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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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Navy repeatedly dismissed evidence that ‘Fat Leonard’ was cheating the 7th Fleet
Investigations Navy repeatedly dismissed evidence that ‘Fat Leonard’ was cheating the 7th Fleet By Craig Whitlock December 27 at 6:49 PM This undated photo shows Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Accountability For Corporate Complicity In Torture
Accountability For Corporate Complicity In Torture 0 07 Aug 2006 Well, last speaker of the conference. I don’t know about all of you, but I’ve certainly learned a tremendous amount here,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Our psychological crisis: making sense of the American Psychological Association’s Collusion with torture
Our psychological crisis: making sense of the American Psychological Association’s Collusion with torture Deb Kory Tikkun. 31.1 (Winter 2016): p34. Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2016 Duke University Press http://tikkun.dukejournals.org/ Full Text: LAST YEAR’S… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Australia’s Brave Whistleblower Nurse
Op-Ed Columnist Australia’s Brave Whistleblower Nurse Roger Cohen DEC. 20, 2016 From the start of its “offshore processing” program that has seen more than 2,000 asylum seekers and refugees dumped on… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The Torture Lobby Is Excited For The Trump Years
The Torture Lobby Is Excited For The Trump Years The Obama administration’s failure to fully reckon with fallout from the Bush-era torture program is already being exploited by the program’s supporters —… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Guantánamo lawyer: We need to hear from the torturers
December 14, 2016 5:13 PM Guantánamo lawyer: We need to hear from the torturers Richard Kammen, the lead defense attorney for Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, fields questions during a press… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Shawn Vestal: One of Spokane’s torture doctors trying to keep his waterboarding book secret before trial
Shawn Vestal: One of Spokane’s torture doctors trying to keep his waterboarding book secret before trial TUESDAY, OCT. 18, 2016, 1:24 P.M. By Shawn Vestal shawnv@spokesman.com(509) 459-5431 Shawn Vestal (Dan Pelle… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built
Elena Scotti/The Daily Beast Shameless The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built The CIA paid torture teachers James Mitchell and Bruce Jesser more than $80 million. As they… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Sorry, Mad Dog, Waterboarding Works
Sorry, Mad Dog, Waterboarding Works I respect Gen. Mattis, but he has never employed enhanced-interrogation techniques. I have. ENLARGE Khalid Sheikh Mohammed after being captured in 2003. Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS By… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Waterboarding, Results and National Morals
Waterboarding, Results and National Morals If waterboarding is so effective, why did it take 183 applications on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Thanks for reminding us how easy it is to rationalize… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
