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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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- A United States in Perpetual War Should Consider a Foreign Legion as a Pragmatic Solution | NextBigFuture.com on LEGITIMIZING A DE FACTO U.S. FOREIGN LEGION IN AFGHANISTAN: TRANSFER OF MISSION CRITICAL SECURITY OPERATIONS FROM PRIVATE CONTRACTORS TO U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL
- Resource curse alive and well in Afghanistan - Antony Loewenstein on $488 Million Investment in Afghanistan’s Oil, Mining & Gas Industry at Risk
- Il Boom dei contractors in Africa – SURIYA HABIBATI on Mozambique: Hydrocarbon companies deny security deal with Erik Prince – AIM
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Investigators want explanation of alleged overbilling in Afghanistan
Investigators want explanation of alleged overbilling in Afghanistan By Karen DeYoung, Published: May 24 Congressional investigators have given the Defense Logistics Agency and the contractor that provides virtually all food supplies to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Companies, Contracts, Fraud/Waste/Abuse, Logistics
Tagged Afghanistan, Casualties, Contracts, Fraud/Waste/Abuse, Logistics
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Full Circuit Revives Abu Ghraib Torture Suit
Full Circuit Revives Abu Ghraib Torture Suit By TRAVIS SANFORD (CN) – The full 4th Circuit revived claims that defense contractors conspired with the government to cover up their abuse of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Posted in Companies, Fraud/Waste/Abuse, Iraq, Legal
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Call To Action: Instructions For How To Submit A Contractor Casualty For The Defense Of Freedom Medal
Call To Action: Instructions For How To Submit A Contractor Casualty For The Defense Of Freedom Medal This is an important post, and in the past I have discussed the Defense… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
USA: Fixed-Wing Transport Contracts for the Central Asian Front
USA: Fixed-Wing Transport Contracts for the Central Asian Front May 24, 2012 12:35 EDT Presidential Airways, Inc. of Moyock, NC (now AAR Airlift) uses EADS-CASA 212 and Dash-8 transport aircraft for… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Senator Webb: 2013 NDAA “Advances Critical Defense Needs” – Wartime Contracting Reform Provisions
Senator Webb: 2013 NDAA “Advances Critical Defense Needs” Written by News Release Saturday, 26 May 2012 16:37 Washington, D.C. – Defense and national security initiatives long championed by Senator Jim Webb… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Sopko Appointed To Afghanistan IG Post
Washington Post May 24, 2012 Pg. B4 Sopko Appointed To Afghanistan IG Post Veteran investigator to probe alleged corruption in reconstruction effort By Timothy R. Smith President Obama plans to appoint… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Afghan Public Protection Force Replaces Contractors
NPR May 23, 2012 Afghan Public Protection Force Replaces Contractors Morning Edition (NPR), 7:10 AM RENEE MONTAGNE: And it’s been nearly two years since Afghan president Hamid Karzai ordered that the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
London 2012 security guards told to smile
London 2012 security guards told to smile By Avril Ormsby LONDON | Thu May 24, 2012 9:26am EDT (Reuters) – Private security guards manning venues at July and August’s London Olympics… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Lawmakers criticize Pentagon, contractor for billion-dollar billing dispute over food services
Lawmakers criticize Pentagon, contractor for billion-dollar billing dispute over food services Panel examining flaws in food-for-troops contract RICHARD LARDNER | Associated Press The Pentagon and the company that supplies U.S. troops… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The Price of Sacrifice
David Isenberg Author, ‘Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq’ The Price of Sacrifice Posted: 05/24/2012 10:04 am How should one recognize an act on the battlefield that gets you wounded?… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading