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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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THE DORSAI CLAUSE
It wasn’t nothing, Reyes had to admit. Half the industry ran on verbal handshakes and post-hoc invoices, and a clause that actually bound the client as much as the contractor was, on paper, worth the laminate. The trouble, as always, was the four sentences that weren’t in Section 14(c). No mention of what happened when a client under sanction quietly transferred the paper to a shell that wasn’t. No mention of who audited the audit. No mention, notably, of what a Dorsai soldier in Dickson’s own books would have called the whole point — that the code only meant something because the ones enforcing it would rather lose the contract than the reputation. Continue reading
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Private military companies – Russian great power politics on the cheap?
Private military companies – Russian great power politics on the cheap? Åse Gilje Østensena The Naval Academy,Norwegian National Defence College Bergen, The Royal Norwegian Naval Academy, Bergen, NorwayCorrespondenceaostensen@mil.no View further author… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
THE BOYLE DEFENSE FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR LIABILITY: THE SETBACKS OF THE CURRENT STANDARD AND THE NEED FOR A LESS RESTRICTIVE DEFENSE
The Boyle Defense currently prevents individuals injured by a government contractor from recovering damages if the government contractor can follow the three-step Boyle Defense test. This Note proposes two solutions that will allow a greater number of individuals injured by government contractors to recover damages successfully. First, the Note proposes limiting the Boyle Defense to only government contractors who are working on military contracts. Next, the Note proposes an alternative solution that prevents government contractors who are engaged in service-based contracts from using the Boyle Defense. These two limitations will reduce the number of government contractors escaping liability. As this Note will demonstrate, the current standing of the Boyle Defense needs to be limited in its application to allow those injured by government contractors a greater likelihood of being able to recover damages. Continue reading
Swarmer, Inc.: A Speculative Stock With A Broken Income Statement
The company produces and sells vendor-agnostic drone-swarm software to drone manufacturers, with a technology that is actually validated, as more than 100,000 combat missions flown on Swarmer OS in Ukraine since 2024.
However, this is where the bullish news end. TTM revenue is $297k, against a market capitalisation of $496M and an EV/Sales multiple of 1,581x (incredibly above the peer median of 21x). The company has no cash generation, with SG&A and share-based compensation expenses dominating the R&D expenses and the whole income statement. The company has no solid governance, with the founder that resigned as a CEO Global with no successor.
There are no fundamentals driving the share price, which should be trading around $5-6 per share. The stock is purely a speculative investment based on the premium a strategic acquirer would pay in a M&A transaction involving Swarmer.
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Cash Over Combat: How Saddam Haftar bought the freedom of captured Wagner mercenaries
Independent intelligence assessments, however, tell a less heroic story. Sources close to the negotiations reveal that the “special operations” were little more than heavily financed cash ransom payouts. Rather than storming militant compounds with tactical precision, the Haftar camp quietly opened its checkbook, purchasing the freedom of the hostages to curry favor with international powers like Washington and Moscow. Continue reading
Russian Forces Take Out 20 Brazilian Mercenaries in Ukrainian Clashes
Russian forces are reported by local sources to have eliminated 20 Brazilian mercenaries “various sectors of the front,” highlighting the continued role of Latin American combatants in the ongoing war effort. Brazilian nationals have become an increasingly visible component in the foreign frontline combat units, and by some estimates are second only to Colombians among Latin American mercenaries in the theatre. Continue reading
International Law and the Control of Mercenaries and Private Military Companies
International Law and the Control of Mercenaries and Private Military Companies Christopher Kinsey Cultures & Conflicts 2008 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
State health department asks judge to force GEO Group to allow a TB investigation while lawsuit moves ahead
Colorado took another legal step Thursday in its lawsuit against the GEO Group for the company’s failure to comply with a state public health order over a case of tuberculosis at its Aurora immigrant detention facility, confirmed in June. Continue reading
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Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts
Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts The GEO Group has profited from the administration’s mass deportation campaign. A subsidiary donated more… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
After the fall: Russian influence on Africa’s illicit economies post-Wagner
After the fall Russian influence on Africa’s illicit economies post-Wagner You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe