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throwaway5752yesterday at 11:31 PM2 repliesview on HN

Of course it is Erik Prince's company.

to clarify: Erik Prince founded Blackwater, of the Nisour Square Massacre infamy in the GW Bush administration. He is deeply tied to Republican politics, mercenary work, and particularly the Trump administration. He is IPOing an autonomous lethal drone company, Swarmer, and his other company, Vectrus, is behind the events of this article.


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jihadjihadtoday at 12:16 AM

> Blackwater, of the Nisour Square Massacre infamy in the GW Bush administration

And sadly the infamy continued into the prior Trump administration. In 2020 Trump pardoned all four employees who had been convicted in 2014.

logdahlyesterday at 11:35 PM

Haven't heard this name before, would someone care to fill me in on a tl;dr? Sounds horrendous.

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