The Book That Started It All
Search
Categories
Archives
-
Recent Posts
-
Isenberg Video
- 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
Recent Comments
- Joseph Burwell on Former student blasts military school for private defense contractors
- Gomes Castro on Families of slain and injured sue Ericsson over claims it funded Middle East terror
- 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
Articles: Legal
Viewing as Articles
View in Timeline
Former U.S. Army Captain Sentenced For Accepting Gratuities From Iraqi Contractors
Oklahoma City Oklahoman April 2, 2013 Pg. 10 Former U.S. Army Captain Sentenced For Accepting Gratuities From Iraqi Contractors From staff reports A former U.S. Army captain from Lawton was sentenced… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Contingency contractor personnel
Source: Army Lawyer. (Jan. 2008): p96. Contingency contractor personnel Mark A. Ries What to Do with Security Contractors? While government use of security contractors in support of operations in Iraq and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
TORTURE ON TRIAL: HOW THE ALIEN TORT STATUTE MAY EXPOSE THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT’S ILLEGAL “EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION” PROGRAM THROUGH ITS USE OF A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law Fall, 2007 14 ILSA J Int’l & Comp L 189 TORTURE ON TRIAL: HOW THE ALIEN TORT STATUTE MAY EXPOSE THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT’S… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Richmond Man Indicted for Theft of Generators from American Military Base in Iraq
Richmond Man Indicted for Theft of Generators from American Military Base in Iraq U.S. Attorney’s Office March 21, 2013 Eastern District of Virginia (804) 819-5400 RICHMOND, VA—Reuben Thomas, 35, of Richmond,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Lawsuit: Propaganda firm owner boasted of online smears
Lawsuit: Propaganda firm owner boasted of online smears Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY8a.m. EST December 14, 2012 Camille Chidiac is being sued for fraud in a case in which the plaintiff… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Granddad ‘mercenary trained in Ukraine’
Granddad ‘mercenary trained in Ukraine’ December 5, 2012 Christine Flatley AAP A Victorian grandfather trained at the International Bodyguard Association in Ukraine so he could fight the Indonesian government as a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
DynCorp Dodges Ecuadoreans’ Chemical-Exposure Suit
DynCorp Dodges Ecuadoreans’ Chemical-Exposure Suit By Gavin Broady Law360, New York (March 06, 2013, 2:00 PM ET) — Government contractor DynCorp International Inc. has escaped a suit over injuries purportedly caused… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
DOJ Declines to Prosecute DynCorp Over FCPA Allegations
March 28, 2013, 5:57 PM ET DOJ Declines to Prosecute DynCorp Over FCPA Allegations Samuel Rubenfeld Wall Street Journal The parent company of DynCorp International Corp. said Wednesday that the Justice… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Lawyer: Murtha-Linked Pa. Brothers to Plead Guilty
Lawyer: Murtha-Linked Pa. Brothers to Plead Guilty By JOE MANDAK Associated Press PITTSBURGH March 27, 2013 (AP) Two brothers who owned defense contracting businesses that benefited from earmarks obtained by the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Fourth Circuit applies the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act to the Civil False Claims Act
Fourth Circuit applies the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act to the Civil False Claims Act Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP Douglas W. Baruch, Jennifer M. Wollenberg and Kayla Stachniak… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
