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| SWAT team members train at the Blackwater Lodge and Training Center in Moyock, N.C. THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT FILE PHOTO |
By BILL SIZEMORE, The Virginian-Pilot © May 10, 2007
Blackwater USA is accusing an ex-employee of stealing trade secrets in a case featuring allegations of false imprisonment, gun-waving commandos, cloak-and-dagger contracts and a late-night police raid.
The lawsuit, nearing trial in a North Carolina federal court, was originally filed Feb. 21, 2006, in Camden County Superior Court. In it, Blackwater claims that a former employee, Curtis Smith, gave confidential information to Covenant Special Projects, a start-up security company based in Northern Virginia.