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- 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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- 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
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U.S. Must Work to End Human Trafficking, Modern-Day Slavery on Government Contracts
04/10/2013 U.S. Must Work to End Human Trafficking, Modern-Day Slavery on Government Contracts By Steven Watt, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Human Rights Program & Allison Frankel, ACLU Human Rights Program at… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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ETHICS, EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS: FINANCIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN AND OUT OF GOVERNMENT
Alabama Law Review 2011 62 Ala. L. Rev. 961 ETHICS, EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS: FINANCIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN AND OUT OF GOVERNMENT NAME: Kathleen Clark * BIO: * Professor of Law,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Executive Order 13303: Is the Bush Administration Choosing Corporations over Human Rights Actions Instituted via the Alien Tort Claims Act?
Executive Order 13303: Is the Bush Administration Choosing Corporations over Human Rights Actions Instituted via the Alien Tort Claims Act? Rod Khavari Tulsa Journal of Comparative & International Law, Fall 2006,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Bypassing redundancy: resolving the jurisdictional dilemma under the Defense Base Act
Bypassing redundancy: resolving the jurisdictional dilemma under the Defense Base Act Claire Been Washington Law Review. 83.2 (May 2008): p219. Abstract: In 1941, Congress passed the Defense Base Act (DBA) to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Settling the inherently governmental functions debate once and for all: the need for comprehensive legislation of private security contractors in Afghanistan
Settling the inherently governmental functions debate once and for all: the need for comprehensive legislation of private security contractors in Afghanistan Anthony LaPlaca Public Contract Law Journal. 41.3 (Spring 2012): p745. You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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New Charter Outlines Concrete Steps to Implement the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Contractors
New Charter Outlines Concrete Steps to Implement the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Contractors 4/11/2013 by Elizabeth Holland Foley Hoag LLP – Corporate Social Responsibility The International Code of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Ayotte, Blumenthal Introduce “Never Contract with the Enemy” Bill
Ayotte, Blumenthal Introduce “Never Contract with the Enemy” Bill Bipartisan legislation seeks to stop taxpayer money from flowing to America’s enemies Apr 11, 2013 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
“Contracting with the Enemy”
“Contracting with the Enemy” Posted By Kevin Baron Thursday, April 11, 2013 – 11:15 AM More than 80 percent of the Defense Department’s Afghanistan reconstruction contracts are vulnerable to putting U.S.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Report: Afghan militants could get contract funds
Report: Afghan militants could get contract funds STEPHEN BRAUN | April 11, 2013 07:43 PM EST | WASHINGTON — Militant groups in Afghanistan could still obtain U.S. government contracts and siphon… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Contracting to Feed U.S. Troops in Afghanistan: How did the Defense Department End Up in a Multi-Billion Dollar Billing Dispute?
Contracting to Feed U.S. Troops in Afghanistan: How did the Defense Department End Up in a Multi-Billion Dollar Billing Dispute? April 17, 2013 Hearing Time & Location 2:00 p.m. in 2154… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
