Updates to: American Police Force- Phase 1 of Militarized Private Police?

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As media rolls out a wide net on the American Police Force story in Montana, the details can change. The focus now is on the apparent leader of APF, one Michael Hilton; a man with an apparent criminal history.

The Prison Planet story below is not definitive, but provide strong linkages between Blackwater/Xe and APF. Among the noteworthy notes:

Mercury News-Mont. jail project begins to unravel; lawyer quits

AP-Montana AG launches probe of town’s jail deal
Montana’s attorney general has launched an investigation into a California company’s plan to take over the city of Hardin’s $27 million jail, following revelations that the company’s lead figure is a convicted felon with a history of fraud.

PrisonPlanet.com-Exposed: American Police Force Is A Blackwater Front Group

The U.S. Training Center is run by Blackwater. Indeed, The U.S. Training Center website, can be accessed via Blackwater’s forwarding URL at http://www.blackwaterusa.com/.

According to a February 2009 NY Times article, the U.S. Training Center is a Blackwater “subsidiary that conducts much of the company’s overseas operations and domestic training.” Blackwater changed the name of the facility from its old title, Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, earlier this this when they also changed their own name to “Xe”.

Since Blackwater runs the U.S. Training Center, and the American Police Force stated on its own website, before it was deleted this morning, that it also runs the U.S. Training Center. This means that either APF is lying about running the U.S. Training Center and is therefore effectively posing as Blackwater, or APF and Blackwater are one and the same.

APF Website-contact info:

Note  that the East Coast address is Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. given the CIA’s proclivities for “store front” operations, and Blackwater/Xe’s documented connections to Blackwater, it is not a stretch to label this a government op.