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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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- 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: April 2013
Fighting Piracy With Private Security Measures: When Contract Law Should Tell Parties to Walk the Plank.
Fighting Piracy With Private Security Measures: When Contract Law Should Tell Parties to Walk the Plank. By: Martin, Jennifer S., American University Law Review, June 2010, Vol. 59, Issue 5. pp.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Afghan Helmand radio reports on public protection police force
BBC Monitoring South Asia – Political Supplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring April 5, 2013 Friday Afghan Helmand radio reports on public protection police force Text of report by provincial state-owned Afghan… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
CBC program casts doubt on ex-Cambridge bodyguard’s story about woman in Mexican jail
Waterloo Region Record April 5, 2013 Friday First Edition CBC program casts doubt on ex-Cambridge bodyguard’s story about woman in Mexican jail BYLINE: Chris Herhalt, Record staff Pg. A1 Some of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Engility Wins $116M Contract to Advise, Assist, Mentor and Train US and Coalition Forces in Law Enforcement
Benzinga April 3, 2013 Wednesday 8:41 PM EST Engility Wins $116M Contract to Advise, Assist, Mentor and Train US and Coalition Forces in Law Enforcement Apr 03, 2013 (Benzinga:http://www.benzinga.com/ Delivered by… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Do Corporations Enjoy a 2nd Amendment Right to Drones?
Balkinization March 24, 2013 Sunday 7:01 PM EST Do Corporations Enjoy a 2nd Amendment Right to Drones? Frank Pasquale Mar 24, 2013 (Balkinization:http://balkin.blogspot.com/ An emerging, “solutionist[1]” narrative about drones goes something… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
For UN in Haiti, US Choses DynCorp, Despite Scandal in Bosnia, Whistleblower
For UN in Haiti, US Choses DynCorp, Despite Scandal in Bosnia, Whistleblower By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, April 10 — The military contractor DynCorp, charged with child sex abuse while… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Kickback Case To Result In Plea Deal Contractors accused of overbilling Pentagon, influence peddling
Washington Post April 11, 2013 Pg. 3 Kickback Case To Result In Plea Deal Contractors accused of overbilling Pentagon, influence peddling By Carol D. Leonnig Two brothers whose defense business flourished… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Contracting with the Enemy
Today SIGAR released an audit report on Contracting with the Enemy, looking at the Section 841 provision of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act empowering DOD to terminate contracts that provide… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Holds Hearing on Accountability in U.S. Foreign Assistance
April 10, 2013 House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Holds Hearing on Accountability in U.S. Foreign Assistance ISSA: Committee will come to order. We exist to secure two fundamental principles. First,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Control, Fraud/Waste/Abuse, Iraq
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Former Army Soldier Indicted on Bribery and Related Charges for Facilitating Thefts of Fuel in Afghanistan
Former Army Soldier Indicted on Bribery and Related Charges for Facilitating Thefts of Fuel in Afghanistan U.S. Department of Justice April 11, 2013 Office of Public Affairs (202) 514-2007/TDD (202) 514-1888… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Fraud/Waste/Abuse, Legal
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