Cenk Uygur
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Blackwater Renamed 'Academi,' Still No 'Integrity'

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December 8, 2012

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"U.S. Special Operations Forces have a brand new home in Afghanistan. It's owned and operated by the security company formerly known as Blackwater, thanks to a no-bid deal worth $22 million.

You might think that Blackwater, now called Academi, was banished into some bureaucratic exile after its operatives in Afghanistan stole guns from U.S. weapons depots and killed Afghan civilians. Wrong. Academi's private 10-acre compound outside Kabul, called Camp Integrity, is the new headquarters for perhaps the most important special operations unit in Afghanistan."*

It'll take more than a name change to blot out stealing weapons, killing innocent Afghans, war-profiteering no-bid contracts, and other war crimes. Cenk Uygur breaks down the latest chapter of Blackwater.

*Read more from Spencer Ackerman/ Wired

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