico -- Kristin Bricker, Narco Sphere, 2008-07-02 WARNING -- TORTURE VIDEO IS DISTURBING.
• U.S. Agrees to Lift Immunity for Contractors in Iraq -- Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times, 2008-07-02
• Open Canvass Presentation Video (40 min) -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-07-01
• Free for All! -- John Wellington Ennis, John Wellington Ennis, 2008-07-01 Detailed review of 2004 election irregularities in Ohio
• Quick Open Canvass Overview -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-07-01
• Grossmont Hospital board: Should have been notified of problems -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2008-06-30
• County rolls out first-of-its-kind election audit tool -- Thadeus Greenson, The Times Standard, 2008-06-29 Describes Humbolt County Election Transparency Project. Open Canvass
• Agents seize Blackwater firearms -- Jay Price, News Observer, 2008-06-26
• S.D. disobeying court order, Blackwater says -- Tanya Mannes, Union Tribune, 2008-06-25
• NRA Throws Support to Blackwater Over Otay Mesa Training Facility -- Amita Sharma, Kpbs News, 2008-06-24
• Results of the 1% Manual Tally for the 6/3/2008 Direct Primary Election -- Deborah Seiler, Registrar Of Voters, 2008-06-23 Manual Tally Issues; San Diego County Canvass Procedure
• Blackwater using cache of AK-47s -- Joseph Neff, News Observer, 2008-06-22
• C00012 - CPRA regarding VanDeweghe / Blackwater communication. -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-06-20
• REVISED SCOPING MEMO AND RULING OF THE ASSIGNED COMMISSIONER AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE -- Stephen Weissman Dana Grueneich, Public Utilities Commission, 2008-06-20 The ALJ rules that the Draft EIR must be recirculated for further comment due to new information on the La Rumorosa project.
• C00011 - Development Services Department of the City of San Diego Re: Appeal of BW Permit -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-06-20
• HOUSE-SENATE APPOINTMENTS NAMED TO COMMISSION ON WARTIME CONTRACTING -- Jim Webb, Senate, 2008-06-20
• Blackwater states its case -- Jay Price and Joseph Neff, News Observer, 2008-06-19
• Activists turn to Blackwater for Darfur security -- Harvey Morris, Financial Times, 2008-06-19
• Opposition to Blackwater's border base -- Rick Greenblatt, Socialist Worker, 2008-06-18
• Military trainer wins legal clearance -- Tanya Mannes, Union Tribune, 2008-06-18
• U.S. company: crash lawsuit governed by Islamic law -- Joseph Neff and Jay Price, ", 2008-06-18
• Injunction allows Blackwater to continue Otay operation -- Tanya Mannes, Union Tribune, 2008-06-17
• Transcript of June 17, 2008 Blackwater hearing. -- ", Marilyn Huff, 2008-06-17
• Blackwater's bright future -- Jeremy Scahill, Los Angeles Times, 2008-06-16 Opinion
• Blackwater gets cold shoulder in Idaho -- ", Associated Press, 2008-06-15 “They have callous disregard for human life,”
• Blackwater files legal papers over training site -- Tanya Mannes, Union Tribune, 2008-06-14
• Is Blackwater coming to North Idaho? -- ", Kxly Com, 2008-06-12
• Activists Protest Outside Blackwater Building -- Kristine Frazao, Nbc San Diego, 2008-06-11
• Protestors Want Blackwater Out of San Diego -- Andrew Phelps, Kpbs News, 2008-06-11
• Protesters picket Blackwater's Otay training center -- Tanya Mannes, Union Tribune, 2008-06-11 count is low, it was closer to 100
• Protesters Rally Against Blackwater Facility -- ", KUSI TV, 2008-06-11
• Jeremy Scahill Meets San Ysidro Community on Blackwater West -- Pedro Rios Jeremy Scahill, Citizens Oversight, 2008-06-11
• Blackwater In Otay Update -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-06-10
• Jeremy Scahill speaks in San Diego, June 10, 2008 -- Jeremy Scahill, Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-06-10
• Audit of Permits Issued for the Blackwater Facility (in Otay Mesa) -- Jay Goldstone, City Of San Diego, 2008-06-06 Internal audit skirts the key issues and was delayed two weeks until after the election. (Received Copy on 2008-06-06; Original dated 2006-06-05. Was due on 2008-05-23.)
• Training facility gets OK by judge -- Tanya Mannes, Union Tribune, 2008-06-05
• Blackwater vs. City of San Diego, Federal Court - Transcript -- Marilyn Huff, United States District Court, 2008-05-30
• Judge to decide on Blackwater permit Tuesday -- Ray Huard, Union Tribune, 2008-05-30
• San Diego says Blackwater missed target on paperwork -- Ray Huard, Union Tribune, 2008-05-29
• Will These Keep the Lights On? -- Joe Deegan, San Diego Reader, 2008-05-28
• Suit by Blackwater vs. City of San Diego -- ", Blackwater Worldwide, 2008-05-21
• Letter from Blackwater Attorney demanding Occupancy Permit -- Neil Dymott legal firm, Blackwater Worldwide, 2008-05-20
• Could infighting end Minuteman movement? -- Kerry Lester, Daily Herald (Chicago), 2008-05-19
• Citizens Groups Call for an Expanded Inquiry into Blackwater Permits -- Raymond Lutz, Carol Jahnkow, Susan Friedman, Citizens Oversight, 2008-05-19
• City of San Diego denies occupancy Permit to Blackwater for Otay Mesa facility. -- Kelly Broughton, Mike Aguirre, City Of San Diego, 2008-05-19 Includes opinion by Mike Aguirre
• Canyon supporters joining forces to stop fill-in work -- Leslie Berestein, Union Tribune, 2008-05-16 Backup border fence would be built on dirt
• City official says Blackwater permits cannot be appealed -- Tanya Mannes, Union Tribune, 2008-05-15
• A Private Military Training Center For Military - Police - Government Professionals In the Homeland /Romoland Zoning Area of Lakeview/Nuevo Riverside County, CA -- Ann Weston, Citizens Oversight, 2008-05-15
• KO Special Comment: Bush, The War, and His Golf Game Pt 1 -- Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, 2008-05-14a
• KO Special Comment: Bush, The War, and His Golf Game Pt 2 -- Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, 2008-05-14
• ECPAC Expansion Proposal by Pacific Realty Advisors -- ", Pacific Realty Advisors, 2008-05-13 15 related documents. See Also video of the presentation.
• Hundreds pack meetings on proposed Powerlink -- JHarry Jones, Union Tribune, 2008-05-13 Includes picture of Kristy Mundt
• ECPAC Expansion Proposal by Pacific Realty Advisors -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-05-13 Includes John Gibson?, Paul Russell?, John Martes, Hamann Company?
• Blackwater inquiry sought -- Tanya Mannes, Union Tribune, 2008-05-06
• Southern California Residents Gear Up for New Fight to Stop Secretive Expansion by Military Firm Blackwater -- Amy Goodman, Raymond Lutz, Bob Filner, Democracy Now, 2008-05-02 Ray Lutz featured on Democracy Now!
• Border Tunnel Problem Worsening As Fences Go Up -- Stew Magnuson, National Defense Magazine, 2008-05
• Want to Know How to Build a Virtual Fence? Ask Border Patrol -- Stew Magnuson, National Defense Magazine, 2008-05
• Shooting range owner cuts ties to Blackwater -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2008-04-29
• Blackwater permit faces challenge - Public not informed, San Diego officials say -- Tanya Mannes, Union Tribune, 2008-04-26
• Officials will challenge Blackwater over indoor facility -- Tanya Mannes, Union Tribune, 2008-04-25
• Southbay Leaders: Otay Blackwater Presence Will Complicate Border Relations -- Amy Isackson, Kpbs News, 2008-04-25
• Blackwater-Otay Press Conference (Filner) -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-04-25
• Filner Protests Blackwater Development in South County -- Bob Filner, Bob Filner, 2008-04-24 See Also Blackwater Otay
• Blackwater revives mission -- Security contractor plans training center -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2008-04-23
• Blackwater USA Resurrects Plans to Open Training Center in San Diego County -- Ana Tintocalis, Kpbs News, 2008-04-22
• Blackwater Finds New Home In South Bay -- ", NBCSan Diego, 2008-04-22
• Blackwater sets sights on indoor facility in Otay Mesa -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2008-04-22
• Solar Projects Hinge on Proposed Powerlink -- Jaimey Lee, San Diego Business Journal, 2008-04-17
• Could county follow lead of utility's solar project? -- Dean Calbreath, Union Tribune, 2008-04-13
• SANDAG board backs Sunrise Powerlink by 17-3 vote -- JHarry Jones, Union Tribune, 2008-04-11
• Fire danger of Powerlink debated - Experts testify about safety risks -- JHarry Jones, Union Tribune, 2008-04-09
• Power to Build Border Fence Is Above U.S. Law -- Adam Liptak, New York Times, 2008-04-08
• Iraq disapproves Blackwater contract renewal -- ", Alsumaria Iraqi Television, 2008-04-08
• DHS Exercises Waiver Authority to Expedite Advancements in Border Security -- ", Department of Homeland Security, 2008-04-01 Chertoff stretches powers
• State's role over Powerlink debated - Changing park plan could delay project -- JHarry Jones, Union Tribune, 2008-03-27
• Anti-war campaigners have to change electoral tactics -- Jeremy Scahill, Naomi Klein, The Guardian, 2008-03-26
• Blackwater abandons plans for California training camp -- Kevin Martinez, World Socialist Web Site, 2008-03-26
• Local Journalist Discusses Book on Blackwater -- Katie Delong, TMJ4, 2008-03-25 Interview with Jeremy Scahill
• Passport case raises outsourcing concern -- ", Associated Press, 2008-03-24
• The Private Sector’s Tramping in Iraq -- ", New York Times, 2008-03-24 Editorial
• Blackwater's PAC and Chris Shays -- Matt Stoller, Open Left.com, 2008-03-22
• G4S buys security firm rival ArmorGroup for £43m -- David Robertson, The Times, 2008-03-21
• Blackwater 'Blood Money' Angers Iraqis -- Aadel Faiq, Abc News, 2008-03-21
• Sempra Energy's Costa Azul LNG terminal on track to completion -- ", Energy Business Review, 2008-03-21
• Blackwater founder to address Grand Rapids Economic Club -- ", Associated Press, 2008-03-21
• Potrero party's goal is reconciliation -- ", Union Tribune, 2008-03-20
• Blackwater's World of Warcraft -- Bruce Falconer, Daniel Schulman, Mother Jones, 2008-03-20 Large amount of Blackwater history and background info
• Blackwater: US security firm in Iraq shooting claim looks for peace work -- David Robertson, The Times, 2008-03-19
• Blackwater men sent to trial -- ", Wexfordpeople.ie, 2008-03-19
• Blackwater Seeps Into the Campaign -- Jeremy Scahill, The Nation.com, 2008-03-18
• THE WAR IN IRAQ: FIVE YEARS -- ", San Francisco Chronicle, 2008-03-17
• Potrero CPG 2008-03-13 Blackwater Resolution Only -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-03-13 Final meeting denying the application from Blackwater.
• Community looking beyond Blackwater -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2008-03-13
• Potrero Community Planning Group 2008-03-13 Full Meeting -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-03-13 Blackwater Resolution is available as a separate video.
• Blackwater withdraws plans for camp in Potrero -- Miriam Raftery, Alpine Sun, 2008-03-13
• Mercenary Impulse -- Michael Walzer, New Republic, 2008-03-12
• Fear and failure haunted Sovereign Deed, say ex-employees -- Eartha Jane Melzer, Michigan Messenger, 2008-03-12
• Democrat calls for Blackwater probe, alleges tax fraud -- Karen Deyoung, Boston.com, 2008-03-11
• Democrat Requests Blackwater Inquiry -- Anne Flaherty, Associated Press, 2008-03-10
• Blackwater bid is withdrawn -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2008-03-08
• Security contractor Blackwater ends bid for Calif. training site -- Allison Hoffman, San Francisco Chronicle, 2008-03-07
• Blackwater pulls application for Potrero training center -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2008-03-07
• Letter from Blackwater, pulls project from Potrero -- Brian Bonfiglio, ", 2008-03-07
• News Release: Lutz for Assembly -- Raymond Lutz, ", 2008-03-06
• Joel Anderson Endorses Duncan D. Hunter -- Michele Clock, Union Tribune, 2008-03-05 Joel Anderson, Duncan DHunter?
• Proposed OLF site could be too close to Blackwater for comfort -- Jeff Hampton, Hampton Roads.com, 2008-03-03
• Clinton supports bill to ban use of State Department private security contractors -- Robert Brodsky, Government Executive.com, 2008-03-03
• Using Blackwater as a campaign issue -- Louis Hansen, Hampton Roads.com, 2008-03-02
• Nation Article Gets Positive Results on Blackwater, So Let’s Celebrate, Okay? -- Jane Hamsher, Alter Net, 2008-03-01 Contains Blackwater video
• Residents worry about Tier 1's plans -- Sarah Nagem, The Herald, 2008-0204
• Iraqi Shooting Witnesses Interviewed -- Sameer Yacoub, Associated Press, 2008-02-29
• Clinton, Obama Tussle Over Blackwater (Updated) -- ", Wired, 2008-02-29
• Sunrise Powerlink and TE-VS Transmission Proposals Evaluation by SANDAG Energy Working Group -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-02-28
• SANDAG Energy Working Group Discusses the Sunrise Powerlink -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-02-28
• Top McCain defender's firm prepped Blackwater for congressional probe -- Michael Roston, Raw Story, 2008-02-28
• Jeremy Scahill: Despite Antiwar Rhetoric, Clinton-Obama Plans Would Keep US Mercenaries, Troops in Iraq for Years to Come -- ", Democracy Now, 2008-02-28
• Obama's Mercenary Position -- Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, 2008-02-27
• Blackwater and Company -- Robert Oharrow, Washington Post.com, 2008-02-27
• Blackwater USA spent $290,000 lobbying -- ", Associated Press, 2008-02-26
• Bhutto Wanted Blackwater -- Sharon Weinberger, Wired, 2008-02-26
• Blackwater Inquiry Turns to Baghdad -- Matt Apuzzo, Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press, 2008-02-21
• Blackwater Corners the Market -- ", strategypage.com, 2008-02-21
• San Diego Smart Energy 2020 -- Bill Powers, San Diego Renewable Energy Society, 2008-02-20
• North Carolina Tries to Lure Military Contractors -- Megan Williams, NPR, 2008-02-20
• German Arms Firm Ends Blackwater Deal After TV Report -- ", Deutsche Welle, 2008-02-19
• Polk award is bittersweet for "Blackwater" author -- Kristina Lindgren, Los Angeles Times, 2008-02-19
• Yacht-tax loophole stays open -- Josh Richman, Contra Costa Times, 2008-02-19 Features Joel Anderson
• Doing It Yourself Democracy -- ", pacifica.org, 2008-02-14
• Will Contractors Lose Iraq Immunity? -- Massimo Calabresi, Time, 2008-02-13
• Raleigh couple look to sell energy -- Becca Denison, Daily Tar Heel, 2008-02-12 Blackwater Inc. spent almost $200,000 to build a turbine off the coast to help pay electricity bill
• Blackwater Training Taiwanese -- Wendell Minnick, Defense News, 2008-02-12
• Leaving 'good enough' alone -- Pat Sherman, San Diego City Beat, 2008-02-12
• Suit: Airport searches of laptops, other devices intrusive -- Jeanne Meserve, Cable News Network, 2008-02-11
• El Cajon, CA. City Wants Law To Help Them Annex Land for Home Depot -- ", Sprawl Busters, 2008-02-09 Joel Anderson
• The Waxman Method -- ", Wall Street Journal, 2008-02-09
• The Pirates of Privatization -- Charlie Cray, Huffington Post, 2008-02-08
• Should America Employ Mercenaries? You Bet! -- Chris Seck, The Stanford Review, 2008-02-08
• One Percent Manual Tally Procedure -- Registrar Of Voters, Registrar Of Voters, 2008-02-08 San Diego County Canvass Procedure
• Military contracts a mess -- ", Las Vegas Sun, 2008-02-08 Editorial
• Baghdad Blood Money; How Much for a Dead Son? -- Aadel Faiq,Brian Ross, Abc News, 2008-02-08
• FBI Deputizes Business -- Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive, 2008-02-07
• New tactic in battle over store proposal -- Liz Neely, Union Tribune, 2008-02-07 Features Joel Anderson, Dianne Jacob
• Dulzura Deception -- Ernie Grimm, San Diego Reader, 2008-02-06 [Details the border fence secret project.]
• Blackwater key to US-Iraq talks: ambassador -- ", Agence France Presse, 2008-02-05
• Vote Count - San Diego County - Feb 5, 2008 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-02-05 Very important video detailing the vote counting process in San Diego County; San Diego County Canvass Procedure
• Face Off: Thom vs Blackwater USA -- ", Go Left TV, 2008-02-04
• Regnery Signs Book Deal with Blackwater's Reclusive CEO -- ", Humanevents.com, 2008-02-04
• Military for Hire -- Karthik Reddy, Claremont Port Side, 2008-02-04
• Blackwater Protesters: Secret Trial, Criminal Conviction -- Jeremy Scahill, Palestine Chronicle, 2008-02-04
• Blackwater and Blood: Spilling it in Iraq, Donating it at Home -- Jeremy Scahill, Alter Net, 2008-02-02
• Is it right to use private contractors or mercenaries to fill roles in the US military? -- Chadwick De Las Casas, Timothy Borgman, Capitol News Connections, 2008-02-01
• Bill Moyers Journal: The Oversight and Government Reform Committee -- ", PBS.org, 2008-02-01 Includes Rep. Henry Waxman's views on Blackwater
• County warns landowner about illegal shooting range -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2008-01-31
• Border Fence NEPA (Marron Valley Road) -- Robin Brallsford, COPs, 2008-01-30
• Pioneering Blackwater Protesters Given Secret Trial and Criminal Conviction -- Jeremy Scahill, Alter Net, 2008-01-29
• Showdown in Blackwater's Backyard -- Bruce Falconer, Mother Jones, 2008-01-28
• Statement from One of the Blackwater Seven -- David Swanson, Steve Baggarly, afterdowningstreet.com, 2008-01-28
• Blackwater and Malpractice -- Robert Oharrow Jr., Washington Post, 2008-01-27 From Government Inc. Blog
• Canyon shooting range gains planners' OK; concerns remain -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2008-01-26
• Blackwater Watch looking for volunteers -- Christian Stalberg, COPs, 2008-01-24
• Judge releases Blackwater protesters after quiet debate of the issues -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, 2008-01-24
• Blackwater Protesters Challenge Conviction for North Carolina Demonstration -- ", Democracy Now, 2008-01-23 scroll towards bottom of page
• Blackwater Hampers Shooting Probe -- Lara Lakes Jordan, Matt Apuzzo, AOL, 2008-01-14
• Obama Investigates Blackwater Using Tear Gas on U.S. Troops -- ", thinkonthesethings.com, 2008-01-12
• War over indoctrination moves to initiative arena: Pro-family groups seeking to overturn 'gay' mandates -- ", World Net Daily, 2008-01-11 Features Joel Anderson
• Potrero Community Planning Group - Jan 10, 2008 - Reconsideration of Blackwater West -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2008-01-10 Reconsideration stopped by objection to procedure.
• 2005 Use of Gas by Blackwater Leaves Questions -- James Risen, New York Times, 2008-01-10
• Surcharge sparks firestorm -- Michael Gardner, Union Tribune, 2008-01-10 Features Joel Anderson
• Proposal for Blackwater style Paramilitary Training Center in Homeland (California) advances -- Julissa Mckinnon, infoshop.org, 2008-01-09, updated 2008-03-12
• Public Use Permit No. 885 - to construct a privately owned police, military, and governmental agency tactical training center -- Riverside County, Riverside County, 2008-01-09
• Behind closed doors -- Parick Oneill, Indyweek.com, 2008-01-09
• Agenda Item 5.1, January 9, 2008, Riverside County Planning Commission -- Riverside County, Riverside County, 2008-01-09 Powerpoint Slides of the Procinctu Group project ("The Ranch") -- includes vicinity map, general plan, current zoning, land use, site plan, site photos, issues of concern, recommendation, neighbor vicinity map, landscape plan, fee exhibit
• Proposal for security-training center in Homeland advances -- Julissa Mckinnon, Press Enterprise, 2008-01-09
• Destruction of a Community -- Steve Kowit, Voice Of San Diego.com, 2008-01-08 Letter to the Editor
• Debate Planning, Not War -- Brian Bonfiglio, Voice Of San Diego.com, 2008-01-08
• Padre Dam Municipal Water District Elects Officers for 2008 -- Melissa Mc Chesney, Padre Dam Municipal Water District, 2008-01-08
• Blackwater Worldwide relationship map -- ", Muckety.com, 2008-01-04 Interactive map requires Java, takes about a minute to load
• Analysts criticize Sunrise project - Other options proposed for SDG&E's power line -- Dean Calbreath, UCAN, 2008-01-04 SDG&E Sunrise Project: Analyst's E.I.R. report a "Death Knell"
• Hero of Cedar Fire Running for Supervisor -- Ea Barrera, Ramona Home Journal, 2008-01 Features Rudy Reyes
• Recount -- ", Hbo Films, 2008 [ Screened 2008-08-24 at Rancho San Diego Library. Bonnie Rawson has DVD. ]
• For Blackwater, a year in uncomfortable spotlight -- Bill Sizemore, Hampton Roads.com, 2007-12-29 Web page no longer exists
• The American Denial of Global Warming -- Naomi Oreskes, Ph.D., Ucsd Tv, 2007-12-20 Important encapsulation of Global Warming issue and the plan to undermine it.
• EXCLUSIVE…Blackwater Sued Again For Sept. 9th Attack, Five Iraqis Dead, Ten Wounded -- ", Democracy Now, 2007-12-19 Audio available
• New York Times in Iraq: "Blackwater shot our dog" -- ", Reuters, 2007-12-18
• Flashpoints -- ", KPFA, 2007-12-18 Bob Filner discusses Blackwater and Potrero
• Iraq Victims, Witness Recount Blackwater Shooting -- Dina Temple Raston, National Public Radio, 2007-12-17
• New Potrero planning group sworn in -- ", Union Tribune, 2007-12-14
• Timeline: Blackwater and Security Regulations -- Corey Flintoff, National Public Radio, 2007-12-14 Nice summary of all the security violations
• Loud and clear -- ", Union Tribune, 2007-12-13 Editorial
• Potrero Planning Group Meeting, Dec 13, 2007 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-12-13 Newly elected planning group members take office.
• Blackwater Mercenaries on the USA-Mexico Border -- Nancy Conroy, RINF.com, 2007-12-13
• Vote unlikely to shut out Blackwater -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2007-12-13
• Calif. Town Nixes Blackwater Plan -- ", CBSnews.com, 2007-12-12
• Board OKing Blackwater plan recalled -- Allison Hoffman, Boston.com, 2007-12-12
• 5 planning group members out over Blackwater -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2007-12-12 See sidebar with election results
• News Release: StopBlackwater! Says Potrero Recall Election -- Raymond Lutz, COPs, 2007-12-12
• Democracy Won; Blackwater Zero -- Rick Jacobs, Huffington Post, 2007-12-12
• Flashpoints -- ", KPFA, 2007-12-12 Portion of audio file contains news on Potrero recall election.
• Ballots are due today in Potrero recall election -- ", Union Tribune, 2007-12-11
• California Town Divided Over Blackwater Plan -- Allison Hoffman, Associated Press, 2007-12-11 No longer on web
• Votes Cast in Blackwater Recall Election -- ", NBCSan Diego, 2007-12-11
• Recall Election Numbers -- Raymond Lutz, COPs, 2007-12-11
• Potrero Recall Election -- Photos -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-12-11
• Votes Cast in Blackwater Recall Election -- ", NBCSan Diego, 2007-12-11
• Blackwater embarrassed: rural Republican town sweeps out base supporters -- Courage Campaign, Yuba Net.com, 2007-12-11
• Potrero Planning Group Recall Vote Count -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-12-11 [This is the entire initial vote count performed on December 11, 2007.]
• Victim: Gang-Rape Cover-Up by U.S., Halliburton/KBR -- Brian Ross, Maddy Sauer, Justin Rood, ABCNews, 2007-12-10
• Recall Votes Target Blackwater's Plans In Potrero -- ", NBCSan Diego, 2007-12-10
• Iraq contractors say they'll keep working without immunity -- Christian Berthelsen, Los Angeles Times, 2007-12-09
• Blackwater's new California battleground -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, 2007-12-08
• What is Blackwater’s Role in the 2008 Presidential Race? -- ", Democracy Now, 2007-12-07
• The Election -- Raymond Lutz, COPs, 2007-12-07
• Recall may keep Blackwater out of our community -- Barbara Chamberlain, Union Tribune, 2007-12-07
• Special Interest License Plates for off-roaders -- ", Dirt Bike Magazine, 2007-12-06 Features Joel Anderson
• Blackwater's Bu$ine$$ -- Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, 2007-12-06
• Olbermann: Bush has no business being President -- Keith Olbermann, Ms Nbc, 2007-12-06
• Accord Tightens Control of Security Contractors in Iraq -- Eric Schmitt, Paul Von Zielbauer, New York Times, 2007-12-05
• Blackwater 7 Protesters on Trial -- ", 13 News, 2007-12-05
• Blackwater witness returns to grand jury in shooting inquiry -- ", Associated Press, 2007-12-04
• Letter To Potrero Residents -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-12-04
• Covert Canyon Application -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-12-03
• Exploitation in Iraq: A Special Report -- Matthew Laplant, Salt Lake Tribune, 2007-12-01
• Blackwater West -- ", Blackwater Worldwide, 2007-12-01 Newspaper produced by Blackwater and distributed to the residents prior to the recall election.
• The 2006 Election Administration and Voting Survey -- Summary of key findings -- ", Election Assistance Commission, 2007-12
• US security firm runs into new trouble - and this time it's closer to home -- Dan Glaister, Guardian, 2007-11-30
• Blackwater Grand Jury Resumes -- Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press, 2007-11-29
• Iraqis Say U.S. Guards Used Drugs, Defied Orders -- Dina Temple Raston and Melissa Block, NPR, 2007-11-28
• Blackwater guards pumped on steroids, lawsuit alleges -- ", CNN, 2007-11-27
• Blackwater Faces New Death and Injury Claims and Drug Allegations, According to Legal Team for Iraqi Families -- ", PRNewswire, 2007-11-27
• Blackwater Probe Stifled by Conflicts -- Richard Lardner, Associated Press, 2007-11-26
• Rise and Fall of Blackwater in Potrero -- Andy Trimlett, Alternate Focus, 2007-11-25
• Blackwater aims high with unmanned aircraft -- Jon Glass, Virginian Pilot, 2007-11-23
• Blackwater Looks To Open Southern California Training Center -- Ken Bastida, CBSNews, 2007-11-22
• Potrero planning group recall -- Miriam Raftery, Alpine Sun, 2007-11-22
• Potrero: Still Burning -- Don Bauder, San Diego Reader, 2007-11-21
• U.S. Prosecutors Subpoena Blackwater Employees -- David Johnston, John Broder, New York Times, 2007-11-20
• Iraqi Government to Deal Firmly With Security Firms that Break the Law -- ", VOANews, 2007-11-20
• Blackwater guards must pay for civilian deaths -- ", Tuscaloosa News, 2007-11-19
• Foreign contractors held after new Iraq shooting -- ", AFP, 2007-11-19
• The empire's operatives exposed: The Krongards, 9/11, and Blackwater/Iraq -- Larry Chin, Online Journal, 2007-11-17 Analysis
• State IG's Brother Quits Blackwater -- Richard Lardner, Associated Press, 2007-11-17
• State Dept official asks to cancel Blackwater hearing -- Arshad Mohammed, Reuters, 2007-11-17
• Brothers, Bad Blood and the Blackwater Tangle -- Scott Shane, New York Times, 2007-11-17
• Brother of State Department inspector general quits Blackwater advisory board -- ", Associated Press, 2007-11-16
• Alvin Krongard Resigns -- August Cole, Wall Street Journal, 2007-11-16
• The Brothers Krongard: Buzzy 'Blown Over,' Calls Cookie Out -- Bruce Falconer, Mother Jones, 2007-11-16 Posted on Mother Jones Blog
• Blackwater Investigator Called Back to Capitol Hill -- Matt Jaffe, ABCNews, 2007-11-16
• Blackwater's loopholes -- Jeremy Scahill, Los Angeles Times, 2007-11-15
• Blackwater's Brothers -- Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, 2007-11-15
• Lasers, Helmet Cams Ordered for U.S. Convoy Guards -- Brian Ross, ABCNews, 2007-11-15
• Blackwater's California Wildfire Relief Efforts Backfire With Local Residents -- Michael Rosten, Huffington Post, 2007-11-15
• Inspector general removes himself from Blackwater investigations -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, 2007-11-15
• Blackwater: bulging biceps fueled by ideological purity -- Floyd Mc Kay, Seattle Times, 2007-11-14
• Loose Change Final Cut -- Dylan Avery, Louder Than Words, 2007-11-14
• Blackwater and the Brothers Krongard: How Cookie Crumbled -- Bruce Falconer, Mother Jones, 2007-11-14
• Exclusive: Blackwater Turret Gunner 'Paul': Why I Opened Fire in Baghdad -- Brian Ross, ABCNews, 2007-11-14 Article contains link to gunner's full statement (pdf file)
• Welcome Aboard Blackwater Airlines -- Rick Anderson, Seattle Weekly, 2007-11-14
• F.B.I. Says Guards Killed 14 Iraqis Without Cause -- David Johnston, John Broder, New York Times, 2007-11-14
• Blackwater: FBI hasn't interviewed key figures in killings -- ", CNN, 2007-11-14
• FBI Concludes Blackwater Killings Unjustified -- Karen De Young, Washington Post, 2007-11-14
• Blackwater Divides California Community -- Rob Reynolds, Aljezeera, 2007-11-14 Uploaded to You Tube on 09/17/2007
• Blackwater Unveils Its Airship -- ", PRNewswire, 2007-11-13
• Blackwater, Garrity, and Immunity: What Does It All Mean? -- Byron LWarnken, Jurist, 2007-11-13
• Blackwater: A ‘small’ firm by government rules -- Elise Castelli, Federal Times, 2007-11-13
• Next Test for Blackwater -- August Cole, Wall Street Journal, 2007-11-13 Article contains chart showing various companies vying for Pentagon contracts
• Judgment Day -- Intelligent Design on Trial -- ", Pbs Nova, 2007-11-13 Have DVD.
• Beyond Blackwater -- Sarah EMendolson, San Franciso Chronicle, 2007-11-12
• USA-Mexico Anti-Drug Plan Includes ‘Private Contractors’ -- Nancy Conroy, Mexi Data, 2007-11-12
• CBS: Blackwater notified 'all immunities shall be cancelled' -- David Edwards, Raw Story, 2007-11-10 Story includes video from CBS's Evening News, broadcast on November 9, 2007.
• Hardly any fire victims sleeping at tent city -- Liz Neely, Union Tribune, 2007-11-10
• Dyncorp Boss Disses Blackwater -- Joseph Neff, News And Observer, 2007-11-09 News And Observer? is a North Carolina newspaper
• Bill would boot security contractors from Mideast -- Leo Shane III, Stars And Stripes, 2007-11-09
• Full Spectrum Mercenaries -- John Ross, Counterpunch Dot Org, 2007-11-09
• Democrats' New Bill Gives Blackwater, Contractors Six Months Notice In Iraq -- Michael Rosten, Huffington Post, 2007-11-09
• As Blackwater Is Implicated in Another Deadly Shooting in Iraq, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) Urges Passage of the Stop Outsourcing Security (SOS) Act -- ", Democracy Now, 2007-11-08
• All Cowboys Out Now -- Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, 2007-11-08
• Potrero Community Planning Group 2007-11-08 Full -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-11-08
• Potrero CPG 2007-11-08 Blackwater Resolution Only -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-11-08
• Blackwater faces lawsuits from grieving guard families -- Karen Chenoweth, Monsters And Critics Dot Com, 2007-11-08
• White House Trying To Limit Reach Of Criminal Law On Blackwater, Contractors -- Michael Rosten, Huffington Post, 2007-11-08
• How Blackwater Sniper Fire Felled 3 Iraqi Guards -- Steve Fainaru, Washington Post, 2007-11-08
• Fri. Nov. 16: A Discussion Between Dahr Jamail and Jeremy Scahill -- ", ", 2007-11-07
• John Dean presents 'Broken Government' -- John Dean, Citizens Oversight, 2007-11-07
• Blackwater's Florida Court Woes -- Adam Zagorin, Time, 2007-11-07
• A bill to ban Blackwater ... and save democracy? -- Jim Tankersley, Baltimore Sun, 2007-11-07
• Filner backs plan to end Blackwater contracting -- Paul MKrawzak, Union Tribune, 2007-11-07
• Swiss Investigate Ex-Blackwater Employee -- Anna Imfeld, Associated Press, 2007-11-06
• Mercenary Immunity -- ", Daytona Beach News Journal, 2007-11-06
• Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater: They're Christian Supremacists With a Conversion Agenda [VIDEO] -- ", Alter Net, 2007-11-06
• The Boss Contractors Need -- ", Dallas Morning News, 2007-11-06 Editorial
• Tent city shelter ready to assist the displaced -- Janine Zuniga, Union Tribune, 2007-11-06
• Private security firms lack supervision in wars: UN -- Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters, 2007-11-06
• SBA caught in cross-fire over Blackwater's guards -- Kent Hoover, Washington Business Journal, 2007-11-05
• Blackwater's Loss May Be Other Mercs' Gain -- Tom Griffin, Antiwar Dot Com, 2007-11-05
• Blackwater Poem Reading -- So Cal 2 Ky, You Tube, 2007-11-04 Nisour Square Massacre
• A 'Paper Coup,' and Blackwater Eyes Midtown Manhattan -- Naomi Wolf, Huffington Post, 2007-11-04 Info on Blackwater near end of article.
• Blackwater controversy in Potrero and in Iraq -- Doug Cooper, Fran Howard, Louise Buck, Norman Hansen, Union Tribune, 2007-11-04 Letters to the Editor
• Blackwater Mounts a Defense With Top Talent -- John MBroder, James Risen, New York Times, 2007-11-03
• Blackwater-Logo 'Tent City' -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-11-03 Includes: Cafe Owner Leon Herzog calls Sheriff on Lutz
• Blackwater's Owner Has Spies for Hire: Ex-U.S. Operatives Dot Firm's Roster -- Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 2007-11-03
• Shasta High grad critical of Blackwater -- Ryan Sabalow, Record Searchlight, 2007-11-02
• U.S. Sen. Kerry seeks info on Blackwater affiliate for helicopter supply services. -- ", Reuters, 2007-11-02
• World's Most Notorious Merc to Oversee Blackwater? -- Noah Shachtman, Wired Blog Network, 2007-11-01
• Coils of the Serpent -- Raymond Lutz, Infinity Publishing, 2007-11-01 Novel is based on factual and historic link between DNA and ancient scriptural texts.
• Rapture Rescue 911: Disaster Response for the Chosen -- Naomi Kline, The Nation, 2007-11-01 In the November 19 issue
• Heat Builds On Blackwater: Congresswoman Moves To Ban Private Security Contractors -- Michael Rosten, Huffington Post, 2007-11-01
• Is Blackwater ‘Fire Relief’ Part of Larger PR Campaign to Win Hearts and Minds and Timed to Influence Local Voters? -- Raymond Lutz, Carol Jahnkow, Citizens Oversight, 2007-11-01
• Tent city for fire victims is going up near border -- Mark Sauer, Janine Zuniga, Union Tribune, 2007-11-01
• Did Blackwater sneak silencers into Iraq? Security firm under investigation for allegedly sidestepping export controls -- Aram Rosten, MSNBC, 2007-11-01 Photo: Blackwater employee with a silenced weapon.
• Obama Demands Answers on Blackwater Immunity Deal -- Barack Obama, ", 2007-10-31
• Iraqi witnesses discuss Blackwater shooting -- Christian Berthelsen, Raheem Salman, Los Angeles Times, 2007-10-31
• Blackwater Guards Promised Immunity: Investigation Takes New Twist -- ", Associated Press, 2007-10-30
• 'Working as a team': Blackwater fury shelved as Potrero reacts to Harris fire -- Pat Sherman, San Diego City Beat, 2007-10-30
• Countywide Fire Update 195: Potrero Recall Election to Proceed as Planned -- ", Emergency Operations Center, San Diego County, 2007-10-30 Downloadable PDF
• Blackwater's bad neighbor policy -- Terry, Terry Face Place, 2007-10-30
• IRAQ: When Blackwater Kills, No Questions Asked -- Ali al-Fadhily, IPS, 2007-10-30
• State to Blackwater: Nothing You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You in a Court of Law -- Jeremy Scahill, Huffington Post, 2007-10-30
• Potrero pulls together -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2007-10-30
• Blackwater Meeting Reveals New Projects -- Stacy Davis, Hampton Roads News Channel, 2007-10-28 Confirms extended firing range hours abandoned; hoping to win contract for Grizzly.
• Money as Debt -- Paul Grignon, You Tube, 2007-10-28 Monetary Policy?
• At Blackwater, time is now told in 'before' and 'after' -- Joanne Kimberlin, Virginian Pilot, 2007-10-28
• Suicide Is Not Painless -- Frank Rich, New York Times, 2007-10-27
• Visit to Blackwater West Site after the Harris Ranch Fire -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-10-27
• Blackwater delivers supplies to wildfire victims in California -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, 2007-10-26
• Blackwater world begins to fray, workers say -- Paul Von Zielbauer, James Glanz, New York Times, 2007-10-26
• Blackwater = Fire-Fighter? -- Noah Shachtman, Wired Blog Network, 2007-10-26
• Bonfiglio: Fires won't deter Blackwater from moving ahead with its plans -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, 2007-10-26
• Blackwater to California: Hire us to Put Out Your Fires -- Rick Jacobs, Huffington Post, 2007-10-25
• A Town Beseiged: Potrero Residents Battling Blackwater Now Suffer Ravages of Wildfire -- Miriam Raftery, Caltics, 2007-10-25
• A Town Beseiged: Potrero Residents Battling Blackwater Now Suffer Ravages of Wildfire -- Miriam Raftery, Calitics Dot Com, 2007-10-25
• Residents await word on fates of loved ones -- Miriam Raftery, Alpine Sun, 2007-10-25 Link is not permanent.
• Military may get control of contractors -- ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press, 2007-10-25
• Border crossers brave flames, get burned: 6 are hospitalized; more than 200 arrested -- Leslie Berestein, Union Tribune, 2007-10-24
• Blackwater's Base and the California Wildfires -- Rick Jacobs, California Majority Report, 2007-10-24
• Nisour -- footage of the event? -- ", You Tube, 2007-10-24 Nisour Square Massacre
• 200 Buildings Burned in Fire just South of Potrero, Across fromTecate -- ALLISON HOFFMAN and GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press, 2007-10-24
• Fire Chief Blasts State Slow Response U.S.-Mexico Border 'Harris Ranch' Fire -- Michael Blood, Associated Press, 2007-10-23
• Blackwater's run for the border -- Eilene Zimmerman, Salon Dot Com, 2007-10-23
• A death in Potrero -- Tony Manolatos, Union Tribune, 2007-10-23
• Blackwater likely to train Mexican drug warriors - Press release from Mexico -- Antonio Garza, Mexican Ambassador to the United States, 2007-10-22
• Video of Civil Disobedience at Blackwater Gate in North Carolina -- Rebecca Cerese, Blackwater Watch, 2007-10-22
• The Man Behind Blackwater -- Evan Thomas and Mark Hosenball, News Week, 2007-10-22
• Harris Fire -- Day 2 -- Donna Lee, ", 2007-10-22
• Waxman: Blackwater may have engaged in tax evasion -- Klaus Marre, The Hill, 2007-10-22
• Fire prompts evacuations, road closures near Potrero -- Mark Arner, Union Tribune, 2007-10-21 See Also Blackwater Potrero
• Peace activists invade Blackwater -- ", Blackwater Watch, 2007-10-21 Nisour Square Massacre
• Seven protesters arrested at Blackwater's headquarters -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, 2007-10-21
• Blackwater Protestors Jailed -- ", Hampton Roads News Channel, 2007-10-21
• Blackwater Wanted Iraqi Military Planes -- Richard Lardner, Associated Press, 2007-10-19
• JeremyScahill on Blackwater -- Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal, 2007-10-19
• $1.4 billion U.S.-Mexico anti-drug program to entail use of private contractors -- Alfredo Corchado, Dallas Morning News, 2007-10-19 Implies that Blackwater could be used for training of Mexican drug warriors.
• Blackwater asks county to allow extended firing range hours -- Jeff Hampton, Virginian Pilot, 2007-10-19 [Wants to shoot until midnight.]
• El Cajon mixing religion into government -- Karen Marie Otter, Union Tribune, 2007-10-18
• Blackwater in hot water as citizens rally in Potrero -- Miriam Raftery, Leon Thompson, Alpine Sun, 2007-10-18
• Dad: Blackwater blew up son's and wife's 'skulls' -- Jomana Karadsheh, Cable News Network, 2007-10-16
• Blackwater Training US Police -- Wayne Madsen, Wayne Madsen Report.com, 2007-10-15
• Blackwater Chief Welcomes Extra Oversight -- Lara Logan, Sixty Minutes, 2007-10-14
• Blackwater still pursuing Potrero site -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2007-10-14
• Could contractors be deemed unlawful combatants? -- Julian Barnes, Los Angeles Times, 2007-10-14
• Merc firm, charged with atrocities in Iraq, could bring them to a street corner near you -- Wayne Madsen, Wayne Madsen Report, 2007-10-14
• New Evidence That Blackwater Guards Took No Fire -- James Glanz, New York Times, 2007-10-13
• Blackwater admits border security is a goal -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-10-12 After months of assurances that Blackwater would only train law enforcement and military at the Potrero site, Brian Bonfiglio admits they are interested in border security contracts.
• Atban, Abbass, Ibraheem, Deewan vs. Blackwater re:NisourSquareMassacre -- ", United States District Court, 2007-10-11 Federal Law Suit
• Blackwater West Discussion at the Potrero Community Planning Group 11 Oct 2007 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-10-11
• EXCLUSIVE - Family Members of Slain Iraqis Sue Blackwater USA for Deadly Baghdad Shooting -- Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, 2007-10-11
• Potrero Community Planning Group 11 Oct 2007 Full -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-10-11
• Tip O'Neill from the Grave: Blackwater is Local -- Rick Jacobs, Huffington Post, 2007-10-10
• Good neighbor? -- Pat Sherman, San Diego City Beat, 2007-10-09
• PCPG Agenda for October 2007 -- PCPG, PCPG, 2007-10-08
• The Scandal of Blackwater -- Jeremy Scahill, Guardian, 2007-10-06
• Stop Blackwater Rally -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-10-06
• Contractor has steady support at its N.C. base -- Paul MKrawzak, Union Tribune, 2007-10-06
• Clinton Strategist Represents Blackwater -- Patrick Healy, New York Times, 2007-10-05
• Hired guns -- George Friedman, Union Tribune, 2007-10-04
• Blackwater gets a united defense -- Peter Spiegel, Los Angeles Times, 2007-10-03
• From Errand to Fatal Shot to Hail of Fire to 17 Deaths -- James Glanz, Alissa JRubin, New York Times, 2007-10-03
• Examining the Future of Public Broadcasting -- Tom Fudge Dean Nelson Michael Marcotte Brooke Gladstone Michael Aguirre, These Days, 2007-10-03
• John Edwards takes position on Blackwater -- Keith Olbermann, John Edwards, Ms Nbc, 2007-10-03
• Blackwater USA Faces Congress and Wrath of Tiny CA Town -- Raymond Lutz, Carol Jahnkow, Citizens Oversight, 2007-10-02
• Robert Greenwald vs. Frank Gaffney regarding Blackwater -- Chris Matthews, Robert Greenwald, Frank Gaffney, Hard Ball, 2007-10-02
• SCHAKOWSKY UNVEILS BILL TO PHASE OUT PRIVATE MILITARY CONTRACTORS -- Jan Schakowsky, Dear Colleague, 2007-10-02
• Blackwater CEO's opening statement -- ", Cable News Network, 2007-10-02
• Blackwater drops Cumberland land deal -- Henry Cuningham, Fayetteville Observer, 2007-10-02
• The Bush administration's ties to Blackwater -- Ben Van Heuvelen, Salon Com, 2007-10-02
• Blackwater drops Cumberland land deal -- Henry Cuningham, Fayetteville Observer, 2007-10-02
• Republicans Ask Waxman To Postpone Blackwater Hearing -- Patrick OConnor, CBSNews, 2007-10-01
• Blackwater Plans a Fierce Defense -- Adam Zagorin, Time Magazine, 2007-10-01
• Election machines are no friend of democracy -- Paul Lehto, Salinas Californian, 2007-10-01
• Report Depicts Recklessness at Blackwater -- David Stout, John MBroder, New York Times, 2007-10-01
• San Diego Smart Energy 2020 -- Bill Powers, ETech International, 2007-10
• Death From All Sides: An extensive evidence file assembled by the Iraqi National Police after the controversial Blackwater shooting suggests that the private contractors opened fire unprovoked from the ground and the sky. -- Kevin Peraino, Newsweek Magazine, 2007-09-30 Includes video of aftermath of the event in Baghdad on Sept. 16.
• Making sense of the Iraq war and Blackwater -- Joanne Kimberlin, Virginian Pilot, 2007-09-30
• Will Blackwater Be Kicked Out of Iraq After Recent Bloodbath? -- Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, 2007-09-28 Excellent article!
• Con. John Hall: Lid on private contractors in Iraq -- ", ", 2007-09-27
• Councilman takes 'moment' for Christianity at meetings -- Liz Neely, Union Tribune, 2007-09-27
• As Blackwater Comes Under Fire in Iraq, Locals Turn Up Heat to Stop Blackwater West -- Raymond Lutz, Carol Jahnkow, Citizens Oversight, 2007-09-27
• C00008 - El Cajon City Council - Private meeting during meeting; Religious comments by McClellan -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-09-27
• Bob Filner added to the Blackwater protest event, Oct. 6-7 -- Raymond Lutz, Carol Jahnkow, Citizens Oversight, 2007-09-27
• The war in Iraq and the war in Potrero (EDITORIAL + Letters) -- Union Tribune, Steve Kowit, Fran Howard, Union Tribune, 2007-09-27
• Rice stalled probe of Blackwater -- Sue Pleming, Reuters Ltd, 2007-09-26
• Joel Anderson's Iran victory lap: Gov doesn't buy his main rationale -- Chris Reed, Union Tribune, 2007-09-25 Joel Anderson
• Pensions to drop firms with Iran ties -- Bill Ainsworth, Union Tribune, 2007-09-25 Joel Anderson
• Biofuels: The Science of Creating Greener Energy -- ", Ucsd Tv Molecules For The Media, 2007-09-24
• Feds Target Blackwater in Weapons Probe -- Matthew Lee, Associated Press, 2007-09-22
• Former El Cajon councilman arrested on grand theft charges -- ", Union Tribune, 2007-09-21
• The truth behind Blackwater -- Keith Olbermann, Jeremy Scahill, Ms Nbc, 2007-09-21
• Jeremy Scahill, Author, 'Blackwater' comments on recent events in Iraq regarding Blackwater -- Jeremy Scahill, CSpan, 2007-09-20
• Can Iraq (or Anyone) Hold Blackwater Accountable for Killing Iraqi Civilians? A Debate on the Role of Private Contractors in Iraq -- Amy Goodman Jeremy Scahill Doug Brooks, Democracy Now, 2007-09-18
• Security Firm With Sites On East County, Ordered Out Of Iraq -- Raymond Lutz, NBCSan Diego, 2007-09-18
• 13 lawmakers subpoenaed in bribery trial -- ", Associated Press, 2007-09-18 Hunter and Issa among those subpoenaed
• Iraq to Review Contract Security After Shootout -- ", National Public Radio, 2007-09-18
• Iraq to review security firms after deadly shootout -- ", AFP, 2007-09-18 Confirms 10 dead in incident.
• Blackwater Banned -- ", The Nation, 2007-09-18
• Will Iraq Kick Out Blackwater? -- Adam Zagorin and Brian Bennett, Time Magazine, 2007-09-17
• Iraqi Government Revokes License of Blackwater USA -- Amita Sharma Raymond Lutz, KPBS, 2007-09-17
• Iraq Pulls Blackwater's License After Shooting -- Steve Fainaru, National Public Radio, 2007-09-17 Confirms BW does not have any license to operate
• Blackwater Critics Jump on Iraq Shootout -- Mike Baker, Associated Press, 2007-09-17
• Blackwater security firm banned from Iraq -- See attributions, CNN, 2007-09-17
• Blackwater License Being Pulled in Iraq -- Associated Press, New York Times, 2007-09-17
• Blackwater's Iraq Security Contract Threatened -- Jamie Tarabay, National Public Radio, 2007-09-17
• What Was Blackwater's Role in Iraq? -- Melissa Block, Mark Hemingway, National Public Radio, 2007-09-17
• Iraq Pulls Blackwater's License for Security Work -- Melissa Block, National Public Radio, 2007-09-17
• Blackwater Denies Any Wrongdoing in Shooting Incident -- Ken Fireman, Robin Stringer, Bloomberg, 2007-09-17
• Iraq orders halt to US firm's operations after shootout -- AFP, Raw Story, 2007-09-17
• Potrero Planning Group Meeting, 13 Sep 2007 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-09-13
• Aguirre to review KPBS documents -- David Hasemyer, Union Tribune, 2007-09-12 Corporate Controlled News? project (should be)
• Contractors take on expanded role in drug war -- Katherine Mc Intire Peters, Government Executive, 2007-09-12 Confirms that Blackwater has contract in counter-narcoterrorism business ($15B)
• Former Navy SEAL enters race for Hunter's seat -- Edward Sifuentes, North County Times, 2007-09-11
• Political attitudes may be all in head: Being conservative, liberal or in-between is wired in the brain, new study suggests -- Judy Peres, Chicago Tribune, 2007-09-10
• Democrats Field Navy Vet to Run for Hunter’s San Diego Seat -- Rachel Kapochunas, Cq Today, 2007-09-10 Membership site requires login to read.
• U. of I. administrator out: Police institute director also worked for paramilitary outfit -- Jodi Cohen and EATorriero, Chicago Tribune, 2007-09-07
• Time for private backup on border? DynCorp wants to hire temporary agents, but officials say no thanks -- David Mc Lemore, Dallas Morning News, 2007-09-06
• Hefty Iraq bills have business of war booming for contractors -- Brian Geier, Pal Item, 2007-09-06
• Blackwater Opponents Accuse Lobbying Firm of Conflict of Interest -- Amita Sharma, KPBS, 2007-09-05
• JOINT LETTER on The Modified Route D Alternative to Sunrise Powerlink -- Dan Lawrence, Beryl Buchanan, Randy Lenac, Gene Vick, ", 2007-09-04 Joel Anderson
• Voluntary Voting System Guidelines -- ", Election Assistance Commission, 2007-08-31
• Blackwater 'trade secrets' lawsuit settled out of court -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, 2007-08-30
• Blackwater USA: Armed & Dangerous -- Shaun Mullen, The Moderate Voice, 2007-08-30 Blog entry
• The private soldiers who die for America: Tibor Fischer reviews Blackwater: the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill -- Tibor Fischer, Telegraph UK, 2007-08-30
• US: Ominous Signs of Blackwater Military Takeover -- Jim Fetzer, Indy Media, 2007-08-30
• Army to examine Iraq contracts -- Richard Lardner, Associate Press, 2007-08-29
• Blackwater Buys Brazilian Bombers -- ", strategypage.com, 2007-08-27
• Others not so neighborly to Blackwater as North Carolina -- Joanne Kimberlin, Virginian Pilot, 2007-08-26 Mentions ECDC
• University Severs Police Institute, Blackwater Deal -- Associated Press, WRAL, 2007-08-22
• Blackwater USA: Let's debate based on facts -- Andrew Howell, Blackwater Worldwide general counsel, Union Tribune, 2007-08-17
• Blackwater in a Grey World -- Jeremy Scahill, The Indypendent, 2007-08-15 Links Blackwater to Greystone once and for all.
• The Mercenary Revolution: Flush with Profits from the Iraq War, Military Contractors See a World of Business Opportunities. -- Jeremy Scahill, The Indypendent, 2007-08-15
• A Convenient Emergency: The ECPAC Sky Is Falling -- Raymond Lutz, Cops Blog, 2007-08-15
• Cheney in 1994 on Iraq: 'would be a quagmire' -- Dick Cheney, You Tube, 2007-08-15 For once, he was right, but he wanted Halliburton to be making money on the quagmire, and then it's okay!
• Judge halts Blackwater arbitration -- Jay Price, News Observer, 2007-08-15
• Decaying arts center closed as city weighs repair costs -- Liz Neely, Union Tribune, 2007-08-14
• Paramilitary Training Camps Forum -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-08-12 Presentations by Wind Zero, Covert Canyon, and about Blackwater, discussion following.
• Blackwater North Gathering at the Gate -- ", Video News Service, 2007-08-11
• Tension Grows Between US Soldiers and Mercenaries -- Deborah Hastings, Associated Press, 2007-08-11
• Randi Scheurer Takes on Blackwater, Company That Abandoned Her Son in Iraq and Trains in Mt. Carroll -- Cal Skinner, Mc Henry County Blog, 2007-08-10 Picture in linked article.
• Potrero Planning Group Meeting, August 9, 2007 (complete) -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-08-09
• Anonymous Info on WindZero -- Anonymous, ", 2007-08-09
• Blackwater Report Broadcast Aug. 9 On KNBC -- Paul Moyer, KNBC, 2007-08-09
• Potrero Planning Group Members Face Recall Election -- Maureen Cavanaugh, Jan Hedlun, Thell Fowler, These Days, 2007-08-08
• New voting system could cost $6 million -- Chris Bagley, North County Times, 2007-08-06
• Restrictions set for voting machines -- Chris Bagley, North County Times, 2007-08-05
• Elections officials await orders; Secretary of State expected to rule on counties' voting systems by midnight -- Chris Bagley, North County Times, 2007-08-04
• Misguided management at performing arts center -- Gail Nye, Union Tribune, 2007-08-02
• BLACKWATER IN THE BACKWATER? BATTLE LOOMS AS TOWN LAUNCHES RECALL OF PLANNING BOARD -- Miriam Raftery, Our Back Fence, 2007-08-01
• Immigration Survey of San Diego County Voters -- ", Immigrant Rights Consortium of San Diego County, 2007-08-01
• A very private war -- Jeremy Scahill, Guardian, 2007-08-01
• Global Warming: Man-Made or Natural? -- SFred Singer, Hillsdale College, 2007-08 Suggests anthropogenic climate change should be questioned. Written by Fred Singer, who also worked to minimize the dangers of cigarette smoking, etc.
• Why demonize Iraq war contractors? -- Lawrence J. Haas, Union Tribune, 2007-07-31 [Haas, former communications director to Vice President Al Gore, is vice president of the Committee on the Present Danger, an anti-terrorism group.]
• Blackwater USA president outlines firm's future plans -- Associated Press, Associated Press, 2007-07-31
• Blackwater USA president outlines firm's future plans -- ", Charlotte Observer, 2007-07-31
• Backlash over plans prompts recall vote: Potrero group had OK'd training center -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2007-07-31
• State: E-voting open to hacking -- Chris Bagley, North County Times, 2007-07-27
• Accessibility Review Report for California -- Top-to-Bottom Voting Systems Review -- Noel Runyan and Jim Tobias, Secretary Of State, 2007-07-26
• Outsourcing National Intelligence -- RJHillhouse, The Nation, 2007-07-25
• Total Intelligence Solutions Expands with New Security and Investigations Division - Names Craig T. Johnson Director -- Blackwater, PRNewswire, 2007-07-25 [ See http://www.totalintel.com ]
• Blackwater supports inquiry into fatal shooting -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, 2007-07-25
• Car dealership closes in East County, citing losses -- L.N., Union Tribune, 2007-07-24
• Blackwater Opponents Say County Employee Has Conflict of Interest -- Amita Sharma, KPBS Full Focus, 2007-07-24
• Israel adds Arab perspective to school textbook -- ", Los Angeles Times, 2007-07-24
• 'America's private army' under fire for Illinois facility: Anti-war activists, locals are wary about military contractor's new training site -- EATorriero, Chicago Tribune, 2007-07-23 Includes video
• Wind Zero Q&A and Site Visit -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-07-21
• Climate trail goes cold at sun? -- Warming concerns not linked to star -- Brian Handwerk, Union Tribune, 2007-07-19 [This article refutes the claims that the rise in temps are due to solar activity.]
• Blackwater proposal sparks partisan politics in rural Potrero -- Christy Scott, East County Californian, 2007-07-19
• Gunsmoke on the water as Navy trains on Cape Fear -- Walter Taylor, Bladen Journal, 2007-07-17 [NC Paper near Moyock]
• Cadem Resolution: Support Clean Energy -- Dante Atkins, delegate, 42nd Assembly District, Andrew Lachman; Democrats for Israel Los Angeles, Cadem Resolutions Committee, 2007-07-15
• Cadem Resolution: Opposing Coal Liquefaction -- Dante Atkins, DSCC Member, AD-42, and Platform Committee Member, Cadem Resolutions Committee, 2007-07-15
• Cadem Resolution: Local Planning to End Global Warming -- Luke Breit, Chair, CDP Environmental Caucus, Cadem Resolutions Committee, 2007-07-15
• Cadem Resolution: Supporting Open Source Software for Electronic Voting Machines -- Thomas Gangale, Cadem Resolutions Committee, 2007-07-15
• Blackwater Military Firm Bears Extended Local Backlash -- Amita Sharma, KPBS Full Focus, 2007-07-13
• El Cajon fails to wean groups off the dole -- Staff Editorial, Union Tribune, 2007-07-13
• Blackwater West -- Marketing Dept., Blackwater Worldwide, 2007-07-12 Screen shots of video provided by Blackwater
• Memos blame Blackwater ambush on orders to leave unprepared -- Joseph Neff, Virginian Pilot, 2007-07-08
• Blackwater team sent wrong way -- Associated Press, Boston Globe, 2007-07-08
• Sacred Rocks Near Potrero -- Raymond Lutz, Donna Lee, Citizens Oversight, 2007-07-07
• Gazprom to raise its own private army to protect oil installations -- Carl Mortished, ", 2007-07-05 [Corporate Mercenary armies... The wave of the future? ]
• Private contractors outnumber U.S. troops in Iraq -- T. Christian Miller, Los Angeles Times, 2007-07-04 [The numbers include at least 21,000 Americans, 43,000 foreign contractors and about 118,000 Iraqis, not including private security]
• Ocotillo training facility proposed -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2007-07-03
• Human and Civil Rights Violations Uncovered: A Report from the Arizona/Sonora Border -- ", Border Action Network, 2007-07-01
• Top-to-Bottom Election Systems Review -- ", Secretary Of State, 2007-07 San Diego County Canvass Procedures
• US-IRAQ: Blackwater Blues for Dead Contractors Families -- Bill Berkowitz, ", 2007-06-29
• Zeitgeist The Movie -- ", Peter Joseph, 2007-06-25 [ Screened 2007-09-16 at Rancho San Diego Library. Have DVD. ] Public Access TV
• Wind Zero Presentation -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-06-23 1hr 20min
• Soldiers of fortune: The presence of private military corps in Iraq raises questions—and the stakes -- Sandra Svoboda, San Diego City Beat, 2007-06-20
• Pull the plug on the mercenary war -- Jeremy Scahill, Global Research, 2007-06-15
• Blackwater on the Border -- Nancy Conroy, Gringo Gazette, 2007-06-14 Statement from the Editor
• Marine families tie tainted water to illnesses: High toxin levels found at N.C. base from 1957 to '87 -- Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press, 2007-06-13 Links contamination to activities at training bases.
• Blackwater-backed Torture Flights Caught in the UK -- Adam Howard, Alter Net, 2007-06-10
• Blackwater Heavies Sue Families of Slain Employees for $10 Million in Brutal Attempt to Suppress Their Story -- Daniel J. Callahan and Marc P. Miles, Alter Net, 2007-06-08
• U.S. Coast Guard patrols Persian Gulf: Risky mission includes boarding ships to search for weapons and terrorists. -- Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times, 2007-06-07
• Blackwater CEO Speaks on Virginia Tech -- Mike Baker, Associated Press, 2007-06-07
• Covert Canyon Video Tour -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-06-05
• Iraq's mercenaries - with a licence to kill -- Johann Hari, The Independent, 2007-06-04
• What if our mercenaries turn on us? -- Chris Hedges, Philadelphia Inquirer, 2007-06-03
• The missing link: Jamul casino project lacks highway access -- Editorial, Union Tribune, 2007-06-03
• Stop Blackwater Presentation -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-06-01
• Secretary of State eyes SD Registrar of Voters -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian, 2007-05-31 Voters' Watchdog series
• A Crowd Forms in San Diego, Undaunted by Hunter's Legacy -- Rachel Kapochunas, Congressional Quarterly, 2007-05-31
• County Ceases Canyon’s Covert Operation -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian, 2007-05-31 Covert Canyon's owner has been linked to Blackwater.
• Theater struggles to find the right fit -- Liz Neely, Union Tribune, 2007-05-29 Damning article showing nearly empty theatre.
• Lawsuit in Outsourced US War is Moved Out of Court -- Bernd Debusmann, Reuters, 2007-05-27
• U.S. Security Contractors Open Fire in Baghdad: Blackwater Employees Were Involved in Two Shooting Incidents in Past Week -- Steve Fainaru and Saad al-Izzi, Washington Post, 2007-05-27
• Owner: Site being targeted -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2007-05-26 He says Covert Canyon has been wrongly tied to Blackwater's plans
• The Iraq War: Legal or Illegal? -- ", Pinky Show, 2007-05-25
• Is the fix in? County administrator questioned on new hires -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian, 2007-05-24 Voters' Watchdog series
• News 8 Exclusive: Secret 'Covert Canyon' Training Camp Operating In Alpine -- Marc Halcon, News 8, 2007-05-23 [Includes two parts]
• Protesters criticize county elections hirings -- Gig Conaughton, North County Times, 2007-05-23
• Pivotal Family Lawsuit Against Blackwater USA Blocked from Court -- and Moved to Panel with Company Ties -- Amy Goodman, Jeremy Scahill, Bill Sizemore, Democracy Now, 2007-05-23
• Public scrutiny for private armies -- ", Virginian Pilot, 2007-05-22
• Blackwater author visits Holland -- Shandra Martinez, Grand Rapids Press, 2007-05-20
• Suit against Blackwater over contractor deaths moves to arbitration -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, 2007-05-20 [Incredible move by Blackwater to process the Fallujah victims by arbitration.]
• Backcountry Revitalization meeting -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-05-18 Dianne Jacob admits to private meeting with Blackwater and Duncan Hunter in May, 2006
• Seven Potrero Planners Served with Recall Notices -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian, 2007-05-17
• Nothing mercenary about Blackwater activities -- Erik Prince, Grand Rapids Press, 2007-05-16 [Blackwater hires foreigners and these definitely qualify as mercenaries!]
• New Scrutiny for Iraq Contractors -- YOCHI J. DREAZEN, Wall Street Journal, 2007-05-14
• Mercenary Training Ground. -- Quintrala Lispergul??, Gringo Gazette, 2007-05-14 [Blackwater looking at El Hongo area of Tecate for training camp]
• Panel in hot water over Blackwater vote: Recall petition, lawsuit under way -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2007-05-12
• Potrero Planning Group Meeting, May 10, 2007 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-05-10 Planning Group members who voted for the project are served with recall paperwork.
• Lawsuit filed against Potrero group, county -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian, 2007-05-03
• Debate between Jeremy Scahill and Doug Brooks, president of the International Peace Operations Association -- Jeremy Scahill, Doug Brooks, These Days, 2007-05-02
• Jeremy Scahill presents 'Blackwater' in La Mesa, Ca. May 2, 2007 -- Jeremy Scahill, Citizens Oversight, 2007-05-02
• Jeremy Scahill in Potrero -- Jeremy Scahill, Citizens Oversight, 2007-05-02
• A Broad Look at Blackwater USA Jeremy Scahill -- Jeremy Scahill, Full Focus, 2007-05-01
• Firm claims same rights as Army -- Ted Roelofs, Grand Rapids Press, 2007-04-29
• Holland native, his security firm cash in on war -- Ted Roelofs, Grand Rapids Press, 2007-04-29
• Contractor 'enriched' by experience -- Ted Roelofs, Grand Rapids Press, 2007-04-29
• Plane crash leaves anger, questions -- Ted Roelofs, Grand Rapids Press, 2007-04-29
• Blackwater executive joins Romney in presidential campaign -- Associated Press, Fayetteville Observer, 2007-04-26 We won't vote for Romney, will we!
• Potrero-Blackwater battle in national spotlight -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian, 2007-04-26
• Gone -- Julia Whitty, Mother Jones, 2007-04-25 About species extinction figures by the eminent EO Wilson of Harvard and about the Wildlands Project to establish four major corridors or "megalinkages" in North America to head off extinction. One corridor is along the Pacific via the Sierra Nevada into the Baja Peninsula. The proposed Blackwater camp is surely on the pathway.
• Blackwater USA and The Backup Training Corporation Announce Strategic Partnership: Companies aim to promote each other's products and services. -- Blackwater, PRWEB, 2007-04-23
• Ed Schultz Show, 23 Apr 2007, Hour One -- Ed Schultz, Ed Schultz Show, 2007-04-23 skip to about 2/3 of the way through the hour. Recorded in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
• Plan for Training Camp Draws Antiwar Ire -- Rural residents fear lost quiet -- Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times, 2007-04-22 Reprint of Tony Perry 2007-04-10 Article
• Video tour to Blackwater Site -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-04-19
• Blackwater Plans for New Military Facility Near San Diego Draws Fire From Residents, Peace Activists and Local Congressmember -- Amy Goodman, Jeremy Scahill, Rep. Bob Filner, Raymond Lutz, Democracy Now, 2007-04-19
• County Won't Release All Blackwater Docs -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian, 2007-04-19
• Blackwater in Potrero? No way -- Lionel Van Deerlin, Union Tribune, 2007-04-19
• Blackwater is all wrong for Potrero -- Jan Hedlun, Union Tribune, 2007-04-19
• Democrats Oppose Plans for Paramilitary Camp in Potrero: Party Votes to Protect East County Preserve from Blackwater Development -- Media Committee, San Diego Democratic Party, 2007-04-19
• A private army for California? -- ", Los Angeles Times, 2007-04-17
• Filner wants review of Blackwater: He considers bill to stop Potrero plan -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2007-04-14
• Blackwater scraps Philippines center, hits snags in California -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, 2007-04-13
• Blackwater scraps Philippines center, hits snags in California -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, 2007-04-13
• San Diego County hires Vu as assistant registrar -- Gig Conaughton, North County Times, 2007-04-12 Micheal Vu?
• Filner pledges to help halt Blackwater USA -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian, 2007-04-12
• Town fights for its peace and quiet: A plan for a camp to train civilian guards for Iraq duty draws fire from rural San Diego County residents and antiwar activists. -- Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times, 2007-04-10
• Escape clause | A sweetheart sentence for a repeat offender -- Editor, Union Tribune, 2007-04-06 [Editorial]
• Blackwater: Lawyers, guns and Money -- Nathan Hodge, wired.com, 2007-04-06 [Reprinted in Wired.com as "Inside the Belly of the Blackwater Beast"]
• Mission: Controversial - Reaction mixed to contractor's plan to train forces in East County -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2007-04-05
• Mercenary Camp -- ", KNSD-TV, 2007-04-05 Features Carl Meyer?, Raymond Lutz
• Helping Hitler Buy Guns -- Duane Dichiara, Red County, 2007-04-05 Joel Anderson
• Blackwater Scoping Meeting at San Diego County DPLU, April 5, 2007 (complete) -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-04-05
• Photos of protesters at Scoping meeting -- Carol Jahnkow, ", 2007-04-05
• Potrero Residents Oppose Training Facility -- ", KUSI News, 2007-04-05
• Massive security contractor faces growing protest in rural California town over 824-acre base -- Miriam Raftery, Raw Story, 2007-04-03
• Security-training center proposed in Homeland -- Kimberly Trone, Press Enterprise, 2007-03-19
• COPs Suggestion Report to Potrero Planning Group -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2007-03-14
• Battle Lines Drawn: Residents of rural Potrero fight to halt Blackwater’s proposed military training camp -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian, 2007-03-08 Three part article published march 8, 15, 22
• Tiny Potrero Battles County and Blackwater USA -- Don Bauder, San Diego Reader, 2007-02-22
• El Cajon shuns light on government by crony -- Raymond Lutz, Union Tribune, 2007-02-22
• JFK II - The Bush Connection -- ", ", 2007-02-21 [ Screened 2008-06-29 at Rancho San Diego Library. Have DVD.]
• Blackwater brass forms intelligence company -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, 2007-02-21
• Blackwater USA hires Ford workers to build new APC -- David Macaulay, ", 2007-02-20
• 9/11: The Myth and Reality -- David Ray Griffin, 9/11 TV.org, 2007-02-20 Theologian David Ray Griffin carefully reviews the official myth of events of 9/11. 90 min.
• Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army -- Jeremy Scahill, Nation Books, 2007-02-15
• Officials admit private security firm was hired under Iraq logistics contract -- Jenny Mandel, Government Executive, 2007-02-08 Reveals chain of contracts from KBR to ESS to Regency Hotel to Blackwater in Fallujah incident.
• Blackwater link costs Halliburton -- Jay Price, News And Observer, 2007-02-08
• Ohio Election Workers Convicted of Manipulating 2004 U.S. Presidential Recount -- ", International Herald Tribune, 2007-01-24 Occurred under Michael Vu
• East County arts center reports profit: Rentals up 72%, new managers say -- Liz Neely, Union Tribune, 2007-01-24
• Iraq killing tracked to contractor could test laws -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, 2007-01-11 This article makes the case that the change in the UCMJ might cover military but not State Department contractors, and reveals the story of an Iraqi killed by a Blackwater contractor.
• COPS to police local government boards -- Derek Shaw, East County Californian, 2007-01-11
• Monitor Report: Possible Legal Noncompliance in November 2006 Election (Cuyahoga County, Ohio). -- ", Cleveland State University, 2007-01-08 Features Michael Vu
• Occupation 101 -- ", TRIP’OL’II PRODUCTIONS, 2007-01-01 Publication date is an estimate.
• Buying the War -- Bill Moyers, Pbs Org, 2007 [ Screened 2008-07-27 at Rancho San Diego Library. Bill Bothamley has DVD.
• The Ground Truth -- ", ", 2006-12-21 [ Screened 2007-02-25 at Rancho San Diego Library ]
• Going after the big crooks -- employers -- Ruben Navarrette Jr., Union Tribune, 2006-12-20 [Opinion]
• Guilty plea in hiring of illegal immigrants | Fence company to forfeit millions; execs face prison -- Onell R. Soto, Union Tribune, 2006-12-15
• NTSB faults Pentagon in '04 Afghan crash -- Alan Levin and Matt Kelley, Usa Today, 2006-12-04 Blackwater is famous for not vetting and qualifying employees. Here unqualified pilots under Blackwater Air (Presidential Airways) is found at fault for Afghan crash.
• Company in inquiry built fence at border | Feds look for hiring of illegal immigrants -- Joe Cantlupe, Union Tribune, 2006-11-24
• America's Godly Heritage: El Cajon's government access channel is stirring up some controversy -- Raymond Lutz, KOGO TV, 2006-10-26
• Council denies Dems request to agendize item -- Joseph Pena, East County Californian, 2006-10-26 Features Raymond Lutz
• El Cajon yanks religious programs off city channel -- Liz Neely, Union Tribune, 2006-10-26 Features Raymond Lutz
• List of advertisers who have requested that NONE of their commercials are within AIR AMERICA programming -- ", ", 2006-10-25
• THE EL CAJON MAN WHOSE PROTESTS PROMPTED THE CITY TO REMOVE RELIGIOUS PROGRAMS... -- Wade Douglas, Raymond Lutz, KOGO Radio, 2006-10-25 Features Raymond Lutz
• El Cajon's Government Access Channel caused controversy -- Raymond Lutz, KOGO TV, 2006-10-25
• Hijacking Catastrophe -- ", Media Education Foundation, 2006-10-20 [ Screened 2007-06-24 at Rancho San Diego Library. Have DVD ]
• EC council marries church and state on Channel 24 -- Miriam Raftery, East County Californian, 2006-10-19 Features Raymond Lutz
• Religious, political videos pulled from city-owned TV after Democrats complain -- Miriam Raftery, Raw Story, 2006-10-16 features Raymond Lutz
• Iraq for Sale -- Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films, 2006-10-08 [ Screened 2006-10-15 and 25 Mar 2007 at Rancho San Diego Library. No longer have the DVD.]
• Letter to Riverside County Planning Dept. regarding incompatibility of Procinctu Project with Trailmark School -- Roland Skumawitz, Superintendent, Romoland School District, 2006-09-29 Explains that the Procinctu Group project is incompatible with planned Trailmark K-8 School.
• President Bush Signs Coburn-Obama Transparency Act -- Tom Coburn, Barack Obama, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security, 2006-09-26 http://www.USASpending.gov is an important database to allow us to monitor governmental contracts, including those with Blackwater.
• The Tale of Prince - A War Profiteer -- ", Brave New Films, 2006-09-25
• The Big Buy: Tom Delay's Stolen Congress -- Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films, 2006-09-10 [ Screened 2006-09-10 at Rancho San Diego Library. Have the DVD. ]
• Religion and politics mix in East County -- Michael Mason, East County Californian, 2006-09-07
• Exit Strategy from the Failure in Iraq - “Systematic Sovereignty vs. the October Surprise” -- Raymond Lutz, ", 2006-09-01
• Iraq: New Blackwater Contract -- ", ", 2006-08-07 [$7,161,101 firm-fixed-price contract for Iraq security through 9/30/2008]
• ECPAC: The elephant in the room -- Derek Shaw, East County Californian, 2006-07-20
• Arts center foundation, El Cajon reach an agreement -- Liz Neely, Union Tribune, 2006-07-13
• Q&A: Paul Russell; Executive artistic director, East County Performing Arts Center -- Editor, Union Tribune, 2006-06-29
• Whores of war -- Dan Mariano, Manila Times, 2006-06-28
• CAR DEALS FOR CHRISTIANS -- Liz Neely, Union Tribune, 2006-06-24
• Blackwater USA challenged on Philippines plans -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, 2006-06-20
• Procinctu Fast Track Application Denial -- Robert C. Johnson, Planning Director, Riverside County, 2006-06-12
• Conservative Republican Joel Anderson Tied To Pro-Abortion Liberal Brian Bilbray -- ", James Hartline Report, 2006-06-08 Joel Anderson
• ECPAC suffers under new operator -- Gail Nye, Union Tribune, 2006-06-06
• The Illusion of Democracy -- ", Oregon Voter Rights Coalition, 2006-06 Powerpoint presentation describing the evidence supported election fraud in the 2000 and 2004 elections (7.1MB)
• Padre Dam OKs water rate hike -- Anne Krueger, Union Tribune, 2006-05-24 Joel Anderson, Augie Scalzitti?
• Blood Is Thicker Than Blackwater -- Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, 2006-05-08
• <img src="/w/pub/System/DocumentGraphics/mov.gif" alt="Video" title="2006 52nd CD Forum: 2006 52nd CD Forum: "Lesson Plan for a Brighter Future" (education, equality, the economy and jobs) -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2006-05-07 Features Karen Marie Otter, Derek Casady, Michael Benoit?, Peter Moore Kochlacs
• Citizen Oversight of Law Enforcement -- Justina Cintrón Perino, ABA Book Publishing, 2006-05 (Not Reviewed)
• Bush comments on Private Military Contractors -- George WBush, SAIS - School of Advanced International Studies, 2006-04-10
• Cadem Resolution: Protecting Election Integrity -- Santa Clara County Democratic Party, Cadem Resolutions Committee, 2006-01-28
• Five-way scramble for GOP in 77th -- Michele Clock, Union Tribune, 2006-005-12 Joel Anderson
• Myth Breakers -- Facts about Electronic Elections (2nd Edition) -- Ellen Theisen, Voters Unite, 2006
• American Blackout -- ", Guerrilla News Network, 2006 [ Screened 2007-11-11 at Rancho San Diego Library. Have DVD. ]
• 9/11 Press for Truth -- ", Standard Issue Films, 2006 [ Screened 2006-11-05 at Rancho San Diego Library. Have DVD. ]
• Anderson votes to allow tax deductions for illegal activities -- ", Sacramento Bee, 2006 Features Joel Anderson
• Shadow Company -- ", Purpose Films, 2006 [ Screened 2008-01-27 at Rancho San Diego Library. Have DVD. ]
• America: Freedom to Fascism -- Aaron Russo, ", 2006 [ Screened 2007-05-20 at Rancho San Diego Library. Have DVD. ]
• Company in trouble again over undocumented workers | Immigration agents call rehiring pattern cause for concern -- Leslie Berestein, Union Tribune, 2005-12-03
• Little Notes: JOEL ANDERSON, candidate for the 77th Assembly District -- ", San Diego News Notes, 2005-12-01 Joel Anderson
• Sempra's gas venture gathering steam at Baja site -- Diane Lindquist, Union Tribune, 2005-11-24
• TALES FROM THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR - No place for unanimity -- Pat Sherman, San Diego City Beat, 2005-11-23
• A sweetheart deal for new ECPAC operator -- Gail Nye, Union Tribune, 2005-11-17
• Brief History of ECPAC Takeover -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2005-11-01
• Private Warriors -- Martin Smith, PBS Front Line, 2005-06-21 details the March 31, 2004 Blackwater catastrophe and describes the general situation with private security contractors in Iraq.
• WHO’S PULLING THE STRINGS IN EL CAJON? -- ", Citizens Oversight, 2005-06-04
• Around the region: Performing arts centers face business and artistic risks -- Edgar Stemen, Union Tribune, 2005-03-03
• A practical guide to effective school board meetings -- Rene S. Townsend, James Russell Brown, and Walter L. Buster, Corwin Press, 2005-02-15 'Two-Meeting Rule' defined
• Fence workers held in security sweep | Company has contract with North Island NAS -- Leslie Berestein, Union Tribune, 2004-09-22 Golden State Fence Co. cited again for hiring undocumented workers.
• Hauser Canyon fire of 1943 -- Jeff Smith, San Diego Reader, 2004-08-05
• Order #17 of L. Paul Bremer regarding Iraqi law immunity -- Paul Bremer, Coalition Provisional Authority, 2004-06-24 This is the "gift" by Paul Bremer to all the contractors as he left the Iraqi theater.
• 9/11 Commission Outline of the 9/11 Plot -- 911 Commission, Unanswered Questions, 2004-06-17
• Count Crisis? -- Matthew Haggman, Daily Business Review, 2004-05-13 Announced that a “serious bug” had been found in the ES&S iVotronic voting machines in Miami-Dade County, Florida. According to this article, ES&S had known about this “bug” for over a year and had ignored its existence.
• Some votes miscounted in primary, officials say -- Luis Monteagudo, Union Tribune, 2004-04-08
• Leaders hear pitch for arts center dining, shops -- Liz Neely, Union Tribune, 2004-03-24
• Mishaps run deeper than new machines -- Luis Monteagudo, Union Tribune, 2004-03-07 Features Brina Rae Schuchman?
• Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land -- U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict -- ", Media Education Foundation, 2004 [ Screened 2009-02-22 at El Cajon Library ]
• GETTING SCHOOLED - Grossmont student learning lessons in conservative district politics -- Patrick Heald, San Diego City Beat, 2003-10-08
• Rosenberg's Rules of Order -- ", League Of California Cities, 2003-08-01 COPs Resources
• Neurovisceral Integration: Implications for Cognition, Emotion, and Health -- Julian F. Thayer, Ph.D., Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, NIA, 2001-12-21 This is a very technical video that may explain why authoritarian personalities exist
• People killed in plane attacks -- ", Associated Press, 2001-09-25 Criticized because it forms the list according to family members, friends, co-workers and local law enforcement and not FBI and offical passenger lists, but still makes the point that no hijacker names appear and counts don't add up.
• Church Lawsuit Fuels Religious-Freedom Fight -- Seth Lewis, aclj.org, 2001-07-18 Describes the conflict over the shopping center north of the downtown area.
• Israel: Birth of a Nation -- ", History Channel, 1997 1948 Events from the perspective of Jews
• Human Error -- James Reason, Cambridge University Press, 1990
• Agreement between the govt of the USA and the govt of Mexico relating to the FM broadcasting service in the band 88-108 Mhz -- ", Federal Government, 1982 I'm just guessing on the date, but it had to be after 1982
• CRC Standard Mathematical Tables, 25th Edition -- William H. Beyer, Ph.D., CRC Press, 1978 Used for random number tables in selecting random precincts.
• Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act -- ", State Of California, 1967 Applicable to State (not local) bodies. COPs Resources
• Uncounted -- David Earnhardt, ", [ Screened 2008-02-24 at Rancho San Diego Library. ]
• Prosecuting Blackwater -- ", New York Times,
• Sir! No Sir! -- David Zeiger, ", [ Screened 2007-01-28 at Rancho San Diego Library ]
• Guns for Hire: Afghanistan -- ", Princess Productions, carbonhq.com,
• September 11 Revisited -- ", ", [ Screened 2007-07-29 at Rancho San Diego Library. Have DVD. ]
• Cuyahoga Co. Elections Director Resigns -- ", News Net 5.com, Features Michael Vu
• War Made Easy -- ", Media Education Foundation, [ Screened 2007-08-27 at Rancho San Diego Library. Have DVD. ]
• Great Global Warming Swindle -- Martin Durkin, Martin Durkin,
• Memorandum of Understanding between Xe Services, LLC and Southwestern Community College District -- ", ",
• California Elections Code -- ", Secretary Of State, Flat version of Elections Code

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