The private security firm Blackwater has nixed a $5.5 million expansion plan of its training center in North Carolina, ostensibly because of the negative press it has received in the past few weeks. Of course, given that Blackwater has been awarded a new $92 million Pentagon contract, times aren’t so hard. (McClatchy)
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