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David Isenberg: Thunderstruck!: The Blackwater Videos

2012-04-09T11:52:55Z

The Harper's magazine article is "The Warrior Class: A golden age for the freelance soldier," by Charles Glass, follows the career of Tim Spicer, who goes way back in the private military and security contracting world.

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David Isenberg: PSC = Private Security Counterterrorist

2012-02-22T17:22:38Z

Has the role of private military and security companies been overlooked since the al Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001? With everything that has been written and said about the subject, from Afghanistan to Iraq and KBR to Wackenhut Services, it is difficult to think that is the case.

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David Isenberg: The State Department Tells Us How They Really Felt: Part 1

2012-02-17T14:25:25Z

These documents provide information on how the State Department rated its contractors on criteria such as quality, cost control, business relations, timeliness of performance and customer satisfaction.

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Project On Government Oversight: The Risky Business Of Post-War Contracting

2012-02-02T10:21:13Z

Given current security conditions in Iraq, including a string of bombings since late December more lethal to civilians than any seen in the last year of the U.S. presence, many could be nervous enough to be trigger-happy. Is this war really over or have we just outsourced it?

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David Isenberg: Gun? Check. Radio? Check. Lawyer? Check!

2012-01-20T10:35:58Z

The EEOC originally filed suit against DynCorp in August 2011 alleging that from October 2006 through January 2007, James Friso, an aircraft sheet metal/structural mechanic working in Taji, Iraq, was subjected to harassment based on his sex by a male co-worker.

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John W. Whitehead: Privatizing the War on Terror: America's Military Contractors

2012-01-17T13:51:26Z

America's troops may be returning home from Iraq, but we're far from done paying the costs of war. In fact, at the same time that Obama is reducing the number of troops in Iraq, he's replacing them with military contractors at far greater expense to the taxpayer.

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David Isenberg: Say What? You Talking About Me?

2012-01-17T12:31:18Z

In the modern private security contractor industry, some Brits have been quite outspoken in chronicling what they see as their superior professionalism, compared to their American counterparts.

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Peter Van Buren: Getting Away With Diplomatic Murder

2011-12-15T13:00:11Z

New records released after a four year FOIA fight between the State Department and Gawker show that mercenaries, primarily from Blackwater, shot and sometimes killed a lot of Iraqis in the name of protecting America's diplomats.

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Max Stanley: Will Blackwater Ever Do Right?

2011-12-14T17:34:06Z

It was like a meaningless coda, as the war contractors at Blackwater USA changed its name again, two weeks after delivering Katy Helvenston-Wettengel another insult. She has been fighting for justice and accountability for the death of her son, a Blackwater employee.

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Notorious Company Changes Its Name Again

2011-12-12T12:55:53Z

An infamous company is attempting a complete brand makeover -- again.

The private security firm formerly known as Blackwater and most recently kno...

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Former Blackwater CEO Threatens Congresswoman

2011-11-30T13:12:21Z

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) has been one of the harshest critics of Blackwater USA, the military contractor tied to a 2007 shooting in ...

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David Isenberg: PMC in U.N. Operations? It Depends

2011-11-30T14:15:47Z

For many years now supporters of private military and security contracting firms (PMSC) have argued that they can play a useful role in United Nations peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations.

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Afghanistan Slow In Disbanding Private Security Firms

2011-11-02T09:57:36Z

KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO is pouring extra resources to set up an Afghan force to take over from private security firms after a report showed th...

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Blackwater Video Game Steers Clear Of Controversy

2011-10-04T09:52:05Z

LOS ANGELES — In the world of video games, realism reigns supreme, but the makers of a game based on the infamous private security firm Blackwat...

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Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: The Whistleblower

2011-08-05T09:01:44Z

Based on a true story, The Whistleblower is dark, grim and harrowing. It tells the tale of Kathy Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz), a Nebraska cop looking to make some big dough so she can afford to follow her children.

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Hannah Gurman: Bigger Than Blackwater: Arming the U.A.E.

2011-06-20T11:40:52Z

In this broader context of the U.S. willingness to provide arms for Gulf allies, direct contracts between the defense industry and the U.A.E. appear to be a win-win situation for everyone -- except the critics of the U.A.E. regime.

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Peter Van Buren: Occupying Iraq, State Department-Style: A Frat House With Guns in Baghdad

2011-06-07T11:18:09Z

To the extent that any attention is paid to Iraq here, the debate over whether eight years of war entitles the U.S. military to some kind of Iraqi squatter's rights is the story that will undoubtedly get most of the press in the coming months.

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Tik Root: Committing to a New Generation of Public Servants

2011-06-03T10:35:04Z

My generation is itching to make a difference, but we need guidance in order to fully utilize our largely untapped potential.

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Maegan Carberry: A Literary Sin: On Giving Away Books

2011-05-24T09:33:25Z

I am having a hard time coming to grips with whether I will ever read The Unbearable Lightness of Being. In some respects, I believe a good book finds you at the exact moment in your life when you need to read it.

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Ignacio "Iggy" Balderas: Laying Down the Rules for Private Security Contractors

2011-05-24T09:00:47Z

The failure to establish effective accountability over private security contractors (PSCs) hasn't just obscured important truths about how our nation secures its foreign policy -- it has allowed some reckless actors to repeatedly endanger this goal.

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Robert Reich: Why We Need to Rein in Government Contractors That Use Taxpayer Money for Political Advantage

2011-05-20T09:32:23Z

The president needs to ban Lockheed Martin and all other government contractors that get more than half their revenues from government from engaging in any political activities at all. Taxpayers shouldn't be paying for this lobbying.

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Blackwater Founder Sets Up Secret Desert Force

2011-05-15T08:43:11Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The crown prince of Abu Dhabi has hired the founder of private security firm Blackwater Worldwide to set up an 800-member ...

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John Ashcroft Joins Company Once Known As Blackwater

2011-05-04T09:32:00Z

MOYOCK, N.C. — Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is joining the security firm once known as Blackwater.

Investment group USTC Holdings...

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Blackwater Shooting Case Revived By Appeals Court

2011-04-23T11:30:43Z

WASHINGTON — An appeals court on Friday resurrected the case against four Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a 2007 shooting in a Baghdad p...

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Blackwater Prosecution Resurrected By Appeals Court

2011-04-22T11:15:00Z

WASHINGTON — An appeals court on Friday resurrected the case against four Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a 2007 shooting in a Baghdad p...

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