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- Here and There with Dave Marash, February 3, 2015
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- 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
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Tag Archives: Afghanistan
Top Pentagon Aide Aimed to ‘Slow Roll’ Investigation Into Huge, Unused $36M Facility in Afghanistan, Report Alleges
Top Pentagon Aide Aimed to ‘Slow Roll’ Investigation Into Huge, Unused $36M Facility in Afghanistan, Report Alleges May 20, 2015, 12:15 AM ET By LEE FERRAN Investigative Reporter Follow @leeferran The… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Two directors of a British defence company being investigated by FBI over Afghanistan bribery allegations
Two directors of a British defence company being investigated by FBI over Afghanistan bribery allegations Independent Online By Jonathan Owen 24 May 2015 18:29 Robert Gillam and Simon Davies are directors… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Pentagon says no one should be held accountable for $34 million debacle
Pentagon says no one should be held accountable for $34 million debacle Defense officials say decision to construct lavish facility in Afghanistan was prudent, even though it was never used By… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Coercion and Capital in Afghanistan: The Rise, Transformation and Fall of the Afghan Commercial Security Sector
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Contract Oversight for Redistribution Property Assistance Team Operations in Afghanistan Needs
05-18-2015 Acquisition Processes and Contract Management Contract Oversight for Redistribution Property Assistance Team Operations in Afghanistan Needs Improvement (Project No. D2015-D000JB-0061.000) DODIG-2015-126 Objective Our objective was to determine whether DoD was… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Generals in Afghanistan Failed to Cancel Unneeded $36 Million Facility
Generals in Afghanistan Failed to Cancel Unneeded $36 Million Facility By Charles S. Clark 11:36 AM ET The 64,000 square foot facility is 98 percent complete and sits empty. Special Inspector… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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$36 Million Wasted on Unwanted, Unneeded & Unused Facility
$36 Million Wasted on Unwanted, Unneeded & Unused Facility Today, SIGAR released the results of an investigation into the construction of a 64,000 square foot command and control facility (64K) at… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Boondoggle HQ
G.I. Dough Boondoggle HQ The $25 Million Building in Afghanistan Nobody Needed by Megan McCloskey and Vince Dixon ProPublica, May 20, 2015 This is a story about how the U.S. military built a lavish… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Not quite a civilian, not quite a soldier: How five words could subject civilian contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan to military jurisdiction
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Budgets and Bullets: Taking Stock of Afghanistan’s Security Forces
Budgets and Bullets: Taking Stock of Afghanistan’s Security Forces Today, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, John F. Sopko, spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The speech provided… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading