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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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Category Archives: Afghanistan
From Death Threats to a French Dandy, Afghan Contractors Abandoned by the U.S. Struggle to Find Asylum Abroad
From Death Threats to a French Dandy, Afghan Contractors Abandoned by the U.S. Struggle to Find Asylum Abroad June 17, 2021| Jennifer Orth-Veillon LYON, France—When the Taliban shoved him out of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Governments and Mercenaries: A New Era of Cooperation after Afghanistan?
Defence-In-Depth Research from the Defence Studies Department, King’s College London Governments and Mercenaries: A New Era of Cooperation after Afghanistan? Christopher Kinsey, Defence Studies Department, and Bob Parr, PhD student at… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Contractor loses argument to have cases related to 2016 Bagram Airfield suicide bombing dismissed
Contractor loses argument to have cases related to 2016 Bagram Airfield suicide bombing dismissed by Phillip Walter Wellman • Stars and Stripes • January 10, 2022 Drums of used fuel are… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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SIGAR’s 54th Quarterly Report to Congress
Today, SIGAR released its fifty-fourth Quarterly Report to Congress examining the $145.87 billion U.S. reconstruction effort in Afghanistan. Key Points: — Over half of Afghanistan’s population faces a “tsunami of hunger,”… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Military officials admit they knew that Afghan air force would fail when contractors left
Military officials admit they knew that Afghan air force would fail when contractors left Post Date: January 20, 2022 | Category: Around the World, The Danger Zone U.S. military officials knew… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
USAID Contractors Denounce Agency’s Betrayal of Thousands of Afghans Who Carried Out Its Mission
Become a member Afghan men line up to receive a monthly food ration largely supplied by the US Agency for International Development from World Food Program workers in Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I July 1, 2021 – September 30, 2021
Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I July 1, 2021 – September 30, 2021 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Afghanistan: the next frontier for China’s private-security companies?
Meia Nouwens @MeiaNouwens Senior Fellow for Chinese Defence Policy and Military Modernisation About Meia Analysis 1st October 2021 Afghanistan: the next frontier for China’s private-security companies? Could China’s private-security companies pave… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Audit of Noncompetitive Contracts in Support of Overseas Contingency Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq
Audit of Noncompetitive Contracts in Support of Overseas Contingency Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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Time for America to privatize its hybrid wars
Time for America to privatize its hybrid wars Afghan debacle underscored the need to unleash America’s latent private sector capabilities to restore lost credibility and deterrence by Erik Prince October 19,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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