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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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- A United States in Perpetual War Should Consider a Foreign Legion as a Pragmatic Solution | NextBigFuture.com on LEGITIMIZING A DE FACTO U.S. FOREIGN LEGION IN AFGHANISTAN: TRANSFER OF MISSION CRITICAL SECURITY OPERATIONS FROM PRIVATE CONTRACTORS TO U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL
- Resource curse alive and well in Afghanistan - Antony Loewenstein on $488 Million Investment in Afghanistan’s Oil, Mining & Gas Industry at Risk
- Il Boom dei contractors in Africa – SURIYA HABIBATI on Mozambique: Hydrocarbon companies deny security deal with Erik Prince – AIM
Category Archives: David Isenberg
Note to Readers
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Erik Prince & Dorian Barak — known linkages
Erik Prince & Dorian Barak — known linkages All publicly documented connections, ~2012–2024 · Erik Prince American businessman & former Navy SEAL. Founded Blackwater (1997, sold 2010), Presidential Airways, Frontier Resource… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Erik Prince: Companies he founded or is Involved In
Erik Prince: Companies he founded or is Involved In I’m playing around with various AIs; trying to get a better sense of how useful they can be in the PMSC sector.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Perplexity Opines on Shadow Force
Perplexity Opines on Shadow Force On May 30 I posted an assessment by Anthropic’s Claude AI re my book, Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq. Claude thought it held up… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Claude opines: AI assessment of Shadow Force
If you look at the small print on this site’s homepage , you will see above the picture of my book, the caption “The Book That Started It All” That might… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Note to Readers
Two points. Firs, I apologize for the over month long hiatus since my last post. The short version as to why that happened is that a few days after my… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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First, let my apologize to you. I know that there has been a LONG lapse in posting regularly. I used to post on a regular basis, even though I had… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Erik Prince and the Chosen People
Erik Prince and the Chosen People Last month news broke that Erik Prince, the co-founder of Blackwater, moved into the cyber sector with two new companies, one focused in secure communications… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The rise and fall of the Mozart Group
private contractors The rise and fall of the Mozart Group The private military group became the darling of the West for its work in Ukraine, but an internal crisis among partners… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
