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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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Daily Archives: July 31, 2026
MORAN SECURITY GROUP
✦ DOSSIER MORAN SECURITY GROUP A Consolidated & Fact-Checked Corporate Profile of a Russian Maritime PMSC Prepared by the Directorate of PMSC Analysis Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire — iissonline.net 31… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
How can the international community hold private military and security companies accountable?
How can the international community hold private military and security companies accountable? 27-07-2026 Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share on Twitter Gone are the days when private military and security… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Militarized surveillance — How outsourcing to private actors Is reshaping governance and accountability
Militarized surveillance — How outsourcing to private actors Is reshaping governance and accountability Continue reading
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Dogs of war: Russia’s corporate warriors in armed conflicts
Dogs of war: Russia’s corporate warriors in armed conflicts Metadata 14 June 2023 Reading time: 24 minutes By: Andreas Heinemann-Grüder Brief_10_Private military companies (1).pdf Hardly any war has ever been fought… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Putin’s Invisible Army
THE WARSAW INSTITUTE REVIEW Date: 30 March 2018 Author: Grzegorz Kuczyński Putin’s Invisible Army As far as the law is concerned, they are acting illegally, yet the state willingly utilizes… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
LAST ROUND AT THE HAY-ADAMS
Diane: “The suit’s a holding company now,” she said, not looking up from the pad. “That’s the difference. A firm like Constellis buys up half the old Blackwater-Xe-Academi lineage and turns it into a portfolio company — logistics here, training there, a maritime security line somewhere else, all under one umbrella so the State Department can write one check and not think too hard about which subsidiary is doing what this week. That’s not Sandline. Sandline was fifty guys and a fax machine. This is private equity.”
Kate: “Private equity with a security clearance,” Kate said, and finally cracked a small smile.
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