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Blackwater (company)

1997 establishments in the United States2011 mergers and acquisitions2014 mergers and acquisitionsAll accuracy disputesAmerican mercenaries
Blackwater (company)Companies based in McLean, VirginiaConsulting firms established in 1997Defense companies of the United StatesGeorge W. Bush administration controversiesIraq WarPrivate military contractorsSecurity companies of the United StatesSecurity consulting firmsUse mdy dates from June 2021

Academi is an American private military company founded on December 26, 1996 by former Navy SEAL officer Erik Prince as Blackwater, renamed Xe Services in 2009 and known as Academi since 2011 after it was acquired by a group of private investors. In 2007, it received widespread notoriety for the Nisour Square massacre in Baghdad, when a group of its employees killed 17 Iraqi civilians and injured 20, for which four guards were convicted in the United States but later pardoned on December 22, 2020 by President Donald Trump.Academi provides contract security services to the United States federal government. Since 2003, it has provided services to the Central Intelligence Agency. In 2013, its subsidiary, International Development Solutions, received an approximately $92 million contract for State Department security guards.In 2014, Academi merged with Triple Canopy, a subsidiary of Constellis Group.

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