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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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- 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
Tag Archives: Contracts
Obamacare Contractor With $1.2 Billion Deal Pays Employees to Do Nothing
Obamacare Contractor With $1.2 Billion Deal Pays Employees to Do Nothing Peter Suderman|May. 14, 2014 11:27 am On September 26 of last year, just days before Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges were… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Newly Released Documents Shed Light on CIA’s African Rendition Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2014 9:36 AM CONTACT: Reprieve Reprieve’s press office: clemency.wells@reprieve.org.uk / +44 (0) 207 553 8161 Newly Released Documents Shed Light on CIA’s African Rendition Network LONDON… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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UN requests info on UAVs for Mali mission
UN requests info on UAVs for Mali mission Jeremy Binnie, London – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly 13 May 2014 Despite an early setback in January, when one had an accident, the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Northrop Grumman Improperly Charged Labor for the Counter Narco-terrorism Technology Program
The Department of Defense Inspector General posted the following: DODIG-2014-073 Northrop Grumman Improperly Charged Labor for the Counter Narco-terrorism Technology Program The report is For Official Use Only. To request a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Nadim Saifan Jr., Military Contractor and Donor to Dana Rohrabacher, Cops to Tax Evasion
Court Nadim Saifan Jr., Military Contractor and Donor to Dana Rohrabacher, Cops to Tax Evasion By Matt Coker Wed., May 7 2014 at 6:00 AM Epic Records A Huntington Beach man… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Reformers renew call for G4S and Serco prisons ban
Reformers renew call for G4S and Serco prisons ban Howard League for Penal Reform wants companies barred from bidding for government business until investigations are finished Alan Travis, home affairs editor… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Serco enters Middle East defence market with Qatar deal
Serco enters Middle East defence market with Qatar deal LONDON Thu May 8, 2014 4:46pm BST (Reuters) – Struggling British outsourcing firm Serco (SRP.L) said it had signed its first defence… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
DoD extends CEASAR special mission aircraft in Afghanistan
DoD extends CEASAR special mission aircraft in Afghanistan Gareth Jennings, London – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly 30 April 2014 A US Army-operated C-12 CEASAR aircraft. Three such platforms will continue to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Big budgets, little oversight in war zones
Big budgets, little oversight in war zones (Courtesy of IRD/ ) – Arthur Keys meets with the Abdul Manaf , center, the District governor of Nawa, Afghanistan, in 2010. By Scott… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Sen. Claire McCaskill believes Secretary of State John Kerry has some explaining to do
Al Kamen In the Loop Sen. Claire McCaskill believes Secretary of State John Kerry has some explaining to do Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP – Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., questions whether paying contractors… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading