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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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Private Security Contractors: DOD Needs to Better Identify and Monitor Personnel and Contracts
Private Security Contractors: DOD Needs to Better Identify and Monitor Personnel and Contracts GAO-21-255 Published: Jul 29, 2021. Publicly Released: Jul 29, 2021. Jump To Highlights Recommendations Full Report GAO Contacts… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
4 Democrats Suggest Blacklisting Israeli Spyware Firm Over Hacks of Journalists, Activists
A hand typing on a computer keyboard. (photo: Westend61/Imago Images) 4 Democrats Suggest Blacklisting Israeli Spyware Firm Over Hacks of Journalists, Activists By Cristiano Lima, The Washington Post 27 July 21… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Calls to hold Israel and its NSO Group Accountable for Global hacking scandal, as UAE Role bulks Large
Calls to hold Israel and its NSO Group Accountable for Global hacking scandal, as UAE Role bulks Large Middle East Monitor 07/23/2021 By Nasim Ahmed | – The global hacking scandal… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Pegasus: Human rights-compliant laws needed to regulate spyware
Pegasus: Human rights-compliant laws needed to regulate spyware Unsplash/Chris Yang The UN says it’s concerned about the potential misuse of surveillance technology to illegally undermine people’s human rights. 19 July 2021… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Management Assistance Report: Improved Guidance and Acquisition Planning is Needed to Reduce the Use of Bridge Contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq
Management Assistance Report: Improved Guidance and Acquisition Planning is Needed to Reduce the Use of Bridge Contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register
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Private Espionage Is Booming. The US Needs a Spy Registry
Paul Starobin Ideas 07.17.2021 07:00 AM Private Espionage Is Booming. The US Needs a Spy Registry From Black Cube to Fusion GPS, the operatives-for-hire industry has recklessly exploded. Disclosure requirements could… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The Risk of Doing the Wrong Thing Perfectly: Monitoring and Evaluation of Reconstruction Contracting in Afghanistan
Today, SIGAR released its latest lessons learned report, The Risk of Doing the Wrong Thing Perfectly: Monitoring and Evaluation of Reconstruction Contracting in Afghanistan. This report examines how reconstruction contracts have… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Government procurement law and hacking technology: The role of public contracting in regulating an invisible market
Computer Law & Security Review Volume 41, July 2021, 105536 Comment Government procurement law and hacking technology: The role of public contracting in regulating an invisible market Author links open overlay… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private Security Contractors (PSCs) Operating in Contingency Operations, Humanitarian or Peace Operations, or Other Military Operations or Exercises
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 28042-28047] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2021-10100] DEPARTMENT… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Aid agency security is a disaster waiting to happen
Aid and Policy Opinion 18 May 2021 Aid agency security is a disaster waiting to happen Aid agency security is a disaster waiting to happen ‘A package of human rights and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading