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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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Pentagon Blasted for Stalled Tracking of Services Contractors
Pentagon Blasted for Stalled Tracking of Services Contractors By Charles S. Clark December 1, 2014 sergign / Shutterstock.com As the Defense Department scurries to keep up with ISIS and other… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Serco contracts to come under scrutiny from WA parliamentary committee
Serco contracts to come under scrutiny from WA parliamentary committee Emerging Markets Business Information News 28 November 2014 Western Australian government contracts with private security firm Serco will come under scrutiny… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Chaos, Complexity, and PSCs
Christopher Mayer Director, Armed Contingency Contractor Policies and Programs at US Department of Defense Chaos, Complexity, and PSCs Dec 1 2014 This month will see four important events in realizing the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Corporate Private Armies in Afghanistan.Regulating Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC) in a ‘Territorial State’
Corporate Private Armies in Afghanistan.Regulating Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC) in a ‘Territorial State’ You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register
Pentagon imposes strict standards on private security firms
Pentagon imposes strict standards on private security firms By Christian Davenport November 26 at 11:39 AM Follow @_chrisdavenport The Pentagon is for the first time requiring private security contractors to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Gunslingers on the High Seas: A Call for Regulation
Gunslingers on the High Seas: A Call for Regulation Yvonne M. Dutton Publication Citation Yvonne M. Dutton, Gunslingers on the High Seas: A Call for Regulation, 24 Duke Journal of Comparative… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Ensuring Contractor Accountability Overseas- A Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act Would Be Preferable to Expansion of False Claims Act
Rachel M. Kelly Ensuring Contractor Accountability Overseas: A Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act Would Be Preferable to Expansion of the False Claims Act Abstract This Note considers the advisability of amending the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Agency and Hong Kong firm tussle over aviation licence
Agency and Hong Kong firm tussle over aviation licence Daily Nation By RAMENYA GIBENDI 24 November 2014 The stand-off between Frontier Services Group FSG, a Hong Kong listed company, and Kenya… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Providing Security – Doing it Right – The Reputation Challenge
Providing Security – Doing it Right – The Reputation Challenge Security Following prosecutions in the USA in October this year, four security guards who worked for Blackwater, a large major US… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private Forces, Public Harm: private security companies and international law
Private Forces, Public Harm: private security companies and international law by Taryn Priadko The widespread participation of private military and security companies (PMSCs) in contemporary conflicts has led to concerns about… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading