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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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Years of warning about embassy security preceded Libya attack
Years of warning about embassy security preceded Libya attack Thursday – 9/13/2012, 11:00am ET State Department acknowledged as recently as February it lacked funding for some security improvements John Solomon, The… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
ICJ submission to the Second Session of the IGWG on PMSCs
ICJ submission to the Second Session of the IGWG on PMSCs UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Second Session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) to consider the possibility of an… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Mass. congressman eyes ban of former Blackwater
Mass. congressman eyes ban of former Blackwater By Leigh Munsil Politico © September 12, 2012 A Massachusetts congressman is pressuring the State and Defense departments to consider suspending and disbarring Academi,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
What Would Al Say? Putting the Federalist Back in Federal Contracting
David Isenberg Author, ‘Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq’ What Would Al Say? Putting the Federalist Back in Federal Contracting Posted: 09/12/2012 2:48 pm In a previous post I discussed… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Representative John Tierney calls on Pentagon to consider banning contracts with N.C. military firm
Representative John Tierney calls on Pentagon to consider banning contracts with N.C. military firm By Bobby Caina Calvan Globe Staff September 11, 2012 WASHINGTON — Representative John Tierney on Tuesday called… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
“JEALOUSIES OF A STANDING ARMY”: THE USE OF MERCENARIES IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR CONGRESS’S ROLE IN REGULATING PRIVATE MILITARY FIRMS
Northwestern University Law Review Winter, 2012 106 Nw. U.L. Rev. 317 NOTE AND COMMENT: “JEALOUSIES OF A STANDING ARMY”: THE USE OF MERCENARIES IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Disrespecting the U.S. Constitution the PMF Way
David Isenberg Author, ‘Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq’ Disrespecting the U.S. Constitution the PMF Way Posted: 09/06/2012 11:57 am As a thought exercise let’s just pretend that you are… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Military Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan: Considerations and Obstacles for Emerging Litigation
Pace Environmental Law Review, Fall 2010, Vol. 28, Issue 1 Military Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan: Considerations and Obstacles for Emerging Litigation By Kate Donovan Kurera ABSTRACT This comment analyzes… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Casualties, Companies, Contracts, Control, Iraq, Legal, Logistics
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Manchin, federal official decry wasteful military spending
August 29, 2012 Manchin, federal official decry wasteful military spending By Paul J. Nyden CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal inspector general joined Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Wednesday to complain about… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Swiss mercenaries banished to history
Swiss mercenaries banished to history BERN, SWITZERLAND – One of Switzerland’s most famous historical roles, as a supplier of mercenaries to the world’s armies, will soon come to an end, with… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading