Erik Prince Gets out of Dodge

[babylonsister]

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Erik Prince Gets out of Dodge
by: Richard Allen Smith
Wed Aug 18, 2010 at 16:04:09 PM EDT


With his company up for sale, his position as CEO resigned, and several criminal and civil cases pending against him, his managers and his mercenary corporation, Blackwater Xe chairman Erik Prince has decided it best to leave the country for a while:

WASHINGTON - Erik Prince, whose company, Blackwater Worldwide, is for sale and whose former top managers are facing criminal charges, has left the United States and moved to Abu Dhabi, according to court documents.

Mr. Prince, a former member of the Navy Seals and an heir to a Michigan auto parts fortune, left the country after a series of civil lawsuits, criminal charges and Congressional investigations singled out Blackwater or its former executives and other personnel. His company, now called Xe Services, has collected hundreds of millions of dollars from the United States government since 2001.

Current and former colleagues said Mr. Prince hoped to focus on security work from governments in Africa and the Middle East. They also said he was bitter about the legal scrutiny and negative publicity his company had received.

Who wants to bet he took all the assets an American court could seize with him? Just like Blackwater's operations, instead of facing the fact that what he does is illegal, Prince goes to a place where that law can't touch him. What a coward.

[another saigon]

1. so what? We have Roger Clemmons!!!

:sarcasm:

[malaise]

2. Ding ding

The circus continues.

[babylonsister]

3. Good point. I haven't heard a word about this on the m$m. You'd

think his departure might inspire 'some' interest.

[disidoro01]

4. No extradition

My first thought was there are no extradition treaties with Abu Dhabi.

[rurallib]

5. bet Prince was surprised to find that out.

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