RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The former president of Blackwater Worldwide was charged Friday with using straw purchases to stockpile automatic weapons at the security firm and filing false documents to cover up gifts given to the king of Jordan....
Feds Indict Former Blackwater President, 4 Others
By MIKE BAKER, Associated Press
Fri, 04/16/2010 - 6:26pm
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