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- Has the Privatization of National Security Gone Too Far? The Future of Military Contracting, November 14, 2008, 9:30-11:00am, New America Foundation
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Lawyers for convicted Blackwater guards to appeal
Lawyers for convicted Blackwater guards to appeal Associated Press Newswires By PETE YOST, SAM HANANEL and ERIC TUCKER 23 October 2014 00:36 WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for four former Blackwater… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Blackwater contractors convicted
October 23, 2014 Blackwater contractors convicted By Jim LobeWASHINGTON – A federal jury here on Wednesday convicted one former Blackwater contractor of murder and three of his colleagues of voluntary manslaughter… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Why the Blackwater convictions won’t slow America’s ‘shadow armies’
Why the Blackwater convictions won’t slow America’s ‘shadow armies’ By Terrence McCoy October 23 at 4:20 AM Follow @terrence_mccoy A federal jury returned guilty verdicts Wednesday for all four former Blackwater… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Relatives of Iraqi victims: Blackwater guards deserve death
Relatives of Iraqi victims: Blackwater guards deserve death By Ammar Karim 12 minutes ago . View photo Former Blackwater security guard Nick Slatten (C) and his lawyer Thomas Connolly (L) leave… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Erik Prince on Blackwater verdicts: ‘A lot of politics surrounding this’
Erik Prince on Blackwater verdicts: ‘A lot of politics surrounding this’ By Dan Lamothe October 23 at 1:15 PM Follow @danlamothe Erik Prince testifies in 2007 before the House Committee on… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Blackwater convictions leave several Iraqi victims wanting more
Blackwater convictions leave several Iraqi victims wanting more An Iraqi looks at a burned car at the site where Blackwater guards who were escorting U.S. Embassy officials opened fire a week… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Engility Escapes Int’l Law Claims In Serbian Genocide Suit
Engility Escapes Int’l Law Claims In Serbian Genocide Suit By Andrew Westney Law360, New York (September 24, 2014, 6:42 PM ET) — An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday tossed most claims… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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A Verdict on Blackwater
The Opinion Pages | Editorial A Verdict on Blackwater By THE EDITORIAL BOARD OCT. 22, 2014 It took far too long, but four former gunslingers with the Blackwater Worldwide security firm… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Four Blackwater Guards Convicted of Killing 14 Unarmed Iraqis
Four Blackwater Guards Convicted of Killing 14 Unarmed Iraqis BY Justine Drennan OCTOBER 22, 2014 – 06:15 PM More than seven years after an incident that left 14 Iraqi civilians… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Blackwater guilty verdict long overdue
Opinion Khalid Mohammed / AP Blackwater guilty verdict long overdue Despite convictions, accountability gaps remain for security contractors October 22, 2014 1:30AM ET by Lauren Carasik Seven years after Blackwater contractors… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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