FBI certainly respected the Civil Rights of one guy before 9/11

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1. Note1: (Melbourn (sic)) after Blackwater Training

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The phone number is for a NC location - the main Blackwater facility. But, there is a Blackwater charter aviation affiliate, AWS, in Melbourne, FL that does not appear to provide flight training. Note2, however, AWS wasn't acquired until April 2003, according to this Wiki entry. However, Note4: SouceWatch has identified AWS and Presidential as "Rendition Airlines", which later provided rendition flights for the CIA. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Planes_alleged_to_have_been_used_for_extraordinary_rendition

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Why did he have the number for a CIA charter airline company two years before it was reportedly acquired by Blackwater? For flight training? Didn't Daniel Hopsicker allege that Rudy Decker's FL flight training school was also CIA connected?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi
Former corporate units
Aviation Worldwide Services
Main article: Presidential Airways (charter)
AWS CASA C-212 Aviocar in Afghanistan.

Aviation Worldwide Services (AWS) was founded by Richard Pere and Tim Childrey, and was based at Melbourne, Florida, USA. It owned and operated three subsidiaries: STI Aviation, Inc. Air Quest, Inc. and Presidential Airways, Inc. In April 2003 it was acquired by Blackwater USA.[51]

Presidential Airways (PAW) is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Regulations Part 135 charter cargo and passenger airline based at Melbourne International Airport. It operates aircraft owned by AWS. Presidential Airways holds a Secret Facility Clearance from the U.S. Department of Defense.[52] It operates several CASA 212 aircraft in addition to a Boeing 767.[53][54] Several of the MD-530 helicopters used by Blackwater Security Consulting in Iraq are also operated through AWS.[55][56]

A CASA 212 aircraft, tail number N960BW, operated by Presidential Airways crashed on November 27, 2004, in Afghanistan; it had been a contract flight for the United States Air Force en route from Bagram to Farah.[57] All aboard, three soldiers and three civilian crew members, were killed. Several of their surviving kin filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Presidential in October 2005.[58]

In late September 2007, Presidential Airways received a $92m contract from the Department of Defense for air transportation in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan.[59][60]

STI Aviation focuses on aircraft maintenance, and is a FAA/Joint Aviation Authorities 145 repair station.[51] They specialize in Short 360, EMB 120, Saab 340, and CASA 212 maintenance. As of January 2008, STI Aviation appears to have been folded into AWS, along with Air Quest.[61]

Many of Blackwater's tactical and training aircraft are registered to Blackwater affiliate EP Aviation LLC, named for Blackwater's owner, Erik Prince.[62] These aircraft include fourteen Bell 412 helicopters, three Hughes/MD 369 "Little Bird" helicopters, four Bell 214ST medium-lift helicopters, three Fairchild Swearingen Merlin IIIC turboprop airliners, nine Aérospatiale Puma utility helicopters,[63] a Maule Air MT-7-235 STOL aircraft, an Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano counterinsurgency aircraft, and a Mooney M20E fixed wing aircraft.[64]

Aviation Worldwide Services was purchased for $200 million in 2010 by AAR Corp., an Illinois company. In a letter released on February 8, 2011, the new owners informed state officials that they are shutting down the Moyock, North Carolina, operation and moving some employees to a new business location in Melbourne, Florida. Some 260 staff are affected with about 50 losing their jobs, beginning at the end of February. The company views the aviation division as a growth opportunity.[65]