Daily Archives: December 5, 2013

Navy fraud case prosecutors: Contractor got more work despite poor performance

Navy fraud case prosecutors: Contractor got more work despite poor performance By Craig Whitlock, Published: December 4 After a month at sea, the 5,000 sailors aboard the USS George Washington couldn’t wait… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Propaganda fails in Afghanistan, report says

Propaganda fails in Afghanistan, report says Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY 11:44 p.m. EST December 4, 2013 A British expert says U.S. commanders are routinely conned by propaganda contractors. (Photo: PAULA… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Report on DoD Direct Assistance to Afghan Government & Letter on Unused $36 Million HQ

  Today SIGAR released a report finding that DoD has not conducted a comprehensive risk assessment of the Afghan government’s capacity to manage and account for U.S. direct assistance funding for… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Family Faults Obama Inaction as Alan Gross Marks Four Years in Cuban Prison

Family Faults Obama Inaction as Alan Gross Marks Four Years in Cuban Prison American Jewish Contractor Held For ‘Subversive Activity’ Nathan Guttman Marking Four Years of Imprisonment: At a December 3… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Five Things Blackwater’s Founder Thinks The World Got Wrong About His Company

Five Things Blackwater’s Founder Thinks The World Got Wrong About His Company AP Photo Hunter Walker – December 5, 2013, 7:38 AM EST1748 The founder of the infamous private security contractor… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The Jason Bourne Strategy: CIA Contractors Do Hollywood

The Jason Bourne Strategy: CIA Contractors Do Hollywood   by Pratap Chatterjee, Tomdispatch.com December 5th, 2013 Call it the Jason Bourne strategy. Think of it as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) plunge… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The Cotonou Conundrum: Pirates and Private Security

The Cotonou Conundrum: Pirates and Private Security Dec 05, 2013 by Paul Pryce | Paul Pryce With the growing threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, the Nigerian Navy has… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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IG finds some not-so-intelligent conduct in the intelligence community

IG finds some not-so-intelligent conduct in the intelligence community By Walter Pincus, Published: December 4 Adding to all its other problems, the intelligence community’s inspector general, I. Charles McCullough III, has discovered… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Bring my husband home: Column

Bring my husband home: Column Judy Gross 5:09 p.m. EST December 2, 2013 He was sentenced to 15 years in a Cuban prison for doing his job. (Photo: AP) Story Highlights… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Insider Selling: CACI International Director Sells 13,447 Shares of Stock (CACI)

Insider Selling: CACI International Director Sells 13,447 Shares of Stock (CACI) Posted by Stephan Byrd on Dec 3rd, 2013 CACI International (NASDAQ:CACI) Director J Phillip London sold 13,447 shares of the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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