Up To 56,000 More Contractors Could Be Sent To Afghanistan
Private contractors will make up at least half of the total military workforce in Afghanistan going forward, according to Defense Department officials...
Private contractors will make up at least half of the total military workforce in Afghanistan going forward, according to Defense Department officials...
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
Democrats have joined Republicans in voting to "Defund ACORN," yet they have done nothing to stop Blackwater's ongoing taxpayer-funded crusade in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Michael Schwartz | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
When U.S. troops are "withdrawn" from Iraq, their jobs are taken over by mercenaries -- the notorious "contractors," who are hired for fabulous sums of money to sustain the huge U.S. presence there.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
Van Jones' resignation isn't a testament to the frenetic dry-drunk tirades of a delusional Fox employee. It is due to the Obama administration's failure to rightfully and necessarily defend a valuable member of its team.
HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
In the clearest sign that the Pentagon has become dependent on privatization, a new report reveals that today there are more defense contractors than ...
Eric Stoner | Posted 09.14.2009 | World
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.
Warren Holstein | Posted 05.17.2009 | Comedy
Avast, ye picaroons! If landlubber Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has his way, good ole American privateers will be set loose on ye wily pillaging Somalian buccaneers and get all War of 1812 on yer booties.
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 03.31.2009 | World
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.
Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics
Mercenaries are a fact of life, as is marketing. Changing your name does not change what you have done, but changing the Commander In Chief can lead to new restrictions.
Danger Room | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
CIA-linked private military contractor Evergreen Defense & Security Services offered to post sentries at Oregon election offices on Tuesday, "detainin...
AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics
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...
Patt Morrison | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
Blackwater is trying to set up a counterterrorism training facility along the Mexican border -- San Diego has appealed to a federal court to stop it.
Talking Points Memo | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Well, Erik Prince won't like this. A few weeks ago, the Blackwater CEO explained that he didn't like for his employees to be called "mercenaries," wh...
Newsweek | Mark Hosenball | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Oct. 12, 2007 - Erik Prince made it clear he doesn't like talking to the press. But the Blackwater founder also tells NEWSWEEK's Mark Hosenball he doe...
ABC News | Terry McCarthy | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
The shooting deaths of 11 Iraqis and wounding of 12 more, allegedly by private security contractors working for Blackwater USA, has become a case of "...
AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether employees of the private security firm Blackwater USA illegally smuggled into Iraq weapons that may have...
TPM | Justin Elliott | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics