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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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- Resource curse alive and well in Afghanistan - Antony Loewenstein on $488 Million Investment in Afghanistan’s Oil, Mining & Gas Industry at Risk
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Tag Archives: Legal
Blackwater’s new battlefield: toward a regulatory regime in the United States for privately armed contractors operating at sea.
Blackwater’s new battlefield: toward a regulatory regime in the United States for privately armed contractors operating at sea Sean Patrick Mahard Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. 47.1 (Jan. 2014): p331. http://law.vanderbilt.edu/index.aspx… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Fourth Circuit allows Alien Tort Statute claim against Abu Ghraib contractor
Foreign relations law – Alien Tort Statute – Fourth Circuit allows Alien Tort Statute claim against Abu Ghraib contractor Harvard Law Review. 128.5 (Mar. 2015): p1534. Case note FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW–ALIEN… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Posted in Companies, Fraud/Waste/Abuse, Iraq, Legal
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Expanding Death Benefits, Cutting Pensions, Extra Holiday Time and More
Expanding Death Benefits, Cutting Pensions, Extra Holiday Time and More Govexec.com. (Nov. 19, 2014): GovExec Staff Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, D-Mass., introduced H.R. 5721, the Overseas Security Personnel Fairness Act (https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5721),… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Government by contract and the structural constitution
Government by contract and the structural constitution Author(s): Kimberly N. Brown Source: Notre Dame Law Review. 87.2 (Dec. 2011): p491. Full Text: Although private parties have performed government functions throughout most… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Military Contractor Whistleblower: Hands Up – CAN’T Shoot
Military Contractor Whistleblower: Hands Up – CAN’T Shoot posted on: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 American’s are at risk all over the world. Our military, still the best in the world, can’t… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Lending an “invisible hand” to the navy: armed guards as a free market assistance to defeating piracy
Lending an “invisible hand” to the navy: armed guards as a free market assistance to defeating piracy Author(s):Brittany E. Pizor Source:Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law. 45.1-2 (Fall 2012): p545. … You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
War claims and private security contractors: the strategic and regulatory benefits of paying host-nation claims against U.S. contractors
War claims and private security contractors: the strategic and regulatory benefits of paying host-nation claims against U.S. contractors Author(s): Steven M. Seigel Source:Public Contract Law Journal. 43.4 (Summer 2014): p653. http://www.abanet.org… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Guns For Hire: The Legal, Policy, and Ethical Implications of the Growing Reliance Upon Military Contractors
NSLB’s SPRING 2015 SYMPOSIUM Posted on March 13, 2015 by Joseph Vellon Register HERE You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
In re KBR, INCORPORATED, BURN PIT LITIGATION.
744 F.3d 326 (2014) In re KBR, INCORPORATED, BURN PIT LITIGATION. Alan Metzgar; Paul Parker; Richard Ronald Guilmette; William G. Brister, Jr.; Henry J. O’Neill; Michael Auw; Cory Casalegno; Michael Douglas… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
US EX REL. McBRIDE v. HALLIBURTON COMPANY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel JULIE McBRIDE, Relator, v. HALLIBURTON COMPANY, KELLOGG BROWN AND ROOT, also known as KBR; SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL; KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT SERVICES, INCORPORATED also known… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading