In that shooting, Iraq says, security guards employed by Blackwater killed 17 civilians (CNN) -- Erik Prince, founder of the Blackwater Worldwide security firm, announced Monday he has resigned as ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The federal prosecution of five former employees of the private security firm Blackwater has crumbled after the defendants said they were acting at the behest of the CIA by ...

WASHINGTON — In a sweeping victory for the U.S. government, a federal jury on Wednesday found four former Blackwater guards guilty on nearly every count they faced in connection with the 2007 killing ...

First it became a brand name in security for its work in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now it's taking on intelligence. The Prince Group, the holding company that owns Blackwater Worldwide, has been building ...

The chairman of a congressional oversight committee has charged that Blackwater Security Consulting, a major government contractor in Iraq, may have violated federal law by not paying taxes and could ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Days after the last U.S. troops left Iraq, a federal appeals court ended a lawsuit over an episode that produced one of the more disturbing images of the war: the grisly killings ...

~ The scrutiny of Unity Resources Group began after its guards allegedly gunned down two women. BAGHDAD -- Iraqi officials demanded answers of an Australian-owned security company blamed in the ...

WASHINGTON -- Four former Blackwater security guards were convicted Wednesday in the 2007 shootings of more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad, an incident that inflamed anti-American sentiment around the ...

The Justice Department charged four former Blackwater security contractors Thursday in the 2007 attack on Iraqi civilians, reviving a heated case that a judge initially dismissed in 2009. The men, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. In this June 11, 2014, file photo, former Blackwater Worldwide guard Nicholas Slatten enters a taxi cab as he leaves federal ...

A U.S. government official tells TIME that when President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki sit down for a scheduled bilateral meeting next Tuesday in New York they will discuss the recent ...

A 2007 investigation into the Blackwater security firm's operations in Iraq was cut short after the firm's top manager in the area threatened to kill the State Department's investigator, according to ...