WASHINGTON — At two in the morning on Sept. 9, 2005, five DynCorp International security guards assigned to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's prot...

The use of private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan makes a few people very, very rich, but it's making the rest of us -- Americans and local civilians alike -- much less safe.

ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get million...

It's hard to understand why Erik Prince is mad. His company, Xe, is once again able to bid on and get contracts with the government and won't be subject to criminal charges.

There are remarkably few positive things to say about Iraq today. Yet the Obama administration has recently announced that the U.S. is "on target to end the combat mission." What gives?

Blackwater and DynCorp, the two leading mercenary firms servicing the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have both undertaken steps toward significant st...

Erik Prince, the reclusive owner of the Blackwater empire, rarely gives public speeches and when he does he attempts to ban journalists from attending...

CBS News has learned in an exclusive report that the State Department has awarded a part of what was formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide a contract...

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors are considering weapons charges against former executives at Blackwater Worldwide over allegations the private ...

When it comes to police training, the use of private contractors is not unusual -- and neither is failure. Who, then, is responsible for this dismal state of affairs?

WASHINGTON -- An official at the United States Embassy in Iraq has told federal prosecutors that he believes that State Department officials sought to...

On May 5, 2009, two men working in Afghanistan for the private military contractor Paravant killed two Afghani civilians. Now, the company argues it's not liable for the deaths because they occurred after work hours.