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- Here and There with Dave Marash, February 3, 2015
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- 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
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Textron wins Navy task orders for drone ISR services to support 7th Fleet, other forces
Textron wins Navy task orders for drone ISR services to support 7th Fleet, other forces Textron plans to provide its Aerosonde Mk. 4.7 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) system for its… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
ICE Just Tripled What It Pays Private Firms To Hunt Down Immigrants
ICE Just Tripled What It Pays Private Firms To Hunt Down Immigrants New contracting records show a $57.1 million jump in payments to the 14 private firms ICE pays to locate… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Seasats Lands $24 Million in USV Contracts for National Security Customers in One Month
Seasats Lands $24 Million in USV Contracts for National Security Customers in One Month News provided by Seasats Sep 04, 2026, 10:00 ET Committed orders include USV procurement and Robot-as-a-Service contracts… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
PMSC Daily Digest: 4 September 2026 — U.S. Eastern Time
PMSC Daily Digest 4 September 2026 — U.S. Eastern Time Scope: armed/private security, defense support, private intelligence, cyber/OSINT, maritime security, logistics, detention/border contracting, surveillance/security technology, corporate ownership/compliance. I also checked the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Erik Prince: Corporate Network, Business Failures & Scandals
Running beneath all three eras is a single structural pattern this dossier treats as its central finding: Prince’s economic control has become progressively harder to see on paper even as his operational role has remained continuous. Blackwater was undisguised — Prince’s name was on the door. FSG substituted a public-company shareholding and subsidiary structure. Project Opus substituted associates, management agreements and, critically, a security pledge: the UN Panel found that 100% of Malta company PBM Limited’s shares had been pledged by its nominal owner to Phalanx Holding Company LLC, a Delaware entity the Panel identifies as Prince-controlled — and that Prince personally signed the document terminating that pledge in July 2020. The Panel concluded this arrangement made Prince, “in effect,” PBM’s beneficial owner despite holding no shares in it directly. That is the strongest documented evidence that formal share registries have understated Prince’s economic interest in his network at various points, Continue reading
Amendment to detention contract notice drops detainee-transport reporting requirement
A requirement that private contractors report to Immigration and Customs Enforcement each month on every detainee they transport was deleted Thursday afternoon from the contract documents for four proposed “turnkey” detention centers, in an amendment ICE posted to the federal contracting site SAM.gov. Continue reading
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Niger’s thwarted mutiny highlights junta’s dependence on Russia
Niger’s thwarted mutiny highlights junta’s dependence on Russia Africa A failed mutiny in Niger over the weekend shows how important Russia’s Africa Corps mercenaries are in the country, according to analysts.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Thwarted Niger mutiny exposes junta’s Russia dependence
Thwarted Niger mutiny exposes junta’s Russia dependence Abidjan (AFP) – The pivotal role played by Russia’s Africa Corps mercenaries in putting down a mutiny in Niger at the weekend has revealed… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
8 Indonesians Allegedly Serving as Russian Mercenaries: What Does the DPR Say?
8 Indonesians Allegedly Serving as Russian Mercenaries: What Does the DPR Say? Reporter Eka Yudha Saputra September 1, 2026 | 03:48 pm TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Deputy House Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad drew attention… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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UN report details foreign networks fueling war in Sudan
The United Nations said in a report Thursday that foreign networks are helping fuel the brutal war in Sudan that has raged between the army and the paramilitary group Rapid Security Forces since 2023, killing at least 59,000 people, displacing some 13 million and pushing many parts of the African nation into famine. Continue reading
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