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- Here and There with Dave Marash, February 3, 2015
- Sep. 2, 2014 Al Jazeera English segment on Blackwater trial - Comment by David Isenberg
- Jan 2, 2010, Al Jazzeera (English), re Judge Urbina’s dismissal of charges against Blackwater contractors
- June 28, 2010. heard in “Controversy over CIA Blackwater contract,” The World
- August 17, 2010, on C-Span III, speaks on private military contracting
- Examining the role of the military contractor
- Has the Privatization of National Security Gone Too Far? The Future of Military Contracting, November 14, 2008, 9:30-11:00am, New America Foundation
- David Isenberg on PressTV - US contractor with poor ratings hired again
- Outsourcing War and Peace – Video
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Monthly Archives: March 2015
KBR Whistleblower In Iraq FCA Case Sent To Arbitration
KBR Whistleblower In Iraq FCA Case Sent To Arbitration By Michael Macagnone Law360, Washington (March 30, 2015, 4:28 PM ET) — An Illinois federal judge on Monday pushed a whistleblower into… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private Security Companies and Shared Responsibility: The Turn to Multistakeholder Standard-Setting and Monitoring through Self-Regulation-‘Plus’
Private Security Companies and Shared Responsibility: The Turn to Multistakeholder Standard-Setting and Monitoring through Self-Regulation-‘Plus’ You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register
Commercial Military Service Providers as Actors in Public Administration
Commercial Military Service Providers as Actors in Public Administration Added by Mikko Räkköläinen Abstract: This paper examines the typical ways in which commercial military service providers (CMSPs) influence the government agencies… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
“A good one though rather for the foreign market”: mercenary writing and Scott’s Quentin Durward
“A good one though rather for the foreign market”: mercenary writing and Scott’s Quentin Durward Erik Simpson Studies in Romanticism. 48.4 (Winter 2009): p667. The Mercenary Context: Machiavelli, Ferguson, Smith IN… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
An empire within an empire: William Dalrymple is uncomfortably reminded of the astonishing savagery by which the East India Company maintained the Raj throughout the 19th century
An empire within an empire: William Dalrymple is uncomfortably reminded of the astonishing savagery by which the East India Company maintained the Raj throughout the 19th century William Dalrymple Spectator. 327.9733… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Title: “I (won’t) follow you”: the misguided, and dangerous, interpretation of constitutional extraterritoriality in United States v. Ali
Title: “I (won’t) follow you”: the misguided, and dangerous, interpretation of constitutional extraterritoriality in United States v. Ali Isaac D. Chaput Washington University Law Review. 91.5 (July 2014): p1293. Not only… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Modern warfare: Armed groups, private militaries, humanitarian organizations, and the law
Benjamin Perrin, ed.: Modern warfare: Armed groups, private militaries, humanitarian organizations, and the law Kai Chen International Journal. 69.3 (Sept. 2014): p461. http://www.internationaljournal.ca/Home/Home.html Benjamin Perrin, ed. Modern warfare: Armed groups, private… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Privatizing defence services: alternate service delivery is here to stay
Privatizing defence services: alternate service delivery is here to stay David Pugliese Esprit de Corps. 20.2 (Mar. 2013): p8. http://www.espritdecorps.ca/ It’s been almost two decades since the Canadian Forces started down… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Pitfalls of the A-76 process. (Pressures of a Shrinking Budget)
Pitfalls of the A-76 process. (Pressures of a Shrinking Budget) William A. Cunningham, III and Justin W. Lavadour Air Force Journal of Logistics. 25.4 (Winter 2001): p1. http://www.aflma.hq.af.mil/lgj/Afjlhome.html Outsourcing proponents have… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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In Carter We Trust?
In Carter We Trust? March 24, 2015The Project On Government Oversight has long voiced concerns about the cost of service contracts and the potential waste of billions of dollars. Service contract spending accounts… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading