Monthly Archives: February 2013

Recovering Organizational Clothing and IndividualEquipment from Civilians and ContractorEmployees Remains a Challenge

Report No. DODIG-2013-050 February 22, 2013 Recovering Organizational Clothing and IndividualEquipment from Civilians and ContractorEmployees Remains a Challenge You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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RAND Corporation Launches Contractor Health and Well-being Study

RAND Corporation Launches Contractor Health and Well-being Study If you are a private contractor with deployment experience: The RAND Corporation, a non-partisan, non-profit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Increasingly Venal Justice Department Settles on Gentle Punishment for Ex-Blackwater Executives

Increasingly Venal Justice Department Settles on Gentle Punishment for Ex-Blackwater Executives By: Kevin Gosztola Friday February 22, 2013 7:28 pm Blackwater Worldwide’s logo (Creative Commons-licensed photo on Wikipedia in the public… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Private armies enter judicial cross hairs

Private armies enter judicial cross hairs Switzerland took its first steps to prohibit security firms based in Switzerland from any direct involvement in hostilities abroad (AFP) by Sonia Fenazzi, swissinfo.ch Feb 24,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Mercenary firms: a lucrative niche market

Sunday 24.02.2013 International Service of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation A $100 billion market Mercenary firms: a lucrative niche market Contractors of the US private security firm Blackwater secured the site of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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DOJ Gives Blackwater a Whitewash On Felony Charges

DOJ Gives Blackwater a Whitewash On Felony Charges Posted on February 21, 2013 by bmaz Something funny happened in the Eastern District of North Carolina today. Out of the blue in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Blackwater Off the Hook Again in Plea Deal With Bush-Appointed Judge

Published on Friday, February 22, 2013 by Common Dreams Blackwater Off the Hook Again in Plea Deal With Bush-Appointed Judge America has the “best justice system in the world,” says Blackwater… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Ex-Blackwater Employees’ Felony Charges Dropped, Said CIA Told Them To Provide King WIth Rifles

Ex-Blackwater Employees’ Felony Charges Dropped, Said CIA Told Them To Provide King WIth Rifles By MICHAEL BIESECKER 02/22/13 03:25 PM ET EST RALEIGH, N.C. — The federal prosecution of five former… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Case Ends Against Ex-Blackwater Officials

Case Ends Against Ex-Blackwater Officials By JAMES RISEN and MARK MAZZETTI Published: February 21, 2013 ¶ WASHINGTON — The federal government’s three-year prosecution of five former officials of Blackwater Worldwide virtually… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Is Mandiant a ‘digital Blackwater’?

Is Mandiant a ‘digital Blackwater’? By ANNE FLAHERTY | Associated Press  View PhotoAssociated Press/Jacquelyn Martin – Mandiant founder and CEO Kevin Mandia is seen in his office in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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