Blackwater: Portrait of an American PMC
Simon Whistler · May 25, 2024 · 28 min video · Americas
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They are an organization that's gone by many names, but one stands out above all the rest. Ask them today, and they'd call themselves "Constellus Holdings," one of a patchwork of acquisitions alongside fastfoodchains.com giants and global retailers all happily nestled under the publicly traded corporate umbrella of Apollo Global Management.
Ask them a little more than a decade ago after the departure of controversial CEO Eric Prince, and they'd call themselves Academy, a critical partner to the United States during its long running war on terror.
But ask them at the height of America's Wars in Afghanistan, an Iraq, and they would have called themselves by a name far more recognizable, and one that cuts to the heart of both their organization's reputation and its operational history around the world. That name is Blackwater.
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