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CBP Formally Hires Contractors to Collect Fines From People It Has Deported
The $36 million effort, spread across four companies, relies on firms already working to locate immigrants for the government’s deportation surge. Continue reading
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ICE Awards GardaWorld $17.3 Million to Convert San Antonio Warehouse Into a Service Processing Center
Immigration and Customs Enforcement awarded GardaWorld Federal Services $17.3 million on Thursday to renovate an agency-owned building in San Antonio into an immigration processing and detention facility, using the Navy contracting program the Department of Homeland Security said in June it had stopped using for detention work. The award record was posted to SAM.gov, the federal contracting database. Continue reading
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THE ALLIED FLOOR
This document is a work of AI invented satire produced by the Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire. Warburg Pincus, Allied Universal, and G4S are real entities referenced solely to ground a fictional premise; every executive, analyst, financial figure, contract, lawsuit, and quotation appearing below is invented and does not describe any actual statement, transaction, or event. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or to actual corporate communications, is coincidental and unintended. No portion of this document should be relied upon for investment, legal, journalistic, or operational purposes. Continue reading
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AIR DEFENSE PREMIUM+
Now, for one low monthly payment, your critical infrastructure can enjoy the peace of mind formerly reserved for sovereign states, integrated air-defense commands, and people who own several aircraft carriers. Continue reading
Swarmer Takes 20% Stake in Vectus Air Defense
Vectus Air Defense Systems to provide Air Defense as a Service for critical infrastructure; Swarmer — a founding partner with a 20% equity interest, contributing battle-proven air defense technologies and autonomy.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Exclusive: Vectus, led by Erik Prince, pitches air defense as a service
Aug 21, 2026 – Technology Exclusive: Vectus, led by Erik Prince, pitches air defense as a service Colin Demarest Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios Vectus Air Defense Systems launched Friday, led by Blackwater… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Wagner Group: Russian mercenary group
PMC (private military company) Wagner was created as a legal entity in Russia in December 2022, but the mercenary group’s activities predate its official founding by nearly a decade. Because Wagner has spent most of its existence in a gray area of plausible deniability, its origins and organizational structure are, by design, murky. The most credible account of the group’s creation involves Dmitry Utkin, a former GRU and Spetsnaz officer, and a short-lived mercenary company called the Slavonic Corps. The Slavonic Corps was formed in 2013 to provide support for the regime of Bashar al-Assad during the Syrian Civil War, but the unit was routed in its first engagement, a clash with fighters from the Islamic State (ISIL) outside Homs in October 2013. In early 2014 Utkin became associated with a GRU-backed mercenary company that drew at least part of its membership from the Slavonic Corps, and its name—Wagner—was reportedly derived from Utkin’s former radio call sign. Continue reading
Ossoff calls for answers from private military housing developer, continues investigations
“I have heard concerns from my constituents that Balfour Beatty Communities (BBC) is not preparing units in the time necessary for an incoming family to be able to move into upon their permanent change of station (PCS),” Sen. Ossoff reportedly wrote to CEO Jennifer Hill. “Servicemembers and their families give the greatest sacrifice for our Nation; we must ensure that we provide for them at home.” Continue reading
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Criminal links of South Africa’s private security companies also require scrutiny
Whether for good reasons or bad, many South Africans have been thrust into public prominence by appearing before the Madlanga Commission or Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee inquiries into political interference, and crime and corruption in the police and criminal justice system. Perhaps the most infamous of these is tender tycoon and criminal suspect Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala. Continue reading
Oklahoma Voice: Military contractor aircraft surveil Arizona’s southern border for undisclosed mission
Military contractor aircraft equipped with high-end surveillance gear has been flying along the United States southern border above Arizona, New Mexico and Texas for months. The Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security won’t elaborate on what the aircraft are doing. Continue reading