Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An kafa Blackwater USA a 1997, ta Al Clark da Erik Prince a Arewacin Carolina, don ba da tallafin horo ga sojoji da hukumomin tilasta yin doka. Da yake bayanin manufar Blackwater, Prince ya ce: "Muna ƙoƙari mu yi wa tsarin tsaro na ƙasa abin da FedEx ta yi wa ofishin gidan waya". Bayan aiki tare da SEAL da SWAT teams, Blackwater Amurka samu ta farko gwamnati kwangila bin harin da USS "Cole"
daga gabar tekun Yemen a watan Oktoba 2000.