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DARK PRINCE PRIVATE SPECIAL OPS MILITARY CONTRACTOR Emerges In a New Investigaation

A Michigan native and man of many talents, author or "Civilian Warriors" has some new chapters to add to his life.

‘Proud American’

“I am a businessman, not a politician, but I am also a proud American who would never do anything against my country’s national interest,” Prince said in a phone interview.
 

The story from Bloomberg News by Blake Schmidt 09 Feb 2019 

 

Erik Prince’s Belt and Road Map

Sources: Company filings and statements, reporting by Bloomberg

Note: Includes countries with operations that are publicly detailed . . .

. . . Critics are unmoved. The Xinjiang ceremony is more evidence that Prince is “serving the national interest of China, which competes directly with the U.S.,” said Sean McFate, a National Defense University professor who once built a private army in Liberia while working for U.S. military contractor DynCorp International. . . "

 



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Erik Prince Helped Raise Money for Conservative Spy Venture

New details reveal the ambitions of an operation intended to infiltrate opponents of Donald Trump, including moderate Republicans as well as progressives and Democrats.

(Image credit: Erik Prince, founder of the private military firm Blackwater, helped raise money for a political-intelligence operation run by Richard Seddon, a former British spy.

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WASHINGTON — During the summer of 2018, as Richard Seddon, a former British spy, was trying to launch a new venture to use undercover agents to infiltrate progressive groups, Democratic campaigns and other opponents of President Donald J. Trump, he turned for help to a longtime friend and former colleague: Erik Prince, the private military contractor.

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Ever wonder where or how or why all those PMCs [Private Military Contractors] don't get counted as American war troops or "Boots-on-Ground" in all of the fields of combat in The Middle East and Africa?  Plausible denial that focuses on logistics and security, rather than paramilitary operations.
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Prince, the son of the late billionaire industrialist Edgar Prince, sold a rebranded version of Blackwater back in 2010, but he has other business interests. He runs a private equity commodities firm called Frontier Resource Group, that’s raising $500 million to mine metals in Africa and Asia to provide materials for electric cars.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Independent Journalist Jeremy Scahill Blows The Cover Off Shadow Trump Advisor Eric Prince

Story January 18, 2017
Blackwater Founder Erik Prince, the Brother of Betsy DeVos, Is Secretly Advising Trump

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Source: Democracy Now 18 Jan 2017

 

The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill has revealed Betsy DeVos’s brother, Erik Prince, the founder of the mercenary firm Blackwater, has been quietly advising Trump’s transition team, including helping vet Cabinet picks. On election night, Prince’s wife, Stacy DeLuke, even posted pictures from inside Trump’s campaign headquarters. Democracy Now speaks to Scahill about his latest piece, "Notorious Mercenary Erik Prince Is Advising Trump from the Shadows."
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Blackwater Founder Forms Secret Army for Arab State - The New York ...

Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi hired Erik Prince to build a fighting force.

 

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