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'''Erik Prince''', billionaire founder of [[Academi]], is brother of billionaire [[Betsy DeVos]]. During the active years as CEO of Blackwater (XE) and other companies that were related, he was reported to be "very tight with top agency officials", carrying a 'green badge' that allows contractors to access CIA installations and being in Langley regularly to meet with senior people in the [[Directorate of Operations]] (running covert operations).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120911133315/http://www.harpers.org/archive/2006/09/sb-revolving-door-blackwater-1158094722 Revolving Door to Blackwater Causes Alarm at CIA by Ken Silverstein] saved at [https://archive.is/Zdzzy Archive.is]</ref> | '''Erik Prince''', billionaire founder of [[Academi]], is brother of billionaire [[Betsy DeVos]]. During the active years as CEO of Blackwater (XE) and other companies that were related, he was reported to be "very tight with top agency officials", carrying a 'green badge' that allows contractors to access CIA installations and being in Langley regularly to meet with senior people in the [[Directorate of Operations]] (running covert operations).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120911133315/http://www.harpers.org/archive/2006/09/sb-revolving-door-blackwater-1158094722 Revolving Door to Blackwater Causes Alarm at CIA by Ken Silverstein] saved at [https://archive.is/Zdzzy Archive.is]</ref> | ||
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| + | On 26 August 2021, [[Lowkey]] tweeted:{{QB|Erik Prince, founder of [[Blackwater]] and other [[private military contractor]]s that made millions out of the war, is now charging $6,500 per seat for [[Afghan]]s hoping to fly out of Kabul airport.<ref>''[https://twitter.com/Lowkey0nline/status/1430928492603060249 "Charging $6,500 per seat for Afghans hoping to fly out of Kabul airport"]''</ref>}} | ||
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Revision as of 20:45, 26 August 2021
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| Born | Erik Dean Prince 1969/06/06 Holland, Michigan, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | U.S. Naval Academy, Hillsdale College |
| Religion | Christian, a convert to the |
| Parents | • Edgar D. Prince • Elsa Prince-Broekhuizen |
| Children | 7 |
| Spouse | Joan Nicole Prince |
| Founder of | Blackwater |
| Member of | Association of Former Intelligence Officers, Blackwater |
Erik Prince is best known as the founder of Blackwater, a company renamed multiple times to try to escape its unenviable reputation. | |
Erik Prince, billionaire founder of Academi, is brother of billionaire Betsy DeVos. During the active years as CEO of Blackwater (XE) and other companies that were related, he was reported to be "very tight with top agency officials", carrying a 'green badge' that allows contractors to access CIA installations and being in Langley regularly to meet with senior people in the Directorate of Operations (running covert operations).[1]
Out of Afghanistan
On 26 August 2021, Lowkey tweeted:
Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater and other private military contractors that made millions out of the war, is now charging $6,500 per seat for Afghans hoping to fly out of Kabul airport.[2]
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