Jeremy Scahill

@jeremyscahill

Jeremy Scahill is the author of the best-selling Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, published by Nation Books. Nation Books released his second book, Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield, in 2013. He is the writer, with David Riker, and a producer of the documentary feature filmĀ Dirty Wars, released by IFC Films in 2013.

In the Black(water) In the Black(water)

Hurricane victims are still homeless in New Orleans, but thanks to the federal government's $30 million contract bonanza, Blackwater USA's profits are soaring.

May 22, 2006 / Jeremy Scahill

In the Black(water) In the Black(water)

Tens of thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims remain without homes. The environment is devastated. People are disenfranchised. Financial resources, desperate residents are tol...

May 17, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Blood Is Thicker Than Blackwater Blood Is Thicker Than Blackwater

Lawsuits by families of soldiers-for-hire killed in Falluja have put a major war profiteer in the cross-hairs.

Apr 19, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Exile on K Street Exile on K Street

Scandals abound in the smoking remains of the Alexander Strategy Group.

Feb 2, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Letters Letters

TENNESSEE'S HEALTHCARE CUTS Rochester, NY

Dec 20, 2005 / Our Readers and Jeremy Scahill

The War on Al Jazeera The War on Al Jazeera

A top-secret memo detailing George W. Bush's proposal to bomb Al Jazeera is not "outlandish," as the White House claims. The Bush Administration had been threatening, insulting a...

Dec 1, 2005 / Jeremy Scahill

Did Bush Really Want to Bomb Al Jazeera? Did Bush Really Want to Bomb Al Jazeera?

Given the Administration's record of attacking Al Jazeera verbally and militarily, is it conceivable that President Bush tried to convince Tony Blair to bomb its international head...

Nov 23, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Germ Boys and Yes Men Germ Boys and Yes Men

Stewart Simonson is a former Amtrak corporate attorney with zero medical experience. So why is he in charge of emergency health and bioterrorism in the federal government?

Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Letters Letters

TENDER MERCENARIES Falls Church, Va.

Oct 26, 2005 / Our Readers and Jeremy Scahill

Blackwater Down Blackwater Down

With military and law enforcement forces combing New Orleans in the wake of the storm, why did the federal government feel compelled to hire private security firms Blackwater USA a...

Sep 21, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

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