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    Full Circuit Revives Abu Ghraib Torture Suit

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    Full Circuit Revives Abu Ghraib Torture Suit By TRAVIS SANFORD (CN) – The full 4th Circuit revived claims that defense contractors conspired with the government to cover up their abuse of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Sopko Appointed To Afghanistan IG Post

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    Washington Post May 24, 2012 Pg. B4 Sopko Appointed To Afghanistan IG Post Veteran investigator to probe alleged corruption in reconstruction effort By Timothy R. Smith President Obama plans to appoint… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Accused torturers should not get immunity

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    Accused torturers should not get immunity Posted:   05/21/2012 10:10:27 PM MDT If you torture people, you should not be allowed to get away with it. When a group of former… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Milo Minderbinder in Afghanistan: Part 1

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    David Isenberg Author, ‘Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq’ Milo Minderbinder in Afghanistan: Part 1 Remember Milo Minderbinder, a fictional character in Joseph Heller’s famous novel, Catch-22? Minderbinder is a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    U.S. Courts to Try Contractors for Torture at Abu Ghraib

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    U.S. Courts to Try Contractors for Torture at Abu Ghraib Posted by Pratap Chatterjee on May 17th, 2012 CorpWatch Blog CorpWatch report: Outsourcing Intelligence in Iraq Two U.S. companies can be… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Who’ll Have the Last Laugh?

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    Who’ll Have the Last Laugh? by WILLIAM FISHER (about the author) Andrew Rosenthal, the editor of the editorial pages for the New York Times, was practically ecstatic. He wrote: “Over the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Maybe This is Why the PMSC Industry is Supposedly Cost-Effective

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    Maybe This is Why the PMSC Industry is Supposedly Cost-Effective David Isenberg Author, ‘Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq’ May 15, 2012 Continuing on with the topic of worker exploitation… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    State Dept May Dump Multi-Billion Dollar Iraqi Police Program; Noooooooo! Not So Says Embassy Baghdad

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    May 14, 2012 8:17 am · 8:17 am State Dept May Dump Multi-Billion Dollar Iraqi Police Program; Noooooooo! Not So Says Embassy Baghdad So on Sunday, NYT’s Tim Arango reported from Baghdad… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    U.S. Still Grappling with Human Trafficking by War Zone Contractors

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    U.S. Still Grappling with Human Trafficking by War Zone Contractors By Nick Schwellenbach | May 14, 2012 | Congressional hearings and recently-introduced legislation have put the spotlight on the issue of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Billions Wasted, Again: State Likely to Give Up on Costly Efforts to Train Iraqi Police

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    Peter Van Buren Fmr. State Department Iraq PRT leader; Author, ‘We Meant Well’ Billions Wasted, Again: State Likely to Give Up on Costly Efforts to Train Iraqi Police Posted: 05/14/2012 3:56… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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