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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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- Joseph Burwell on Former student blasts military school for private defense contractors
- Gomes Castro on Families of slain and injured sue Ericsson over claims it funded Middle East terror
- 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: April 2013
Improvement of force health protection through preventive medicine oversight of contractor support
Improvement of force health protection through preventive medicine oversight of contractor support Scott A. Mower U.S. Army Medical Department Journal. (April-June 2009): p46. U.S. Army Medical Department Center & School Unprecedented… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Bypassing redundancy: resolving the jurisdictional dilemma under the Defense Base Act
Bypassing redundancy: resolving the jurisdictional dilemma under the Defense Base Act Claire Been Washington Law Review. 83.2 (May 2008): p219. Abstract: In 1941, Congress passed the Defense Base Act (DBA) to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Settling the inherently governmental functions debate once and for all: the need for comprehensive legislation of private security contractors in Afghanistan
Settling the inherently governmental functions debate once and for all: the need for comprehensive legislation of private security contractors in Afghanistan Anthony LaPlaca Public Contract Law Journal. 41.3 (Spring 2012): p745. You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The Hidden World of Maritime Security (Part 2)
The Hidden World of Maritime Security (Part 2) by Jack Murphy · April 8, 2013 Back to the nuts and bolts of how piracy and counter-piracy works… You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe … Continue reading
The Hidden World of Maritime Security (Part 1)
The Hidden World of Maritime Security (Part 1) by Jack Murphy · April 7, 2013 · Piracy has probably existed since man first took to the sea, but it took on… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Contractors’ Next Payday: Commando Logistics for Africa Shadow Wars
Contractors’ Next Payday: Commando Logistics for Africa Shadow Wars By Robert Beckhusen 04.12.13 6:30 AM A Casa 212 contracted for Afghanistan drops supplies to paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade on… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Thatcher’s Privatizations Cast a Long Shadow
April 9, 2013, 9:25 p.m. ET Thatcher’s Privatizations Cast a Long Shadow By CHARLES FORELLE LONDON—Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday, reshaped modern Britain by selling state-owned companies into private hands, paving… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
New Charter Outlines Concrete Steps to Implement the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Contractors
New Charter Outlines Concrete Steps to Implement the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Contractors 4/11/2013 by Elizabeth Holland Foley Hoag LLP – Corporate Social Responsibility The International Code of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Ayotte, Blumenthal Introduce “Never Contract with the Enemy” Bill
Ayotte, Blumenthal Introduce “Never Contract with the Enemy” Bill Bipartisan legislation seeks to stop taxpayer money from flowing to America’s enemies Apr 11, 2013 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
“Contracting with the Enemy”
“Contracting with the Enemy” Posted By Kevin Baron Thursday, April 11, 2013 – 11:15 AM More than 80 percent of the Defense Department’s Afghanistan reconstruction contracts are vulnerable to putting U.S.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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