Jeremy Scahill

Jeremy Scahill is the author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army (book), published in February 2007 by Nation Books.

Scahill, "an award-winning investigative journalist and correspondent for the national radio and TV program Democracy Now!, is a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute."

Articles by Scahill

 * With Daniela Crespo, "Overkill: Feared Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans," Common Dreams, September 10, 2005.
 * "Blackwater Down," The Nation, October 10, 2005 (issue); posted September 23, 2005.
 * "In the Black(water)," The Nation (OpEdNews.com), May 17, 2006.
 * "Mercenary Jackpot," The Nation, August 10, 2006 (August 28, 2006, issue).
 * "Blackwater Shot Down in Federal Court," The Nation, August 24, 2006.
 * With Garrett Ordower, "From Whitewater to Blackwater," The Nation, October 26, 2006.
 * "Our mercenaries in Iraq. The president relies on thousands of private soldiers with little oversight, a disturbing example of the military-industrial complex," Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2007.
 * "Bush's Shadow Army," The Nation, March 15, 2007 (April 2, 2007 issue).

Book Details

 * Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, Nation Books, February 2007. ISBN 101560259795 ISBN 13 978-1560259794

Related SourceWatch Resources

 * Blackwater USA
 * Greystone, Ltd.