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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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Tag Archives: Companies
Corporations in the Crosshairs: Commercial Actors, Conflict Escalation, and Crisis Simulation
Corporations in the Crosshairs: Commercial Actors, Conflict Escalation, and Crisis Simulation Erik Lin-Greenberg https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3627-9181 eriklg@mit.edu, Benjamin Norwood Harris https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1895-1205, and Daniel Cebul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7532-227XView all authors and affiliations Volume 57, Issue 2… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
SCOTUS rejects private prison company GEO Group’s attempt at avoiding accountability
SCOTUS rejects private prison company GEO Group’s attempt at avoiding accountability A long-delayed lawsuit challenging GEO Group’s treatment of people in immigration detention can proceed again. A unanimous decision that matters… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Blackwater Successor Hunts Immigrants for ICE
Blackwater Successor Hunts Immigrants for ICE Sam Biddle / The Intercept Masked federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building in New York City… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Amid Southern US Raids, Who’s Making Money Off Border Patrol and ICE Contracts?
Amid Southern US Raids, Who’s Making Money Off Border Patrol and ICE Contracts? Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Mercenary firm which ran deadly armed GHF ‘aid’ points in Gaza is recruiting again
Mercenary firm which ran deadly armed GHF ‘aid’ points in Gaza is recruiting again by Joe Glenton 20 November 2025 in Analysis Reading Time: 2 mins read The same lethal private… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
As Israel bans aid orgs in Gaza, notorious mercenary firm seeks “Targeter”
As Israel bans aid orgs in Gaza, notorious mercenary firm seeks “Targeter” Are Israel and the Trump admin planning to revive the dystopian Gaza Humanitarian Foundation scheme that spawned famine and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
ICE Hires Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group
ICE Hires Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group BI Incorporated, a subsidiary of for-profit prison company GEO Group, will help ICE pinpoint the locations of immigrants. Sam Biddle… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Surviving the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation – An Airwars Investigation
Surviving the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation – An Airwars Investigation Airwars.org Dec 10, 2025 For five months, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was the main distributor of food in Gaza. Backed by… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Assessing Sandline International’s reputation as a private military company
Assessing Sandline International’s reputation as a private military company Joseph Temple & Samantha Newbery Received 06 Feb 2025, Accepted 02 Oct 2025, Published online: 14 Oct 2025 Cite this article https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2025.2572593… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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