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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
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Testimony on TFBSO: Preliminary Results Show Serious Management & Oversight Problems
Today, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, John F. Sopko, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support on oversight of the Department of Defense’s Task… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Silent Partners: Private Forces, Mercenaries, and International Humanitarian Law in the 21st Century
Silent Partners: Private Forces, Mercenaries, and International Humanitarian Law in the 21st Century You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
DoD: Training, Awareness Critical in Human Trafficking Fight
DoD: Training, Awareness Critical in Human Trafficking Fight By Lisa Ferdinando DoD News, Defense Media Activity President Barack Obama proclaimed January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. The Joint… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The development of the private security industry in South Korea: history, progress, and critical issues, 1950-2014
Dae Woon Kim (School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.) Citation: Dae Woon Kim, (2015) The development of the private security industry in South Korea: history, progress,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The American Psychological Association and the Hoffman Report
Journal of Humanistic Psychology first published on December 17, 2015 The American Psychological Association and the Hoffman Report David N. Elkins1⇑ 1. 1Pepperdine University, Irvine, CA, USA David N. Elkins, PO… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Pentagon Curbs Use of Psychologists With Guantánamo Detainees
Pentagon Curbs Use of Psychologists With Guantánamo Detainees By JAMES RISENDEC. 31, 2015 Photo The United States prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in 2010. Psychologists no longer observe or are involved… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Drones and Contractor Mission Creep
Drones and Contractor Mission Creep By Laura Dickinson Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 9:03 AM I have written previously about the transparency, oversight, and accountability issues that outsourcing aspects of the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Defense Contractors Performing Private Security Functions
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 30, 2015)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 81496-81499] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2015-32874] [[Page 81496]]… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Marshall Islands first to adopt new standards for PMSCs
Marshall Islands first to adopt new standards for PMSCs in Piracy and Security News 11/12/2015 The Republic of the Marshall Islands has informed those companies with vessels under its flag that… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Blackwater’s New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Contractors Operating at Sea
Blackwater’s New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Contractors Operating at Sea You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
