From the AP article:
Erik Prince, the founder of the beleaguered Blackwater security company, announced Monday he has stepped aside as the company’s chief executive officer.
Prince said he has appointed a new president and a new CEO. The management shake up, he said, was part of the company’s “continued reorganization and self-improvement.”
For those of you who don’t know, Blackwater USA/International/Xe is a private security contractor that was heavily used by the Bush administration in Iraq and other unconstitutional actions like “policing” American citizens during the aftermath of Katrina. They have been embroiled in controversy after allegedly slaughtering dozens of civilians in Iraq and have since had their license to operate revoked by the Iraqi government.
What happens when your “brand” is ruined? Just rename yourself. Blackwater is now known as Xe (pronounced as “z”). So the next time you hear of a mass of civilians from a third world country getting massacred by a group of mercenaries from a “new” group named Xe, then just know that its Blackwater.
