New York Times: Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to former company officials. [ READ MORE ]
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Author Jeremy Scahill discusses a New York Times report that Blackwater paid hush money to Iraqi government officials.
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