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    U.S. Legislative and Regulatory Developments and the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers: Filling the Accountability Gap?

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    U.S. Legislative and Regulatory Developments and the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers: Filling the Accountability Gap? Meg Roggensack Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (American Society of International Law)… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Ex-Blackwater guard says didn’t feel threatened

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    Ex-Blackwater guard says didn’t feel threatened By PETE YOST — Jul. 31, 2014 6:21 PM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The defense team in the Blackwater trial attacked the testimony of a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    US citizen charged with bribing military contracting officials in Iraq extradited to Ohio

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    US citizen charged with bribing military contracting officials in Iraq extradited to Ohio By AMANDA LEE MYERS  Associated Press July 28, 2014 – 5:55 pm EDT CINCINNATI — A federal fugitive accused… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Former Employee of a U.S. Construction Company Working in Afghanistan Pleads Guilty to Receiving Illegal Kickback

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    Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Former Employee of a U.S. Construction Company Working in Afghanistan Pleads Guilty to Receiving Illegal Kickback A… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Ex-Blackwater guard testifies against colleagues

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    Ex-Blackwater guard testifies against colleagues FILE – This Sept. 25, 2007 file photo shows an Iraqi traffic policeman inspecting a car destroyed by a Blackwater security detail in al-Nisoor Square in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Should Blackwater and Halliburton Pay for the People They’ve Killed: Or are Government Contractors Entitled to a Common-Law Combatant-Activities Defense

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    Should Blackwater and Halliburton Pay for the People They’ve Killed: Or are Government Contractors Entitled to a Common-Law Combatant-Activities Defense Johns, Margaret Z. Combatant-Activities Defense.” Tenn. L. Rev. 80 (2012): 347. You must be logged in to view this content. Click … Continue reading →

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    Iraq Extradites Fugitive Defense Contractor to U.S. to Face Fraud Charges

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    Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 28, 2014 Iraq Extradites Fugitive Defense Contractor to U.S. to Face Fraud Charges A Las Vegas-based former Department of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    What The DC Circ.’s KBR Decision Means For Compliance

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    What The DC Circ.’s KBR Decision Means For Compliance Law360, New York (July 07, 2014, 12:15 PM ET) — Brian Miller ​ Almost every major regulatory regime relies on a basic… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Whistleblower Presses Challenges Over Access to KBR Docs

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    Whistleblower Presses Challenges Over Access to KBR Docs By Andrew Ramonas, Legal Times July 28, 2014 Stephen Kohn.Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/NLJ Lawyers for a whistleblower on Monday asked a full federal… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Defense: Gov’t suppressed evidence in Blackwater

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    Defense: Gov’t suppressed evidence in Blackwater By PETE YOST — Jul. 28, 2014 6:17 PM EDT   This image obtained by the Associated Press, Defendants’ Trial Exhibit DX2414, shows eight spent… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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