Erik Prince Quotes
We're trying to do for the national security apparatus what FedEx did for the postal service.
Scahill, Jeremy. Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. Nation Books, 2007, p. 55.
The Justice Department shut the magazine down under the Espionage Act {612703} This censorship in hindsight was clearly unconstitutional, but this is yet another example of civil rights being eroded in wartime with timidity on the parts of the courts to uphold the constitution when the Executive is stating that the court ruling could greatly harm the nation. In retrospect, such testimony has almost always been fabricated lies or paranoid fears.
Note the mild tone of asking the Congress to deal with crucial issues. Although almost revered as a king, Washington was very respectful of the independence of Congress on legislative affairs. Congress however did not act on these measures in that term.
Erik Dean Prince is an American businessman, former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, and the founder of the private military company Blackwater USA, now called Academi. He served as Blackwater's CEO until 2009, and as its chairman, until its sale to a group of investors in 2010. Prince heads the private equity firm Frontier Resource Group, and served as chairman of the Hong Kong-listed Frontier Services Group until 2021.