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Lawsuit: Kabul Embassy Guards Told to Lie About Long Hours

For Immediate Release: Jan. 23, 2013 Contact:  Joe Newman at jnewman@pogo.org and (202) 347-1122 Lawsuit: Kabul Embassy Guards Told to Lie About Long Hours The company responsible for providing security at… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Corruption In Iraq, An Interview With Stuart Bowen, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction

Musings On Iraq Iraq News, Politics, Economics, Society Wednesday, January 23, 2013 Corruption In Iraq, An Interview With Stuart Bowen, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen started out working… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Recruits wanted in piracy war

The National December 8, 2012 Saturday Recruits wanted in piracy war Ramola Talwar Badam DUBAI // A global regulatory body wants more of the region’s maritime security agencies to become members… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Funds for SIGIR, agency charged with oversight of Iraq reconstruction, set to expire in March

Funds for SIGIR, agency charged with oversight of Iraq reconstruction, set to expire in March Shaminder Dulai/San Antonio Express-News – Army Maj. John L. Cockerham is escorted into U.S. Federal Court… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Sen. Claire McCaskill leaps hurdles to overhauling wartime contracting

Posted on Saturday, January 19, 2013 Sen. Claire McCaskill leaps hurdles to overhauling wartime contracting Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-MO, in Washington, D.C., in 2012. | Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT By Lindsay Wise… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Kabul’s Detention Of Western Contractors Spurs Tensions

Wall Street Journal January 18, 2013 Pg. 11 Kabul’s Detention Of Western Contractors Spurs Tensions By Nathan Hodge KABUL—Afghanistan detained several Western employees of a top supplier to the U.S. military… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Mutiny in Kabul

Mutiny in Kabul An exclusive report on the troubled security team at America’s most important embassy. BY ADAM ZAGORIN | JANUARY 17, 2013 Private guards responsible for protecting what may be… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Lawbreakers at War: How Responsible Are They?

  Military Justice Lawbreakers at War: How Responsible Are They? By David Isenberg   Jan. 18, 2013 US Army / Time Life Pictures / Getty Images Japanese commander Tomoyuki Yamashita surrenders to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The Case For a Combined Code of Business Ethics and Conduct

The Case For a Combined Code of Business Ethics and Conduct From the Experts By Suzanne R. Folsom, Victoria McKenney, and Glenn T. Ware All Articles Corporate Counsel January 16, 2013 Suzanne R.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The most open government in the world? It doesn’t feel like it…

… Getting underneath the failings of security contractor G4S at the Olympic Games was also frustrating. “It was very difficult to extract relevant information because the London Organising Committee of the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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