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Dan GillmorThe evil Erik Prince and others of his ilk are hoping to profit from Trump regime's illegally imprisoned -- stop calling this "detained" for god's sake -- immigrants and, soon, citizens.
June BlueSpruce@dangillmor Horrifying. “Incarcerated” works too. “Detained” is too gentle and temporary a word.
Katrina Katrinka 
@dangillmor
Erik Prince has long wanted his own airforce.
https://theintercept.com/2016/04/11/blackwater-founder-erik-prince-drive-to-build-private-air-force/
Paul Barnfather@katrinakatrinka wow, what a fascinating story (from 2016). Did anything ever come of the Austrian investigation?
@clanger9
I learned about it on the #BehindTheBastards series on him. I can tell you he never faced any real consequences for any of his crap.
Part One: Erik Prince: The Rich Kid Who Bought An Army - Behind the Bastards | iHeart
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@katrinakatrinka indeed. Full acquittal! 🙄 https://apnews.com/article/austria-aircraft-export-trial-prince-blackwater-acquitted-274105d072278037921e4c5e5615d372
Austrian court acquits Blackwater founder and 4 others over export of modified crop-spraying planes
An Austrian court has acquitted five people, including the founder of the Blackwater security firm, who were accused of exporting two crop-spraying aircraft that were allegedly refitted for military purposes without the necessary permits. The state court in Wiener Neustadt found Thursday that the modified aircraft were not “war material.” It also found that the defendants had acted “very prudently” and sought advice on export permits. The trial stemmed from an investigation into a local company which fits out aircraft with sensors and other equipment. The defendants included Blackwater founder Erik Prince.
@katrinakatrinka apparently the innocently modified and armoured Thrush was never intended to land in South Sudan, and only ended up there accidentally “due to technical problems” 😇
@clanger9
He's been playing with fire his whole life, but he's rich. 😠
He's been playing with fire his whole life, but he's rich. 😠
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Gabriel