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    Contingency Support Contractors Beware: The Agility Experience

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    Contingency Support Contractors Beware: The Agility Experience 15:28 GMT, May 9, 2012 One of the most amazing features of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan was the explosive growth in the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Amendment Puts Spotlight On Pentagon Propaganda

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    USA Today May 10, 2012 Pg. 4 Amendment Puts Spotlight On Pentagon Propaganda By Gregory Korte, USA Today WASHINGTON — A member of the House Armed Services Committee threatened an amendment… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Shooting to Kill Pirates Risks Blackwater Moment

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    Shooting to Kill Pirates Risks Blackwater Moment By Michelle Wiese Bockmann and Alan Katz – May 8, 2012 7:31 PM ET Play Private Security Guards Shoot at Somali Pirates At first… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    US company that built Guantánamo wants to run police services in UK

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    US company that built Guantánamo wants to run police services in UK Andy Worthington, 9 May 2012 About the author Andy Worthington is the author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Privatizing Asylum Housing: Serco and G4S Get UK Contracts

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    Privatizing Asylum Housing: Serco and G4S Get UK Contracts by Lily Smith, CorpWatch Blog May 8th, 2012 Over 100 asylum seekers are facing eviction in Glasgow after Serco – a private… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Cheap help from Uganda

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    Slaves to the private military in Iraq Cheap help from Uganda Private security firms won lucrative contracts to supply support staff and security guards to back up US forces in Iraq.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    FORM 8-K: KBR FILES CURRENT REPORT

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    US Fed News May 6, 2012 Sunday 1:31 PM EST FORM 8-K: KBR FILES CURRENT REPORT WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, May 6 — KBR Inc., Houston, files Form 8-K (current report) with Securities… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Warren Weinstein: How the USAID Worker Was Kidnapped (Video)

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    Warren Weinstein: How the USAID Worker Was Kidnapped (Video) May 7, 2012 1:15 PM EDT In a shocking video released Sunday, a 70-year-old American who was kidnapped in Pakistan last year… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Lloyds owns stake in US firm accused over CIA torture flights

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    Lloyds owns stake in US firm accused over CIA torture flights Rupert Neate guardian.co.uk, Sunday 6 May 2012 14.18 EDT Computer Sciences Corporation, according to Reprieve, organised a flight that took… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    ManTech falls as slowing war zone missions hurt quarter

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    ManTech falls as slowing war zone missions hurt quarter Fri May 4, 2012 11:15am EDT (Reuters) – Shares of ManTech International Corp (MANT.O) fell as much as 16 percent after the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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