Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army (74 page)
198
Thom Shanker and Steven Lee Myers, “U.S. Asking Iraq for Wider Rights in Fighting War,”
New York Times,
January 25, 2008.
199
White House Press Release, “President Bush Signs H.R. 4986, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 into Law,” January 28, 2008.
200
Jeremy Scahill, “
All
Cowboys Out Now,”
The Nation,
November 26, 2007.
201
Transcript, interview with Erik Prince,
The Charlie Rose Show,
PBS, October 15, 2007.
202
Author interview, October 2007.
203
Interview in
Private Armies,
Journeyman Pictures.
CHAPTER 1
1
Transcript, “Remarks as Delivered by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld,” The Pentagon, September 10, 2001.
2
Donald H. Rumsfeld, “Transforming the Military,”
Foreign Affairs,
May/June, 2002.
3
Erik Prince on
The O’Reilly Factor,
September 27, 2001.
5
Rebuilding America’s Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century,
The Project for the New American Century, September 2000.
7
Renae Merle, “Census Counts 100,000 Contractors in Iraq,”
Washington Post
, December 5, 2006.
8
Quadrennial Defense Review Report,
Department of Defense, February 6, 2006.
9
Erik Prince speaking at West 2006 conference, January 11, 2006.
11
James Hider, “Soldiers of Fortune Rush to Cash in on Unrest in Baghdad,”
The Times
of London, March 31, 2004.
12
Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 17, signed by L. Paul Bremer, June 27, 2004.
13
Transcript, “Hearing of the National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations Subcommittee of the House Government Reform Committee,” June 13, 2006.
14
Blackwater appellate brief, filed October 31, 2005.
15
Erik Prince speaking at West 2006 conference, January 11, 2006.
16
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007.
17
Report to Congressional Committees, “Military Operations: High-Level DOD Action Needed to Address Long-standing Problems with Management and Oversight of Contractors Supporting Deployed Forces,” Government Accountability Office, December 2006.
18
Transcript,
Face the Nation,
CBS, December 17, 2006.
19
Nathan Hodge, “Washington Urged to Save Money by Raising Private Military ‘Contractor Brigade,’ “
Financial Times,
February 10, 2005.
20
Author copy of Prince Group memo from Erik Prince dated September 16, 2005.
21
Author copy, Central Contractor registration documents for Greystone Limited.
22
Jonathan Franklin, “US Contractor Recruits Guards for Iraq in Chile,”
Guardian
(London), March 5, 2004.
23
E-mail to author, January 2007.
24
Author copy of contracts and government pay records.
25
Joanne Kimberlin and Bill Sizemore, “Blackwater: On American Soil,”
Virginian-Pilot,
July 27, 2006.
28
Joseph E. Schmitz official biography, Department of Defense, February 10, 2005.
CHAPTER 2
5
Peter Prince obituary, Holland area newspaper, May 21, 1943.
6
Michael Lozon,
Vision on Main Street: Downtown Holland’s Resurgence as the Heart of the Community
, Lumir Corporation, 1994, p. 59.
8
Michael Lozon,
Vision on Main Street: Downtown Holland’s Resurgence as the Heart of the Community
, Lumir Corporation, 1994, p. 59.
9
Jim Timmerman, “Holland’s Home-Grown Prince Corp. Has Big Role in Community,”
Holland Sentinel,
July 19, 1996.
10
“Prince Manufacturing Co. Builds Diecast Machines,”
Holland Sentinel,
June 5, 1969.
12
“Prince Corp. Constantly Expanding,”
Holland Sentinel,
May 16, 1973.
13
Caroline Vernia, “Prince’s Jewel: Production of Illuminated Visors,”
Holland Sentinel
, January 26, 1980.
14
Letter from Family Research Council president Gary Bauer, April 13, 1995.
16
Caroline Vernia, “Prince’s Jewel: Production of Illuminated Visors,”
Holland Sentinel
, January 26, 1980.
18
“Blackwater’s Founder on the Record,”
Virginian-Pilot,
July 24, 2006.
20
Prince Corporation brochure, undated.
21
Katherine Sanderson, “Prince Expanding, Building New Office,”
Holland and Golden Sentinel,
January 29, 1983.
22
Diane Carmony, “Prince Corp. Plans Functional, Aesthetically Pleasing Facilities,”
Grand Rapids Press,
August 31, 1987.
24
“Edgar Prince: Spirit of Giving Defined a Giant,”
Grand Rapids Press
, March 3, 1995.
25
Katherine Sanderson, “Prince Expanding, Building New Office,”
Holland and Gold Sentinel,
January 23, 1983.
26
Robert Young Pelton,
Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror
, Crown, New York, 2006, p. 3.
27
Letter from Family Research Council president Gary Bauer, April 13, 1995.
29
Rachel Burstein and Kerry Lauerman, “She Did It Amway,”
Mother Jones
, September/ October 1996.
34
Author copy of Holland, Michigan, Polk directories.
35
Letter from Family Research Council president Gary Bauer, April 13, 1995.
37
Rachel Burstein and Kerry Lauerman, “She Did It Amway,”
Mother Jones
, September/October 1996.
39
June Kronholz, “Big Test: In Michigan, Vouchers Get Money and Savvy and a Broad Coalition—Amway Chief and Wife Give Program Higher Profile, Better Shot at Success,”
Wall Street Journal,
October 25, 2000; “Biographical Information About Betsy DeVos,” Associated Press, October 21, 2006.
40
Ward Harkavy, “The Bush-Cheney Gazillions Tour,”
The Village Voice,
October 22, 2003.
41
Gordon Trowbridge, Charlie Cain, and Mark Hornbeck, “Granholm Wins Second Term,”
Detroit News,
November 8, 2006.
42
Ted Roelofs, “(Mostly) Conservative to the Core; Dutch Values Made Us This Way, But a Large Group Has Never Fit the Mold,”
Grand Rapids Press,
October 31, 2004.
43
Russ Bellant,
The Religious Right in Michigan Politics
, Americans for Religious Liberty, Silver Spring, Maryland, 1996, pp. 52-55, 63.
49
“Elsa Prince, DeVos Give Calvin College $10 Million Each,”
Holland Sentinel,
July 27, 1998; author copy of Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation records.
50
Michael Lozon,
Vision on Main Street: Downtown Holland’s Resurgence as the Heart of the Community
, Lumir Corporation, 1994, pp. 101-115, 136-140.
54
Letter from Family Research Council president Gary Bauer, April 13, 1995.
56
“Major Auto Suppliers in West Michigan,”
Grand Rapids Business Journal,
May 26, 1992.
57
“The Prince Legacy,”
Grand Rapids Press,
March 3, 1995.
58
Michael Lozon,
Vision on Main Street
, p. 101; “Edgar Prince: Spirit of Giving Defined a Giant,”
Grand Rapids Press,
March 3, 1995.
59
“Edgar Prince: Spirit of Giving Defined a Giant,”
Grand Rapids Press,
March 3, 1995; Jim Harger, “Prince Corp. Will Continue to Prosper,”
Grand Rapids Press,
March 4, 1995.
60
Jim Harger, “Prince Corp. Will Continue to Prosper,”
Grand Rapids Press,
March 4, 1995.
61
“Edgar Prince: Spirit of Giving Defined a Giant,”
Grand Rapids Press,
March 3, 1995.
63
Jim Harger, “Prince Corp. Will Continue to Prosper,”
Grand Rapids Press,
March 4, 1995.
65
John Agar and John Burdick, “Eulogies Focus on Religious Side of Prince,”
Holland Sentinel,
March 6, 1995; Letter from Family Research Council president Gary Bauer, April 13, 1995.
66
John Agar and John Burdick, “Eulogies Focus on Religious Side of Prince,”
Holland Sentinel,
March 6, 1995.
67
“A Christian Man; Holland Philanthropist, Industrialist Edgar D. Prince Leaves Many Hometown Legacies,”
Grand Rapids Press
(Lakeshore supplement), March 3, 1995.
68
John Burdick, “Bil Mar Cofounder, Downtown Supporter Honored,”
Holland Sentinel,
October 19, 2002.
69
“Blackwater’s Founder on the Record,”
Virginian-Pilot,
July 24, 2006.
70
John Agar, “Family Says He Always Put Them First,”
Holland Sentinel,
March 3, 1995.
71
John Agar and John Burdick, “Eulogies Focus on Religious Side of Prince,”
Holland Sentinel,
March 6, 1995.
72
John Agar, “Family Says He Always Put Them First,”
Holland Sentinel,
March 3, 1995.
74
Letter from Family Research Council president Gary Bauer, April 13, 1995.
75
Joseph Neff and Jay Price, “A Business Gets a Start,”
News & Observer
(Raleigh, North Carolina), July 29, 2004.
77
Author copy of Federal Election Commission records.
79
Erik Prince’s official Prince Manufacturing biography.
80
Ted Roelofs, “Neither Party Well Off Here as Primary Nears,”
Grand Rapids Press,
February 23, 1992.
82
Author copy of Erik Prince’s military records; Interviews 2006.
84
Michael Lozon, “New Era Begins at Prince,”
Holland Sentinel,
October 2, 1996.
87
Richard Harrold, “City Officials Talked With Governor About Job Loss,”
Holland Sentinel,
March 31, 2004.
88
Mark Sanchez, “A Prince, by Any Other Name,”
Holland Sentinel,
October 16, 1998; Patrick Revere, “Analysts: Area Hit Hardest by JCI,”
Holland Sentinel,
June 2, 2006.
89
Ted Roelofs, “(Mostly) Conservative to the Core; Dutch Values Made Us This Way, But a Large Group Has Never Fit the Mold,”
Grand Rapids Press,
October 31, 2004.
90
John Burdick, “Bil Mar Cofounder, Downtown Supporter Honored,”
Holland Sentinel,
October 19, 2002; Russ Bellant,
The Religious Right in Michigan Politics,
p. 13.
91
John Burdick, “Bil Mar Cofounder, Downtown Supporter Honored,”
Holland Sentinel,
October 19, 2002.
92
Federal campaign records.
93
June Kronholz, “Big Test: In Michigan, Vouchers Get Money and Savvy and a Broad Coalition—Amway Chief and Wife Give Program Higher Profile, Better Shot at Success,”
Wall Street Journal,
October 25, 2000.
95
Joan Nicole Prince obituary from Herrick District Library obituary file; Obituary,
Albany Times Union,
June 24, 2003.
97
“Voter’s Guide for Serious Catholics,” Catholic Answers Action, San Diego, 2006.
99
Karl Keating, “Karl Keating’s E-Letter,” April 29, 2003.
100
Author copy of Freiheit Foundation records.
102
David D. Kirkpatrick, “Club of the Most Powerful Gathers in Strictest Privacy,”
New York Times,
August 28, 2004.