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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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