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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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- 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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Do No Harm? How Psychologists Have Supported Torture and What to Do About It
Chapter Enlarging the Scope of Peace Psychology Part of the series Peace Psychology Book Series pp 269-294 Date: 07 December 2016 Do No Harm? How Psychologists Have Supported Torture and What… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Report on relationship between armed private security firms and violence in Latin American countries
Report on relationship between armed private security firms and violence in Latin American countries Author: DCAF-UNLIREC, Published on: 8 January 2017 “Armed private security in Latin America and the Caribbean: Oversight… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
THE ABSENCE OF JUSTICE: PRIVATE MILITARY CONTRACTORS, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S POLICY OF INDIFFERENCE
THE ABSENCE OF JUSTICE: PRIVATE MILITARY CONTRACTORS, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S POLICY OF INDIFFERENCE You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Accounting for and Managing Contractors in Contingency Operations
Accounting for and Managing Contractors in Contingency Operations You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
An Examination of the Corporate and Individual Ethical Dilemmas Faced by a Medical Defense Contractor
NOTE: I almost NEVER comment on what I post here – I mean it has been years since I last did so – but the man who wrote this was WAY… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Obama’s DOJ Says It One More Time: Private Prisons Aren’t Working
Obama’s DOJ Says It One More Time: Private Prisons Aren’t Working Posted by Seth Freed Wessler December 21, 2016 10:00pm In what may be the Obama administration’s parting shot on private… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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4th Seminar on P(M)SC: Regulating the Private Security Sector Held at RACVIAC
4th Seminar on P(M)SC: Regulating the Private Security Sector Held at RACVIAC On Tuesday November29th, 2016, a seminar on Private (Military) Security Companies (P(M)SC)s: Regulating the Private Security Industry for the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
How Did a US-Funded Health Facility End Up in the Mediterranean Sea?
January 4, 2017 | Cody Brooks How Did a US-Funded Health Facility End Up in the Mediterranean Sea? Gardez Hospital Under Construction. SIGAR badge and agent (inset). Photo credit: SIGAR and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The Business of Punishing: Impediments to Accountability in the Private Corrections Industry
The Business of Punishing: Impediments to Accountability in the Private Corrections Industry You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Certifying Responsible Private Security Companies: Assessing the Implementation of Transparency and Disclosure Provisions
David Sebstead Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 Certifying Responsible Private Security Companies: Assessing the Implementation of Transparency and Disclosure Provisions Photo courtesy of flicker user DVIDSHUB, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 INTRODUCTION… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading