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Iraq Contractors

My Testimony on 'Enhanced Interrogation Techniques'

Ali Faisal Al-Lami | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Ahmad Chalabi, Bush Administration Torture, Saddam Hussein, David Petraeus, Paul Bremer, Enhanced Interrogations, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Iraq Contractors, Iraq Torture, Iraq, General Petraeus, Chalabi, Torture, World News
Ali Faisal Al-Lami

In 2008, I was kidnapped from Baghdad International Airport by American civilians with no known affiliation, and was blindfolded and taken to a facility where I was initially interrogated in a hostile way.

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Mercenaries and Murder in Iraq

Eric Stoner | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Contractors, Mercenaries, Iraq, Blackwater, Green Zone, Department of Defense, Blackwater Iraq, Iraq Pullout, Iraq Withdrawal, Daniel Fitzsimons, British Contractor, World News
Eric Stoner

With no countries officially left in the so-called "coalition of the willing", contractors are now playing a more important role than ever, as Obama begins to slowly scale back the war in Iraq.

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The Ghost of Truman: The Wartime Contracting Commission Gives DOD Hell on Iraq Contracting

Dina Rasor | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fraud, Congressional Oversight, Iraq Contractors, Christopher Shays, Iraq, Afghanistan, Commission on Wartime Contracting, Politics News
Dina Rasor

I felt the usual dread as I settled down to watch the hearings by the congressional Wartime Contracting Commission. But this time, the ghost of Harry Truman was lurking in the room.

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Mother Jones Publishes Story by Writer Detained in Iran

Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Contractors, Private Contractors, Iraq, Shane Bauer, Mother Jones, Pentagon, The Sheikh Down, Iraq Government Contracts, Iran Americans, The Awakening, Americans Missing, Kurdistan, Iran American Journalists Detained, World News
Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein

A magazine has published a major investigative article by Shane Bauer, one of three Americans detained in Iran after accidentally crossing the border while hiking in Kurdistan.

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Congress Demands Full Account of Intelligence Outsourcing Mess - and It's a Mess

Frank Naif | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike McConnell, Corruption, Jeppesen Dataplan, Foia, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA Torture, Iraq Contractors, Mitchell Jessen & Associates, Outsourcing, Dusty Foggo, House Intelligence Committee, Dni, Booz Allen Hamilton, Classified Contracts, Jane Mayer, Cia, Private Security Contractors, Defense Contractors, Waste, Mohamed Et Al v Jeppesen Dataplan Inc., Leon Panetta, FOIA Requests, Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News
Frank Naif

The outsourcing of intelligence has impacted nearly every aspect of intelligence operations, and Congress wants to know how and why.

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Iraqi Judge Releases American Contractors Held In Connection With Death

Washington Times | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq American Contractors, American Contractors Murder, Contractors, Jim Kitterman, Contractors Killing, Iraq Contractors, American Contractors Killing, Politics News

Three Americans arrested in connection with the killing of a contractor in Baghdad's Green Zone are being released Wednesday, said their attorney Timo...

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Pentagon Acquisition Mismanagement Leads to Questionable Contract Awards

Dina Rasor | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: DOD Reform, Iraq Contractors, Kbr, Iraq, KBR Electrocution, Afghanistan, Politics News
Dina Rasor

I have been writing about the problems with Iraq and Afghanistan contractor KBR since 2006 but the beat goes on. My co-author, Robert Bauman (Betrayin...

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Blackwater Iraq Contract Expires; Operations Will Continue Temporarily

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq, Blackwater, Blackwater Iraq, Blackwater Iraq Contract, Blackwater Contract, Xe, Blackwater Xe, Blackwater USA, Blackwater Security, Iraq Blackwater, Iraq War, Iraq Contractors, Private Contractors, Private Security Contractors, War Wire, World News

BAGHDAD — The American security firm once known as Blackwater ended its operations in the diplomatic hub of Baghdad on Thursday, bringing to a c...

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Government May Be Paying Blackwater To Work In Iraq Illegally

Washington Times | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Blackwater Guards, Private Contractors, Blackwater Security, Blackwater, Private Security Contractors, Blackwater Iraq, Xe, Iraq Contractors, Blackwater USA, Blackwater Investigation, Iraq, War in Iraq, State Department, Politics News

Days after the Baghdad government decided it no longer wanted the company then known as Blackwater in Iraq, the State Department signed a $22.2 millio...

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Is the Next Defense Budget a Stimulus Package?

Frida Berrigan | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boeing, Economic Stimulus Package, Lockheed Martin, Budget, Defense Contractors, Obama Budget, Iraq Contractors, Great Depression, Politics News
Frida Berrigan

Is each weapons system or program provided for in our budget actually needed for American security? Or are the defense contractors shoveling a load of shovel-ready bull?

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Obama's Iraq: All Troops Out By 2011? Not So Fast

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 03.31.2009 | World

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Obama Afghanistan, Mitch McConnell, Private Contractors, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, President Obama, Iraq Contractors, Iraq, Camp Lejeune, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Thomas Ricks, Mercenaries, Jim Miklaszeswki, Blackwater, Nancy Pelosi, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Harry Reid, Status of Forces Agreement, Residual Force, Surge in Afghanistan, John Mchugh, World News
Jeremy Scahill

The contradiction between President Obama's speech at Camp Lejeune and his rhetoric before he was elected should serve as a warning to those who take his words at face value.

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The Military's Expanding Waistline

Pratap Chatterjee | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Contracts, Kbr, Army Meals, Dick Cheney, Obama Iraq, Iraq Contractors, Army Recruitment, Dick Cheney Kbr, World News
Pratap Chatterjee

It is ironic that the men who drive across a battle zone, dodging stones, bullets, and IEDs to bring ice cream, lobster tails, and ammunition to U.S. soldiers have to beg for food themselves.

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A Requiem for KBR and Blackwater

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 03.08.2009 | World

Read More: Kbr Soldier Electrocuted, Iraq Contractors, Iraq KBR, Blackwater, Blackwater Iraq, KBR Electrocution, Iraq, World News
Christopher Brauchli

Electricians formerly employed by engineering and construction firm KBR said their repeated warning to superiors about unsafe electrical conditions were ignored.

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Private Contractors In Iraq Could Face Charges For Earlier Incidents Under New Security Pact

McClatchy | Nancy A. Youssef | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Security Contractors, Warwire, Private Contractors, Iraq Contractors, Blackwater, Politics News

Private security contractors operating in Iraq could face Iraqi prosecution for acts committed when they supposedly had immunity from Iraqi law, U.S. ...

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Iraq's Private Security Has Cost Over $6 Billion, US Auditors Say

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Mercenaries, Private Contractors, Iraq Contractors, Politics News

WASHINGTON — No one knows for sure, but auditors think the U.S. has paid well over $6 billion to private security companies who've been guarding...

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Iraq Sewage System A $100 Million Failure, US Inspectors Say

NY Times | JAMES GLANZ | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Sewage, War Wire, Iraq Contractors, Iraq Sewage, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Home News

A huge American-financed wastewater treatment plant in the desert city of Falluja, which United States troops assaulted twice to root out insurgents i...

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Iraqi Army Headcount Still Unclear Despite Millions Paid to Private Contractor

Pro Publica | T. Christian Miller | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, Iraq, Iraq Contractors, Iraqi Army, Politics News

On any given day in Iraq, about 140,000 Iraqi soldiers are on duty. But some 1,000 are in jail, 2,000 are in the hospital or recuperating from injurie...

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Former Iraq Contractor Pleads Guilty To Stealing Almost $40 Million In Army Fuel

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Iraq Contractors, Corrupt Contractors, Iraq Contracts, Iraq Waste, Iraq Fraud, Politics News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Army contractor pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing nearly $40 million worth of jet and diesel fuel from a U.S. Army b...

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State Dept's Use Of Private Contractors To Investigate Iraq Contractors May Be Illegal

ABC News | Kirit Radia | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iraq, Private Contractors, State Department, Iraq Contractors, Politics News

In an apparent violation of federal regulations, the State Department has outsourced to private contractors the responsibility to investigate possible...

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U.S. Contractor KBR Sued For Human Trafficking

Washington Post | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, Kbr Human Trafficking, Us Contractors Iraq, Kbr Contract, Kbr Contractor, Kbr Lawsuit, Iraq Contractors, Human Trafficking, Politics News

A Washington law firm filed a lawsuit yesterday against KBR, one of the largest U.S. contractors in Iraq, alleging that the company and its Jordanian ...

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Iraq Contractors Have Cost $100 Billion, Goverment Says

The New York Times | James Risen | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Wire, Iraq Contractors, Government Waste, Private Contractors, Iraq, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The United States this year will have spent $100 billion on contractors in Iraq since the invasion in 2003, a milestone that reflects th...

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Over $4 Billion Wasted In Iraq Reconstruction, Government Inspector Estimates

AP | BRIAN MURPHY and PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Parsons of Pasadena, Corruption, Iraq Corruption, Waste, Iraq Contractors, Iraq, Stuart Bowen, Politics News

BAGHDAD — In the flatlands north of Baghdad sits a prison with no prisoners. It holds something else: a chronicle of U.S. government waste, misg...

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Pentagon Admits More Electrocutions in Iraq -- KBR Denies Blame

Greg Mitchell | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, Warwire, Iraq, Casualties, Cheryl Harris, Electrocutions, Iraq Electrocutions, Iraq Contractors, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

16 American troops have died from accidental electrocutions in Iraq, the Defense Department said Friday. They include 11 Army soldiers and five Marines.

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Iraq Contractor KBR Employed Underqualified Workers

AP | SUZANNE GAMBOA | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Haliburton, Kbr, Iraq Contractors, Warwire, Politics News

WASHINGTON — KBR Inc. used employees with little electrical expertise to supervise subcontractors in Iraq and hired foreigners who couldn't spea...

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Command Responsibility

Ray Kimball | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: General Officers, Iraq Contractors, War Contractors, Iraq War Funding, Military Spending, Private Contractors, Defense Contractors, Politics News
Ray Kimball

The current explosion of contract spending in Iraq -- hundreds of billions of dollars, with tens of billions wasted -- has made it clear that this course of action is no longer sustainable.

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