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- Sep. 2, 2014 Al Jazeera English segment on Blackwater trial - Comment by David Isenberg
- Jan 2, 2010, Al Jazzeera (English), re Judge Urbina’s dismissal of charges against Blackwater contractors
- June 28, 2010. heard in “Controversy over CIA Blackwater contract,” The World
- August 17, 2010, on C-Span III, speaks on private military contracting
- Examining the role of the military contractor
- Has the Privatization of National Security Gone Too Far? The Future of Military Contracting, November 14, 2008, 9:30-11:00am, New America Foundation
- David Isenberg on PressTV - US contractor with poor ratings hired again
- Outsourcing War and Peace – Video
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Another shambles as G4S is entrusted with running asylum seeker housing
Another shambles as G4S is entrusted with running asylum seeker housing John Grayson , 9 August 2012 While the world’s biggest security firm has suffered international humiliation over its mishandling of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Where Money & Markets Don’t Belong
Where Money & Markets Don’t Belong August 16, 2012 Jeremy Waldron What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J. Sandel Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 244 pp., $27.00… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Choosing the right way to outsource
Choosing the right way to outsource After G4S, public sector organisations should weigh up the true costs and benefits of outsourcing to external providers John Alford and Janine O’Flynn Guardian Professional,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Outsourcing of Abbeywood may endanger troops
Outsourcing of Abbeywood may endanger troops 30-July-2012 by Western Daily Press Plans to hand control of the MOD base at Abbeywood to a private company have been criticised by leading defence… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Comparing Compensation for Federal and Private-Sector Workers: An Overview
Comparing Compensation for Federal and Private-Sector Workers: An Overview David H. Bradley, Specialist in Labor Economics July 30, 2012 Congressional Research Service 7-5700, R42636 Summary Recently there has been significant congressional… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Plan to privatise equipment agency could endanger troops, report warns
Plan to privatise equipment agency could endanger troops, report warns Thinktank raises concerns over MoD proposal to bring in private contractor to operate defence equipment and support agency Richard Norton-Taylor guardian.co.uk,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Wheels could wobble on Britain’s outsourcing drive
Wheels could wobble on Britain’s outsourcing drive Reuters Jul 25, 2012, 08.10PM IST LONDON: National outrage at the failure of G4S to provide the security it promised for the London Olympics… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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G4S should make it easier to beat the privatisation racket
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 17 July 2012 17.20 EDT Seumas Milne G4S should make it easier to beat the privatisation racket Scandals are multiplying as the outsourcing drive intensifies. Where is the political… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The G4S debacle in London is a wake-up call on outsourcing security
18 July 2012, 2.04pm AEST The G4S debacle in London is a wake-up call on outsourcing security Stuff happens. When organising something as big as the Olympic Games some things are… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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MoD procurement outsourcing plan attacked
July 27, 2012 12:03 am MoD procurement outsourcing plan attacked By Carola Hoyos, Defence Correspondent A plan by the Ministry of Defence to hand the £14bn a year procurement of Britain’s… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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