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    How Gun Lube Brought Down the British Empire

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    How Gun Lube Brought Down the British Empire 1/19/13 | by Chris Eger In 1857 colonial India, the British East India Company was an enormous publicly traded private corporation that literally… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Kabul’s Detention Of Western Contractors Spurs Tensions

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    Wall Street Journal January 18, 2013 Pg. 11 Kabul’s Detention Of Western Contractors Spurs Tensions By Nathan Hodge KABUL—Afghanistan detained several Western employees of a top supplier to the U.S. military… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Mutiny in Kabul

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    Mutiny in Kabul An exclusive report on the troubled security team at America’s most important embassy. BY ADAM ZAGORIN | JANUARY 17, 2013 Private guards responsible for protecting what may be… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Crouching guard, hidden danger for China security firms

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    Crouching guard, hidden danger for China security firms Thursday, 17 January, 2013, 3:55pm Agence France-Presse in Beijing An instructor gestures as students hold rubber guns during a bodyguard training session in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    The most open government in the world? It doesn’t feel like it…

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    … Getting underneath the failings of security contractor G4S at the Olympic Games was also frustrating. “It was very difficult to extract relevant information because the London Organising Committee of the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    CACI Selected for Defense Contract

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    http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/90435/caci-selected-for-defense-contract CACI Selected for Defense Contract by Zacks Equity Research January 15, 2013 CACI International Inc (CACI – Analyst Report) recently announced that it was selected as one of the seven… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    SAIC, CACI Part of Defense Department Contract Worth Up to $899 Million

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    SAIC, CACI Part of Defense Department Contract Worth Up to $899 Million By Rich Smith, The Motley Fool Posted 2:22PM 01/14/13 Defense contractors SAIC and CACI today both announced their participation… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Is Making A Huge Bet On China’s Thirst For African Commodities

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    The Business Insider November 20, 2012 Tuesday 1:40 PM EST Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Is Making A Huge Bet On China’s Thirst For African Commodities Navy SEAL, Infamous private security entrepreneur… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Burn Pit Exposure Cuts Poquoson Soldier’s Career Short

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    Newport News Daily Press January 13, 2013 Burn Pit Exposure Cuts Poquoson Soldier’s Career Short By Hugh Lessig POQUOSON–Before he got sick, before the tremors, memory lapses and surgeries, Chief Warrant… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    War Profiteers Still Finishing First

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    War Profiteers Still Finishing First Vlahos on Leonie, the latest contractor to play and not pay by Kelley B. Vlahos, January 08, 2013 So who’s the fool? The outfit that turned… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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