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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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    SUHAIL NAJIM ABDULLAH AL SHIMARI et al v. CACI INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED

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    SUHAIL NAJIM ABDULLAH AL SHIMARI et al v. CACI INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED Filed: May 14, 2012 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 09-1335 (1:08-cv-00827-GBL-JFA) SUHAIL NAJIM ABDULLAH AL… 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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    Snapshot: US Mission Iraq Staffing – As of April 2012

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    May 14, 2012 12:52 am · 12:52 am Snapshot: US Mission Iraq Staffing – As of April 2012 Below is the most updated published report on US Mission Iraq staffing via SIGIR’s… 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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    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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    U.S. May Scrap Costly Efforts To Train Iraqi Police

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    New York Times May 13, 2012 Pg. 1 U.S. May Scrap Costly Efforts To Train Iraqi Police By Tim Arango BAGHDAD — In the face of spiraling costs and Iraqi officials… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Virginia appeals court revives former Abu Ghraib detainees’ suits against contractors

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    Virginia appeals court revives former Abu Ghraib detainees’ suits against contractors By Associated Press, Published: May 11 RICHMOND, Va. — A divided federal appeals court on Friday revived two lawsuits by former… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Hard National Security Choices

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    Hard National Security Choices En Banc Fourth Circuit Dismisses Contractors’ Appeals in Abu Ghraib Torture Suit By Steve Vladeck Friday, May 11, 2012 at 1:20 PM I’ve blogged before about al-Shimari… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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