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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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Tag Archives: Iraq
Four Blackwater guards found guilty in 2007 Iraq shootings of 30 unarmed civilians
Four Blackwater guards found guilty in 2007 Iraq shootings of 30 unarmed civilians; Four contract guards found guilty in shootings that killed 14 unarmed Iraqis in Baghdad’s Nisour Square. Washington Post.com… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Blackwater guards found guilty in Iraq shootings
Blackwater guards found guilty in Iraq shootings Associated Press Newswires By PETE YOST, SAM HANANEL and ERIC TUCKER 22 October 2014 13:08 WASHINGTON (AP) — Four former Blackwater security guards were… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Blackwater trial jurors appear close to verdicts on Iraq killings
Blackwater trial jurors appear close to verdicts on Iraq killings Notes to judge indicate unanimity on some of 33 charges Questions suggest jury leaning towards voluntary manslaughter Dan Roberts in Washington… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Blackwater Jurors Talk About Possible Agreement
Blackwater Jurors Talk About Possible Agreement WASHINGTON — Oct 21, 2014, 5:53 PM ET Jurors in the trial of four Blackwater security guards may have reached agreement on some criminal charges… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Blackwater Jury Asks to See Video Aftermath of Baghdad Carnage
Blackwater Jury Asks to See Video Aftermath of Baghdad Carnage By Andrew Zajac Oct 20, 2014 3:00 PM ET The jury deliberating since early September the fate of four former Blackwater… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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What Were the Consequences of the Iraq War Contracts?
What Were the Consequences of the Iraq War Contracts? Introduction “The good Lord didn’t see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratically elected regimes friendly to the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Investigation Into Missing Iraqi Cash Ended in Lebanon Bunker
Investigation Into Missing Iraqi Cash Ended in Lebanon Bunker By JAMES RISENOCT. 12, 2014 Stuart W. Bowen Jr., left, a special inspector general who examined corruption and waste in Iraq. Credit… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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How to Put Together a Protective Security Detail
Open Road Media on Oct 10 How to Put Together a Protective Security Detail An excerpt from The Bremer Detail: Protecting the Most Threatened Man in the World Setting up and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Eric Prince Is Right: Private Contractors Will Probably Join The Fight Against ISIS
Eric Prince Is Right: Private Contractors Will Probably Join The Fight Against ISIS Armin Rosen Oct. 10, 2014, 3:38 PM APBlackwater found Erik Prince Eric Prince, founder of the controversial security… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Ex-Blackwater Chief Urges Hired Guns to Take on ISIS
Ex-Blackwater Chief Urges Hired Guns to Take on ISIS Mark Thompson @MarkThompson_DC 11:54 AM ET Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater Andrew Harre—Bloomberg/Getty Images If Obama won’t send in troops, he says,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading