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- 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
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Category Archives: State Department
Feds Hired British Security Firm to Protect Benghazi Consulate
Feds Hired British Security Firm to Protect Benghazi Consulate By Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman Email Author September 17, 2012 | 2:38 pm | Demonstrators in Benghazi hang the ex-dictator Moammar Gadhafi in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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State Department Denies Holding Up Blackwater Libya Contract
State Department Denies Holding Up Blackwater Libya Contract Academi, the company formerly known as Blackwater, was ready “two months ago” to go to Libya to protect diplomatic assets, a former Bush Administration… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Years of warning about embassy security preceded Libya attack
Years of warning about embassy security preceded Libya attack Thursday – 9/13/2012, 11:00am ET State Department acknowledged as recently as February it lacked funding for some security improvements John Solomon, The… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Deedy Done Delayed
Deedy Done Delayed September 5, 2012 Everyone’s favorite State Department special agent Chris Deedy still has no trial date set for his shooting and killing of a Hawaiian man last November… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
How The State Department’s Iraq Police Training Program Turned Out To Be A Flop
Musings On Iraq Monday, August 27, 2012 How The State Department’s Iraq Police Training Program Turned Out To Be A Flop As the U.S. military was preparing to withdraw from Iraq,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
How to Get a Mule’s — I Mean Contractor’s — Attention
David Isenberg Author, ‘Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq’ How to Get a Mule’s — I Mean Contractor’s — Attention Posted: 08/03/2012 12:35 am The Commission on Wartime Contracting in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Servicing the State Department
David Isenberg Author, ‘Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq’ Huffington Post Posted: 08/02/2012 12:28 pm Servicing the State Department Sometimes, in all that is said and written about the use… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Contract Spending by the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development
Contract Spending by the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development By David J. Berteau, Guy Ben-Ari, Gregory Sanders, Priscilla Hermann, David Morrow Contributor: Jesse Ellman, Sneha Raghavan… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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US Mission Afghanistan: But … DHS on the Deaths of Civilian Contractors in Herat
July 24, 2012 5:59 pm · 5:59 pm US Mission Afghanistan: But … DHS on the Deaths of Civilian Contractors in Herat On Sunday, July 22, ISAF announced that “An individual wearing… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Waste Continues to Plague U.S. Efforts in Iraq
Global Insights: Waste Continues to Plague U.S. Efforts in Iraq By Richard Weitz, on 17 Jul 2012, Column In its just-released final audit report (.pdf), the Office of the Special Inspector… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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