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- Has the Privatization of National Security Gone Too Far? The Future of Military Contracting, November 14, 2008, 9:30-11:00am, New America Foundation
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Hired Guns: Views on Armed Contractors Operating in Afghanistan and Iraq
Hired Guns: Views on Armed Contractors Operating in Afghanistan and Iraq Jan 28, 2014 by Trevor Schenk | Trevor Schenk In the era of the Global War on terror there has… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Command, control and contestation: negotiating security at the London 2012 Olympics
Command, control and contestation: negotiating security at the London 2012 Olympics Pete Fussey Article first published online: 12 DEC 2013 © 2013 Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Citizenship and the contracting out of military work: from national conscription to globalized recruitment
Citizenship and the contracting out of military work: from national conscription to globalized recruitment Maya Eichlera* Received: 26 Jul 2013 Accepted: 1 Nov 2013 Published online: 17 Jan 2014 Abstract The… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Outsourcing of Navy SEAL Training May Have Led to Fatal Accident and Lawsuit
Outsourcing of Navy SEAL Training May Have Led to Fatal Accident and Lawsuit Sunday, January 26, 2014 Alex Ghane The U.S. government’s penchant for contracting out services to the private sector… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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We shouldn’t put national security in the hands of contractors
January 23, 2014 | We shouldn’t put national security in the hands of contractors After more than six months of investigations and controversy surrounding U.S. surveillance policies, President Obama delivered… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Death of a Canadian
Death of a Canadian Clare Sambrook 24 January 2014 Subjects: G4S: Securing whose world? Some deaths in UK immigration detention get more media attention than others. “He was on his way… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Gambling with public safety: privatising probation
Gambling with public safety: privatising probation Mike Guilfoyle 23 January 2014 Subjects: G4S: Securing whose world? Care and justice In England and Wales the probation service works. The Coalition government is… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Booz Allen, Snowden’s old firm, looking to help US government with ‘insider threats’
Booz Allen, Snowden’s old firm, looking to help US government with ‘insider threats’ By Dan Murphy, Staff writer / January 22, 2014 Edward Snowden told a writer for The New Yorker… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Ministry of Defence spent £49million on private contractors while giving thousands of soldiers boot
Ministry of Defence spent £49million on private contractors while giving thousands of soldiers boot Jan 17, 2014 23:39 By James Lyons, Tom McTague Defence bosses increased spending on management consultants, lawyers,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Contractors and Intelligence: The Privatization of the Intelligence Community
Contractors and Intelligence: The Privatization of the Intelligence Community Post Date: January 13, 2014 The privatization of intelligence has developed rapidly over the last decade and given the nature of the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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