But those who thought contractors were going away under President Obama's administration couldn't be more wrong. According to the Department of Defense, there are some 68,000 contractors in ...

Sentinel Security Life Insurance Co. and Atlantic Coast Life Insurance Co. reported a cyber incident that may have exposed ...

Constellis Holdings, which traces its roots to Erik Prince’s mercenary firm Blackwater, landed an ICE contract as a bounty ...

The Central Intelligence Agency hired the private security firm Blackwater USA in 2004 to work on a covert program aimed at targeting and potentially killing top al Qaeda leaders, according to a ...

Erik Prince, the founder of private military contractor Blackwater, has teamed up with US oil industry veterans to establish a new company targeting work in African nations where security risks have ...

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday she had ordered a ‘‘full and complete review’’ of security practices for U.S. diplomats in Iraq following a deadly weekend incident ...

Long before modern military contractors like Wagner or Blackwater, private armies have fought — not for flags, but for fortune. This video explores the long, bloody history of mercenary forces and how ...

The Senate candidate’s previous association with the private military contractor that committed various war crimes in Iraq cannot be overlooked. An error has ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Private security officers across Philadelphia are preparing to authorize a strike amid concerns over wages and working conditions. On Monday, officers distributed flyers to the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Blackwater Worldwide is still protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, but executives at the beleaguered security firm are taking their biggest step yet to put that work and the ugly ...

With energy security increasingly at risk from would-be attackers weaponising relatively inexpensive technologies, those seeking to counter such threats must “think like a predator”, Blackwater ...